Evaluation of blast effects on reinforced concrete buildings considering Operational Modal Analysis results

Seismic protection of buildings under risk can be achieved by increasing the knowledge about the behaviour of existing structures. Operational Modal Analysis is a powerful tool used for this purpose all over the world. It provides the dynamic characteristics of structures under operational conditions or some particular environmental issues such as blasts and earthquakes. The main objective of this study is to evaluate blast effects on a reinforced concrete (RC) building considering experimentally determined dynamic characteristics. The study consists of three phases: the measurement of vibration characteristics of blasting, the theoretical modal analysis of the inspected building, and experimental verification of dynamic characteristics using modal testing. The vibration characteristics of blasting are measured around the inspected building on hard soil using a geophone set. The initial analytical model of the building is constructed according to the in-situ investigation on building. The theoretical modal analysis results are verified by carrying out modal testing on the RC building. The Operational Modal Analysis method is used for the extraction of the dynamic characteristics of the building, and blast vibrations are taken into account as environmental vibrations. The effects of blasting on the reinforced concrete building are introduced by assessing the vibration of blasting with the dynamic characteristics of the building.     

地震区居民建筑钢结构极限承载力测试与分析

传统方法一般依据静力检测数据测试居民建筑钢结构的极限承载力,对构件数量的要求较高,无法量测隐蔽构件,测试结果精度低。因此提出基于振动参数以及动力模型修正的地震区居民建筑钢结构极限承载力预测与分析方法,分析建筑钢结构振动参数与极限承载能力的关系,塑造地震区居民建筑钢结构简化以及振动方程,获取其极限载荷与振动参数间的关系。采用基于动力模型修正的极限承载力评估方法,基于动力模型修正理论,采用线性屈曲法、几何非线性法以及双重非线性分析法,对地震区居民建筑钢结构极限承载力进行检测。实验结果说明,所提方法能对居民建筑钢结构立柱轴向性和大钩荷载关系以及荷载-扰度曲线,且实施数值运算效果好,预测获取的极限承载力值精度高,建筑的钢结构状态比较稳定。     

Failure of masonry arches under impulse base motion

Recent seismic events have caused damage or collapse of invaluable historical buildings, further proving the vulnerability of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures to earthquakes. This study aims to understand failure of masonry arches—typical components of URM historic structures—subjected to horizontal ground acceleration impulses. An analytical model is developed to describe the dynamic behaviour of the arch and is used to predict the combinations of impulse magnitudes and durations which lead to its collapse. The model considers impact of the rigid blocks through several cycles of motion, illustrating that failure can occur at lower ground accelerations than previously believed. The resulting failure domains are of potential use for design and assessment purposes. Predictions of the analytical model are compared with results of numerical modelling by the distinct element method, and the good agreement between results validates the analytical model and at the same time confirms the potential of the distinct element framework as a method of evaluating complex URM structures under dynamic loading. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Vibration of thermally stressed polar orthotropic annular plates

This study sets out to analyse the effect of uniform temperature on the natural frequencies of transverse vibration of uniform polar orthotropic annular plates. The method employed is that of the annular finite element technique whereby the flexural and membrane components of the solution are separated. By close examination of the form of the resulting in-plane stress distribution due to the thermal loading, it has been possible to obtain results for a wide selection of specimens by way of one equation and three graphs.     

基础隔震结构抗震可靠度简化分析方法

选用胡聿贤平稳地震地面运动模型作为基础隔震结构的随机地震动输入,采用Bouc-Wen模型描述隔震结构的层间滞变位移,将滞变体系动力特性矩阵随机等效线性化,并建立等价线性状态方程。引入左右特征向量系,对振动微分方程进行解耦,推导了基础隔震结构随机地震响应的统计矩解析解。采用变形失效准则,定义了上部结构和隔震层的功能状态极限函数。在此基础上,采用首次超越破坏模型,基于Possion分布假设和串联系统可靠度模型,建立了从整体上评价基础隔震体系抗震可靠度的简化分析方法。最后,通过一个基础隔震框架结构计算实例,说明了这种方法的运用。     

An analytical model of a deformable cantilever structure rocking on a rigid surface: experimental validation

This paper describes an experimental program to examine the dynamic response of deformable cantilevers rocking on a rigid surface. The primary goal of the tests is to verify and validate a dynamic rocking model that describes the behavior of these structures. The benchmark response data was obtained from shaking‐table tests on deformable rocking specimens with different natural vibration frequencies and different aspect ratios excited by analytical pulses and recorded ground motions. The responses computed using the model are found to be in good agreement with the benchmark test results. Widely used impact, restitution and damping assumptions are revisited based on the experiment results and the analytical model findings. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于复阻尼模型水平剪切型结构的时域解析算法

近些年来提出的数值方法虽克服了应用复阻尼模型求解动力响应时可能出现的发散现象,但其计算过程繁杂且不能表达出结构动力特性及响应随结构参数的变化规律。论文参照三对角Toeplitz矩阵特征值问题的数学解法,推导出水平剪切型结构各阶自振频率、振型函数的解析形式。通过对运动方程进行Fourier变换,得到复阻尼理论下结构的传递函数解析式,直观地表达出结构动力特性及响应随结构参数的变化规律。最后通过算例对比分析,结果表明:提出的复阻尼模型的解析计算方法克服了时域发散问题,并与时域数值计算方法的位移响应时程对比发现,两种方法得到的时程曲线吻合程度较高,位移峰值也基本一致。同时,对比两种方法在底层刚度变化时的动力响应,解析方法的计算曲线更光滑,避免了数值方法的离散误差问题。     

南水北调大型渡槽结构抗震安全性研究

阐述了南水北调中大型渡槽的抗震问题,分别介绍了基于常微分方程求解器（ODE）和有限元方法的大型渡槽动力计算模型、动力特性分析和设置铅芯橡胶支座（LRB）的隔震分析。研究表明,基于ODE求解器的解析和半解析方法有很好的精度和可靠性,可用于大型渡槽的初步设计。结合所得的研究成果,对南水北调的渡槽抗震提出了合理化建议。     

Frequency analysis of coupled shear wall assemblies

The finite strip procedure is used to predict the free vibration response of both planar and non-planar coupled shear wall assemblies. The solid walls are considered as vertical cantilever strips and a comparison is made between modelling the spandrel beams as discrete beams and as an equivalent continuum with orthotropic plate properties. It is shown that both approaches lead to essentially the same frequencies. The effects of vertical inertial forces and shear deflection are included, and structures considered may have properties that vary with height. The method presented appears to be more versatile than previously published techniques and numerical comparisons with existing methods indicate the predicted results to be accurate.     

上通流对大陆岩石圈地幔-地壳热结构模式的潜在影响

本文以多孔介质中大尺度传热问题为基础,结合热平衡理论分析与数值计算,探讨了上通流对大陆岩石圈地幔-地壳热结构模式的潜在影响.根据大陆岩石圈中孔隙波传热概念模型的初步理论分析结果,指出了采用理论分析和数值模拟相结合的方法在研究大陆岩石圈地幔-地壳热结构模式时的重要性.理论分析方法可用来确定岩石圈尺度范围内大陆岩石圈的厚度和大陆地壳相关的边界条件,从而为地壳范围内数值模型的建立提供一些重要信息.数值模拟方法可以用来模拟地壳尺度范围内地壳的详细结构和复杂几何形状.如果地壳内的热分布是所考虑的主要因素,采用具有地壳尺度的合理数值模型可以有效减少计算机工作量.利用理论分析方法求出的岩石圈尺度范围内大陆岩石圈厚度与地幔传导热流之间关系的理论解,不仅可以用来验证模拟大陆岩石圈内传热问题所采用的数值方法, 而且可以用来初步研究大陆岩石圈内热分布的基本规律,为研究岩石圈地幔热事件中大陆岩石圈热减薄过程提供相应的边界条件.本文从理论分析的观点初步探讨了中国大陆不同构造背景下大陆岩石圈的热结构模式,其结果与从地球物理和地质资料中获得的大陆岩石圈热结构模式十分吻合.研究结果表明由大陆岩石圈中孔隙波传播所导致的上通流是影响大陆岩石圈地幔-地壳热结构模式及大陆岩石圈地幔与地壳之间物质和能量交换的可能机制之一.     

Assessment of the dynamic response of unreinforced masonry structures using a macroelement modeling approach

The seismic performance of unreinforced masonry structures is strongly associated with the interaction between in‐plane and out‐of‐plane mechanisms. The seismic response of these structures has been thoroughly investigated by means of experimental testing, analytical procedures, and computational approaches. Within the framework of the numerical simulations, models based on the finite element method provide a good prediction of the seismic performance of unreinforced masonry structures. However, they usually require a high computational cost and advanced user expertise to define appropriate mechanical properties and to interpret the numerical results. Because of these limitations, simplified models for practical applications have been developed during the last decades. Despite this, a great number of these models focus mostly on the evaluation of the in‐plane response, assuming box (or integral) behavior of the structure. In this paper, a simplified macroelement modeling approach is used to simulate the seismic response of 2 masonry prototypes taking into consideration the combined in‐plane and out‐of‐plane action. The numerical investigations were performed in the static and dynamic fields by using pushover analyses and nonlinear dynamic analyses respectively. The latter is a novel implementation of a model previously developed for static analysis. The results obtained from this study are in good agreement with those provided by a detailed nonlinear continuum FE approach, demonstrating the applicability of this macroelement model with a significant reduction of the computational cost.     

2.5维电导率正交各向异性海洋可控源电磁等参有限元数值模拟

本文实现了2.5维电导率正交各向异性海洋可控源电磁等参有限元数值模拟.利用傅里叶变换导出了电导率正交各向异性2.5维海洋可控源电磁法波数域电磁场耦合方程,采用伽里金加权余量法推导了相应的有限元方程;采用任意四边形单元对研究区域进行剖分,在单元中进行双二次插值,将有限元方程化为线性代数方程组;最后,求解线性方程组并进行反傅里叶变换获得空间域电磁场值.这个方法可以模拟海底起伏地形条件下地下任意形状电导率正交各向异性的复杂模型.与一维模型的数值模拟结果对比表明,电磁场数值解与解析解吻合.二维模型的计算结果与二维自适应非结构有限元模拟结果也吻合.水平海底二维地电模型考察了不同各向异性系数对海洋可控源电磁响应的影响特征.海底起伏地形地电模型的数值结果表明,电导率各向异性对海洋可控源电磁响应影响明显,有可能淹没海底地形和高阻油气藏引起的异常.     

Free vibrations of open-section shear walls

The coupled torsional-flexural vibration of open-section shear walls, braced by connecting beams at each floor level, is analysed on the basis of Vlasov's theory of thin-walled beams. The basic dynamic equations and boundary conditions are derived from Hamilton's principle, and a numerical solution obtained by the Ritz-Galerkin method. In addition to the primary torsional and flexural inertias, secondary effects due to rotatory and warping inertia forces have also been taken into account. The method is suitable for both rigid and flexible base conditions. A series of numerical examples is presented in which analytical results are compared with available experimental data, and the effects of secondary inertia forces, base flexibility and connecting beams upon the vibration characteristics of such shear walls are examined for two different structural forms.     

二维SH波方程的半解析解及其数值模拟

本文以波动理论为基础, 半解析化求解地震勘探中常用的SH波方程. 获得的主要结果包括: 给出了二维均匀介质中SH波方程的解析解; 利用Cagniard-de Hoop方法详细推导了二维双层介质中SH波方程的解析解, 获得了透射波的解析解表达式. 同时, 基于SH波方程的解析表达式, 给出了包含各种波(如直达波、反射波、首波以及透射波)的解析解和波形图. 对于比较复杂的积分型解析解, 利用数值积分方法给出了数值结果, 并与优化的近似解析离散化方法(ONADM)和4阶Lax-Wendroff修正方法(LWC)的数值结果进行了比较, 以验证解析解的正确性. 本文的研究成果有望在检验波动方程数值新方法的有效性、波传播理论分析等方面得到应用.     

Experimental and numerical analyses of vibrations induced by high-speed trains on the Córdoba–Málaga line

This paper has two main purposes. One is to present and analyse soil and structural vibration data obtained experimentally during certification testing of the high-speed train line between Córdoba and Málaga (Spain) that was opened on December 2007. The second is to show the capabilities of a three-dimensional boundary element method (BEM)/finite element method (FEM) numerical approach for the analysis of train induced vibrations. The model can represent local soil conditions, discontinuities such as underpasses, as well as structures placed next to the rail track. Vibrations in those structures can be computed taking into account, in a rigorous way, dynamic soil–structure interaction and local soil properties. Experimental and numerical results at several points near the track are compared. Results for an overhead contact support structure are also evaluated. The comparison of numerically predicted and recorded results shows that the model is reliable for predicting the amplitude of vibrations produced in the soil and nearby structures by high-speed trains.     

单体边坡地形的地震动力响应及其放大效应的数值分析

本文采用隐式动力有限单元法研究了不同的边坡角度和边坡高度对地形放大效应的影响,并以位移峰值放大系数为衡量地震动放大效应的标准,计算了不同边坡角度和边坡高度条件下的地震响应,在此基础上对模型关键监测点的输出波形以及位移峰值放大系数的变化趋势进行了分析,获得了不同监测点处的地震动时程曲线,揭示了坡角和坡高对单体边坡地震动放大效应的定量作用规律。数值结果表明,相同高度处坡面监测点的水平向位移峰值放大系数大于坡内监测点的,地形放大效应在水平方向具有趋表效应。由于坡面存在入射波和反射波的叠加,因此竖直向位移峰值放大系数的最大值出现在坡体内部。      

大型火力发电厂框排架混合结构主厂房动力特性试验与分析

选取1 000MW大型火力发电厂新型混合结构主厂房体系的三跨三榀进行缩尺比为1/7的空间模型试验研究.采用锤击法测试模型结构的动力特性,得到其自振频率和振型,并根据相似关系换算到原型结构.使用SAP2000软件建立混合结构主厂房模型和原型结构的有限元模型,进行模态分析,得到模型和原型结构的频率和振型,并与试验结果进行对比分析.可为大型火力发电厂新型混合结构主厂房体系的抗震性能研究提供依据.     

村镇建筑砌体结构的动力特性分析

为探讨村镇建筑中低层砌体结构的动力特性与振动机理,基于农居调查实测的布置及材料性能数据,在ABAQUS软件中建立考虑结构布置、材料强度及有限元网格控制等参数的7个有限元模型方案,对各模型进行结构动力特性分析,并对比分析其振动形态、振型分量及振型周期。分析表明,村镇建筑中按常规布置的砌体结构,其振动特性不利于结构抗震;砌体材料性能劣化在降低结构承载能力的同时还会放大高阶面外振动分量的地震作用,加剧承重墙在地震中发生外闪倒塌的机率;如采取措施实现结构的基本振型为沿横向平动,则其振动特性表明横墙的承重与抗侧能力均可有效发挥,且面外振动的高阶振型被抑制,提高了结构抗震能力;此外,本文还提出ABAQUS对壳单元沿厚度方向的网格控制要求。     

Nonlinear dynamic analysis of multi-base seismically isolated structures with uplift potential II： verification examples

The work presented in this paper serves as numerical verification of the analytical model developed in the companion paper for nonlinear dynamic analysis of multi-base seismically isolated structures. To this end, two numerical examples have been analyzed using the computational algorithm incorporated into program 3D-BASIS-ME-MB, developed on the basis of the newly-formulated analytical model. The first example concerns a seven-story model structure that was tested on the earthquake simulator at the University at Buffalo and was also used as a verification example for program SAP2000. The second example concerns a two-tower, multi-story structure with a split-level seismic-isolation system. For purposes of verification, key results produced by 3D-BASIS-ME-MB are compared to experimental results, or results obtained from other structural/finite element programs. In both examples, the analyzed structure is excited under conditions of bearing uplift, thus yielding a case of much interest in verifying the capabilities of the developed analysis tool.     

Comparison of eigensensitivity and ANN based methods in model updating of an eight-story building

Analytical models prepared from field drawings do not generally provide results that match with experimental results.The error may be due to uncertainties in the property of materials,size of members and errors in the modelling process.It is important to improve analytical models using experimentally obtained data.For the past several years,data obtained from ambient vibration testing have been successfully used in many cases to update and match dynamic behaviors of analytical models with real structures.This paper presents a comparison between artificial neural network(ANN) and eigensensitivity based model updating of an existing multi-story building.A simple spring-mass analytical model,developed from the structural drawings of the building,is considered and the corresponding spring stiffness and lumped mass of all floors are chosen as updating parameters.The advantages and disadvantages of these updating methods are discussed.The advantage is that both methods ensure a physically meaningful model which canbe further employed in determining structural response and health monitoring.