Time variant system identification of superstructures of base-isolated buildings

The time-variant dynamic properties related to the superstructure of base-isolated (BI) buildings are identified using a simple substructure approach. Based on the acceleration data recorded in BI buildings during earthquake events, the short-time deterministic-stochastic subspace identification (ST...

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Main Authors: Hernández, Francisco, Díaz, Pablo, Astroza, Rodrigo, Ochoa-Cornejo, Felipe, Zhang, Xihong
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2021
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89092
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author Hernández, Francisco
Díaz, Pablo
Astroza, Rodrigo
Ochoa-Cornejo, Felipe
Zhang, Xihong
author_facet Hernández, Francisco
Díaz, Pablo
Astroza, Rodrigo
Ochoa-Cornejo, Felipe
Zhang, Xihong
author_sort Hernández, Francisco
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description The time-variant dynamic properties related to the superstructure of base-isolated (BI) buildings are identified using a simple substructure approach. Based on the acceleration data recorded in BI buildings during earthquake events, the short-time deterministic-stochastic subspace identification (STDSI) method and a novel short-time transfer function (STTF) method are used to identify the temporal evolution of the modal properties of the superstructure, which can be consequently employed to study the evolution of its potential damage. The proposed substructure approach is applied to experimental data from three BI structures: a building numerically simulated using the commercial software SAP2000, a full-scale five-story reinforced concrete BI building tested at different intensity levels on a large-scale shake table, and an instrumented four-story reinforced masonry building located in Chile. The results indicate that the identified modal properties obtained for the superstructure by using the proposed approach are comparable to those obtained from the corresponding fixed-base (FB) buildings, allowing to study in detail the dynamic behavior of BI buildings’ superstructures disaggregating the highly inelastic response associated with the seismic isolation system.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-890922022-09-23T07:07:34Z Time variant system identification of superstructures of base-isolated buildings Hernández, Francisco Díaz, Pablo Astroza, Rodrigo Ochoa-Cornejo, Felipe Zhang, Xihong The time-variant dynamic properties related to the superstructure of base-isolated (BI) buildings are identified using a simple substructure approach. Based on the acceleration data recorded in BI buildings during earthquake events, the short-time deterministic-stochastic subspace identification (STDSI) method and a novel short-time transfer function (STTF) method are used to identify the temporal evolution of the modal properties of the superstructure, which can be consequently employed to study the evolution of its potential damage. The proposed substructure approach is applied to experimental data from three BI structures: a building numerically simulated using the commercial software SAP2000, a full-scale five-story reinforced concrete BI building tested at different intensity levels on a large-scale shake table, and an instrumented four-story reinforced masonry building located in Chile. The results indicate that the identified modal properties obtained for the superstructure by using the proposed approach are comparable to those obtained from the corresponding fixed-base (FB) buildings, allowing to study in detail the dynamic behavior of BI buildings’ superstructures disaggregating the highly inelastic response associated with the seismic isolation system. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89092 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112697 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle Hernández, Francisco
Díaz, Pablo
Astroza, Rodrigo
Ochoa-Cornejo, Felipe
Zhang, Xihong
Time variant system identification of superstructures of base-isolated buildings
title Time variant system identification of superstructures of base-isolated buildings
title_full Time variant system identification of superstructures of base-isolated buildings
title_fullStr Time variant system identification of superstructures of base-isolated buildings
title_full_unstemmed Time variant system identification of superstructures of base-isolated buildings
title_short Time variant system identification of superstructures of base-isolated buildings
title_sort time variant system identification of superstructures of base-isolated buildings
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89092