Separation gap, a critical factor in earthquake induced pounding between adjacent buildings

In this paper it is attempted to study seismic responses of adjacent buildings subjected to earthquake induced pounding and to clarify pounding effects for various separation gaps. An analytical model of adjacent buildings resting on a half-space is provided whilst the buildings are connected by vis...

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Main Authors: Naserkhaki, Sadegh, El-Rich, Marwan, Abd Aziz, Farah Nora Aznieta, Pourmohammad, Hassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Building and Housing Research Center 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28571/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28571/1/Separation%20Gap.pdf
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author Naserkhaki, Sadegh
El-Rich, Marwan
Abd Aziz, Farah Nora Aznieta
Pourmohammad, Hassan
author_facet Naserkhaki, Sadegh
El-Rich, Marwan
Abd Aziz, Farah Nora Aznieta
Pourmohammad, Hassan
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description In this paper it is attempted to study seismic responses of adjacent buildings subjected to earthquake induced pounding and to clarify pounding effects for various separation gaps. An analytical model of adjacent buildings resting on a half-space is provided whilst the buildings are connected by visco-elastic contact force model. Results show that with same separation gap, adjacent buildings with structure-soil-structure interaction (SSSI) are more likely to pound together than buildings with fixed-based (FB) condition. Also, building condition gets worse due to pounding because the seismic responses of buildings are unfavourably increased and the condition becomes more critical if the separation gap becomes narrower.
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spelling upm-285712016-11-15T08:04:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28571/ Separation gap, a critical factor in earthquake induced pounding between adjacent buildings Naserkhaki, Sadegh El-Rich, Marwan Abd Aziz, Farah Nora Aznieta Pourmohammad, Hassan In this paper it is attempted to study seismic responses of adjacent buildings subjected to earthquake induced pounding and to clarify pounding effects for various separation gaps. An analytical model of adjacent buildings resting on a half-space is provided whilst the buildings are connected by visco-elastic contact force model. Results show that with same separation gap, adjacent buildings with structure-soil-structure interaction (SSSI) are more likely to pound together than buildings with fixed-based (FB) condition. Also, building condition gets worse due to pounding because the seismic responses of buildings are unfavourably increased and the condition becomes more critical if the separation gap becomes narrower. Building and Housing Research Center 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28571/1/Separation%20Gap.pdf Naserkhaki, Sadegh and El-Rich, Marwan and Abd Aziz, Farah Nora Aznieta and Pourmohammad, Hassan (2013) Separation gap, a critical factor in earthquake induced pounding between adjacent buildings. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (BHRC), 14 (6). pp. 881-898. ISSN 1563-0854 http://ajce.bhrc.ac.ir/tabid/1529/agentType/ViewType/PropertyTypeID/1345/Default.aspx
spellingShingle Naserkhaki, Sadegh
El-Rich, Marwan
Abd Aziz, Farah Nora Aznieta
Pourmohammad, Hassan
Separation gap, a critical factor in earthquake induced pounding between adjacent buildings
title Separation gap, a critical factor in earthquake induced pounding between adjacent buildings
title_full Separation gap, a critical factor in earthquake induced pounding between adjacent buildings
title_fullStr Separation gap, a critical factor in earthquake induced pounding between adjacent buildings
title_full_unstemmed Separation gap, a critical factor in earthquake induced pounding between adjacent buildings
title_short Separation gap, a critical factor in earthquake induced pounding between adjacent buildings
title_sort separation gap, a critical factor in earthquake induced pounding between adjacent buildings
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28571/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28571/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28571/1/Separation%20Gap.pdf