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ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
Volume 288, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116196
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Equivalent viscous damping; Infilled RC frames; Direct displacement-based design; OpenSees; Time-history analyses; Bouc-Wen model
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The direct displacement-based design (DDBD) is based on the equivalence between the nonlinear hysteretic response of a structure and a simple linear oscillator with equivalent viscous damping (EVD). However, the existing simple relationships exhibit large dispersion and uncertainty due to the neglect of specific properties of the structural system. This paper proposes an original approach to estimate the EVD of infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frames.
The direct displacement-based design (DDBD) is based on the equivalence between the nonlinear hysteretic response of a structure and a simple linear oscillator with equivalent viscous damping (EVD). Typically the EVD is calibrated for different types of structures as a function of the ductility. However, those simple relationships exhibit a huge dispersion and uncertainty since the specific properties of the structural system are not considered. This work proposes an original approach for estimating the EVD of infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frames. We focus on a ductility demand corresponding to an ultimate limit state and we investigate the effect of the properties of infilled RC frames on the EVD. A data-driven hysteresis model proposed by the authors in a previous research is implemented in OpenSees to represent the nonlinear response of infill panels. The optimal EVD at the ultimate limit state is computed using an extensive series of time-history analyses (THAs) on a dataset of 14 infilled RC frames. Afterwards, an empirical correlation law for the estimate of the optimal EVD is calibrated as a function of the geometrical and mechanical properties of infilled RC frames. This formula is meant to be a practical tool for a preliminary design of infilled RC frames. A comparison with the EVD estimated by quasi-static tests and the EVD of bare frames is made. The methods and results presented in this work may be the basis for more robust predictions of the EVD of infilled RC structures.
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