平面不规则基础隔震结构抗扭设计研究

针对平面不规则结构在水平地震作用下的振动特性,通过调整隔震层隔震支座的布置,得到3种不同工况的隔震层刚心与上部结构质心、刚心相对位置关系,分别以楼层位移和层间位移为指标的扭转位移比,作为平面不规则基础隔震结构扭转响应指标,利用弹塑性时程分析方法,通过对3种不同工况的扭转指标对比分析研究,提出适用于平面不规则基础隔震结构的抗扭设计方法。结果表明：对于平面不规则结构,应在保证隔震层扭转位移比小于1.2的基础上,使隔震层的刚心和上部结构的刚心分别位于上部结构质心的两侧,可有效控制上部结构的扭转。     

不规则框架结构的组合隔震反应分析

为研究不规则框架隔震结构的地震反应,分别对一个传统抗震结构、一个铅芯叠层橡胶支座隔震结构和四个组合隔震结构(隔震层由铅芯支座和滑板支座组成)进行了弹塑性地震反应时程分析,研究隔震支座参数对隔震效果的影响。结果表明:采用组合隔震技术时,合理选择隔震层的铅芯支座布置位置、滑板支座的摩擦系数和铅芯叠层橡胶支座的型号,可以有效地降低上部结构的扭转效应;对于不规则的建筑隔震结构,为减小地面运动带来的扭转效应,建议采用由铅芯支座和滑板支座组合而成的隔震层,可对上部结构的扭转起到很好的抑制作用。     

隔震层竖向刚度对高层基础隔震结构的影响

高层隔震建筑的隔震层在罕遇地震作用下会产生拉应力。本文通过对一栋20层的高层隔震结构,分别采用等拉压刚度模型和不等拉压刚度模型进行动力非线性时程分析,研究叠层橡胶隔震支座竖向刚度模型对高层基础隔震结构动力响应的影响。研究表明,超出线弹性工作范围后,竖向等拉压刚度模型将会低估隔震层的竖向位移量,低估上部结构的动力响应。     

三维隔震(振)支座的工程应用与现场测试

首先介绍了一种新型三维隔震(振)支座,该支座由联接件、竖向隔振支座和水平隔震支座组成。竖向隔振支座和水平隔震支座具有较小刚度,采用该类型支座的隔震结构,其竖向基频和水平基频可远离地铁、铁路振动和地震的主频,从而实现竖向隔振和水平隔震作用。其次介绍了该三维隔震(振)支座在某一地铁平台上部结构中的应用情况,对该类型支座进行了竖向性能和水平性能试验。最后对三维隔震(振)结构与传统结构进行了地铁运行时结构振动的对比测试。测试结果表明:三维隔震(振)系统对振动的高频信号具有显著衰减效果。     

LRB基础隔震结构在极罕遇地震作用下的抗震性能研究

以典型的四层、六层和八层LRB(铅芯橡胶隔震支座)基础隔震结构为研究对象,通过大量的弹塑性时程分析,对极罕遇地震作用下的地震响应特点进行了分析;采用参数化方法,研究了隔震系统的力学性能参数和上部结构屈服强度比的变化对LRB基础隔震结构抗震性能的影响。结果表明:在极罕遇地震作用下,LRB基础隔震结构上部结构首层的层间位移角和延性系数明显增大;延长LRB隔震系统的隔震周期或选择最优的特征屈服强度比,均可显著降低上部结构的塑性变形程度,但LRB屈服位移的变化对隔震结构的响应几乎无影响;LRB隔震系统参数确定后,隔震结构上部结构的损伤状态主要与上部结构力学性能参数中的屈服强度比相关,增大上部结构的屈服强度比,可以显著降低上部结构的层间位移角和延性系数,但是隔震支座的平均最大剪应变会增大,可以选用橡胶剪切模量大或者直径大、第二形状系数小的LRB隔震支座。     

高层隔震结构非线性地震响应分析及设计方法研究

高层隔震结构的分析理论和设计方法是目前隔震技术向高层建筑推广的2个关键理论问题。本文以高烈度区宿迁市已经竣工的高层隔震建筑阳光大厦为工程实例,对高层隔震结构的非线性地震响应分析方法进行了研究,包括隔震支座竖向不同拉压刚度的模拟、各种类型的隔震支座水平力学特性的准确模拟,以及不同地震动输入方式和输入角度对隔震支座受拉情况的影响分析等;在此基础上,对隔震层的设计方法进行了分析,提出了隔震层设计的基本原则,进而给出了控制隔震层设计的基本指标,包括隔震支座的长期面压、极值面压、隔震层偏心率等;最后,对高层隔震结构的相关构造要求进行了必要的说明。     

核电结构三维隔震研究

三维隔震对保护核电厂结构和内部设备设施安全具有重要意义。首先,设计了一种三维隔震控制系统,该系统包括水平隔震层和竖向隔震层,在竖向隔震层中设置抗摇摆装置以达到控制结构摇摆反应。其次,对三维隔震模型进行了振动台试验验证,振动台试验结果表明,该系统能有效减小上部结构地震响应。最后,对核岛厂房采用三维隔震技术进行了讨论,分析了强震作用下核岛厂房三维隔震结构反应特征。     

利用惯容隔震系统的结构层间隔震研究

层间隔震技术对于结构竖向不规则以及结构增层等状况有良好的适用性。然而,层间隔震可能出现的较大隔震层变形会带来结构设计的困难。通过在隔震层中设置阻尼元件可以减少变形,但是过大的阻尼出力和过多的数量需求可能导致空间布置和安装不便。惯容元件为解决以上问题提供了一种新的途径。该研究提出采用惯容隔震系统作为层间隔震提高能量耗散效率的手段以控制地震响应,同时也给出了基于性能需求的惯容层间隔震的参数优化设计方法。并以一个标准钢结构模型验证了方法的有效性。结果表明:惯容元件的使用显著降低了上部子结构的地震响应和隔震层的变形,惯容系统实现了预期的耗能增效作用。     

平扭耦联隔震体系隔震支座阻尼分布影响分析

为了研究铅芯橡胶隔震支座的阻尼分布对平扭耦联隔震体系隔震效果的影响,本文对一个三层两跨钢框架,通过调整上部结构负重块位置及下部铅芯橡胶隔震支座的分布位置,进行不同偏心工况下平扭耦联隔震体系地震模拟振动台试验,获得了不同偏心工况、不同阻尼分布情况下结构位移和加速度的时程曲线。试验和分析表明:隔震层阻尼中心与上部结构的质心位置接近,或者增大隔震层的阻尼半径,可显著地降低上部结构的扭转反应。     

某扩建工程层间隔震结构分析与设计

针对某工程存在竖向不规则、楼层承载力突变以及扭转不规则的复杂问题,采用层间隔震技术进行了调整。通过合理布置叠层橡胶支座,使隔震层的刚心与质心重合,并分别进行了基础隔震和层间隔震的计算分析对比。分析表明:基础隔震只能解决扭转不规则问题,但层间隔震能有效的控制其复杂程度,同时提高了结构的抗震性能。     

多层建筑隔震改造设计

本文介绍了某多层建筑隔震改造的初步设计，采用隔振技术来进行抗震加固改造，上部结构的地震作用可降低，上部结构不需加固即可正常使用；且楼面的加速度反应减小，可以保护内部的仪器设施在地震时不受破坏。该建筑的平面呈L形，其扭转影响较大。考虑到抗风和扭转作用，在边远处选用铅芯叠层橡胶支座。建筑物的隔震改造具有明显的经济效益和社会效益，是今后发展的方向。     

Optimal design of an equipment isolation system with nonlinear hysteretic behaviour

Vibration isolation is well recognized as an effective mitigation strategy for acceleration‐sensitive equipment subjected to earthquake. In the present paper, an equipment isolation system with nonlinear hysteretic behaviour is proposed and a methodology for the optimal design is developed. An integrable constitutive model, derived from the mathematical Duhem hysteresis operator, is adopted for the isolation system. The optimization procedure is defined through a dual‐criteria approach that involves a transmissibility criterion combined with an energy performance criterion: the former consists in limiting the absolute acceleration of the isolated equipment below an allowable threshold value; the latter, in maximizing the ratio between the energy dissipation due to hysteresis and the input energy to reduce the isolator displacements. The seismic effectiveness of the nonlinear hysteretic isolation system is numerically investigated under natural accelerograms with different frequency content and increasing levels of excitation. Both ground‐mounted and floor‐mounted equipment items are considered in the analyses; in the second case, the dynamic interaction between the equipment and its supporting structure is taken into account in the design of the isolation system, and its effects on the isolation performance and the structural response are discussed. Comparisons in terms of effectiveness and robustness with a linear isolation system with viscoelastic behaviour are eventually provided. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Analytical and experimental studies on midstory isolated buildings with modal coupling effect

In a midstory isolated building, the isolation system is incorporated into the midstory rather than the base of the building. Because of the flexibility of the substructure below the isolation system in a midstory isolated building, the contribution of higher modes to the seismic responses of the midstory isolated structure may not be negligible, especially when the coupling of higher modes exists. To investigate this modal coupling effect, a simplified three‐lumped‐mass structural model of the midstory isolated building is assumed in this study. Through the equivalent linear analysis and shaking table tests, it is found that the coupling of higher modes may lead to enlarged acceleration responses at the super‐floor and superstructure above the isolation layer. Accordingly, a simple method to prevent the midstory isolation design from the coupling of higher modes attributed to the improper design of the substructure and superstructure is proposed in this paper. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

某框架结构基础隔震地震反应对比分析

基于结构动力学原理和有限元基本理论,利用SAP2000有限元分析软件,以某框架结构基础隔震楼和与其相近的非隔震楼为研究对象分别建立分析模型,运用动力时程分析法对两种模型进行水平地震反应分析。结果表明:基础隔震楼的水平向地震反应远小于非隔震楼,其上部结构的自振周期明显大于非隔震楼,其层间剪力和基底剪力、楼层相对位移和加速度低于非隔震楼。总体来说,隔震支座可以显著降低水平向地震对于结构的不良反应,值得推广应用。     

Response of seismically isolated buildings considering poundings

Numerical simulations and parametric studies have been used to investigate the influence of potential poundings of seismically isolated buildings with adjacent structures on the effectiveness of seismic isolation. Poundings are assumed to occur at the isolation level between the seismically isolated building and the surrounding moat wall. After assessing some common force‐based impact models, a variation of the linear viscoelastic impact model is proposed to avoid tensile impact forces during detachment, while enabling the consideration of permanent plastic deformations at the vicinity of the impact. A large number of numerical simulations of seismically isolated buildings with different characteristics have been conducted under six earthquake excitations in order to investigate the influence of various design parameters and conditions on the peak floor accelerations and interstorey deflections during poundings. The numerical simulations demonstrate that poundings may substantially increase floor accelerations, especially t the base floor where impacts occur. Higher modes of vibration are excided during poundings, increasing the interstorey deflections, instead of retaining an almost rigid‐body motion of the superstructure, which is aimed with seismic isolation. Impact stiffness seems to affect significantly the acceleration response at the isolation level, while the displacement response is more insensitive to the variation of the impact stiffness. Finally, the results indicate that providing excessive flexibility at the isolation system to minimize the floor accelerations may lead to a building vulnerable to poundings, if the available seismic gap is limited. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Comparative response assessment of minimally compliant low‐rise conventional and base‐isolated steel frames

In this study, the multi‐intensity seismic response of code‐designed conventional and base‐isolated steel frame buildings is evaluated using nonlinear response history analysis. The results of hazard and structural response analysis for three‐story braced‐frame buildings are presented in this paper. Three‐dimensional models for both buildings are created and seismic response is assessed for three scenario earthquakes. The response history analysis results indicate that the design objectives are met and the performance of the isolated building is superior to the conventional building in the design event. For the Maximum Considered Earthquake, isolation leads to reductions in story drifts and floor accelerations relative to the conventional building. However, the extremely high displacement demands of the isolation system could not be accommodated under normal circumstances, and creative approaches should be developed to control displacements in the MCE. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Optimized earthquake response of multi‐storey buildings with seismic isolation at various elevations

The response of multi‐storey structures can be controlled under earthquake actions by installing seismic isolators at various storey levels. By vertically distributing isolation devices at various elevations, the designer is provided with numerous options to appropriately adjust the seismic performance of a building. However, introducing seismic isolators at various storey levels is not a straightforward task, as it may lead to favourable or unfavourable structural behaviour depending on a large number of factors. As a consequence, a rather chaotic decision space of seismic isolation configurations arises, within which a favourable solution needs to be located. The search for favourable isolators' configurations is formulated in this work as a single‐objective optimization task. The aim of the optimization process is to minimize the maximum floor acceleration of the building under consideration, while constraints are specified to control the maximum interstorey drift, the maximum base displacement and the total seismic isolation cost. A genetic algorithm is implemented to perform this optimization task, which selectively introduces seismic isolators at various elevations, in order to identify the optimal configuration for the isolators satisfying the pre‐specified constraints. This way, optimized earthquake response of multi‐storey buildings can be obtained. The effectiveness of the proposed optimization procedure in the design of a seismically isolated structure is demonstrated in a numerical study using time‐history analyses of a typical six‐storey building. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Simplified analysis of mid‐story seismically isolated buildings

The mid‐story isolation design method is recently gaining popularity for the seismic protective design of buildings located in the areas of high population. In a mid‐story isolated building, the isolation system is incorporated into the mid‐story rather than the base of the building. In this paper, the dynamic characteristics and seismic responses of mid‐story isolated buildings are investigated using a simplified three‐lumped‐mass structural model for which equivalent linear properties are formulated. From the parametric study, it is found that the nominal frequencies of the superstructure and the substructure, respectively, above and below the isolation system have significant influences on the isolation frequency and equivalent damping ratio of a mid‐story isolated building. Moreover, the mass and stiffness of the substructure are of greater significance than the superstructure in affecting the dynamic characteristics of the isolated building. Besides, based on the response spectrum analysis, it is noted that the higher mode responses may contribute significantly to the story shear force of the substructure. Consequently, the equivalent lateral force procedure of design codes should carefully include the effects of higher modes. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Optimal energy‐based seismic design of non‐conventional Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) implemented via inter‐story isolation

Inter‐story isolation, an effective strategy for mitigating the seismic risk of both new and existing buildings, has gained more and more interest in recent years as alternative to base isolation, whenever the latter results to be impractical, technically difficult or uneconomic. As suggested by the name, the technique consists in inserting flexible isolators at floor levels other than the base along the height of a multi‐story building, thus realizing a non‐conventional Tuned Mass Damper (TMD). Consistent with this, an optimal design methodology is developed in the present paper with the objective of achieving the global protection of both the structural portions separated by the inter‐story isolation system, that is, the lower portion (below the isolation system) and the isolated upper portion (above the isolation system). The optimization procedure is formulated on the basis of an energy performance criterion that consists in maximizing the ratio between the energy dissipated in the isolation system and the input energy globally transferred to the entire structure. Numerical simulations, performed under natural accelerograms with different frequency content and considering increasing isolation levels along the height of a reference frame structure, are used to investigate the seismic performance of the optimized inter‐story isolation systems. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Seismic response of 20‐story base‐isolated and fixed‐base reinforced concrete structural wall buildings at a near‐fault site

This paper investigates numerically the seismic response of six seismically base‐isolated (BI) 20‐story reinforced concrete buildings and compares their response to that of a fixed‐base (FB) building with a similar structural system above ground. Located in Berkeley, California, 2 km from the Hayward fault, the buildings are designed with a core wall that provides most of the lateral force resistance above ground. For the BI buildings, the following are investigated: two isolation systems (both implemented below a three‐story basement), isolation periods equal to 4, 5, and 6 s, and two levels of flexural strength of the wall. The first isolation system combines tension‐resistant friction pendulum bearings and nonlinear fluid viscous dampers (NFVDs); the second combines low‐friction tension‐resistant crosslinear bearings, lead‐rubber bearings, and NFVDs. The designs of all buildings satisfy ASCE 7‐10 requirements, except that one component of horizontal excitation, is used in the 2D nonlinear response history analysis. Analysis is performed for a set of ground motions scaled to the design earthquake and to the maximum considered earthquake (MCE). At both the design earthquake and the MCE, the FB building develops large inelastic deformations and shear forces in the wall and large floor accelerations. At the MCE, four of the BI buildings experience nominally elastic response of the wall, with floor accelerations and shear forces being 0.25 to 0.55 times those experienced by the FB building. The response of the FB and four of the BI buildings to four unscaled historical pulse‐like near‐fault ground motions is also studied. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.