Constant Ductility Site-Specific Yield Point Spectra for Seismic Design

Joint Authors

Zhai, Changhai
Ji, Duofa
Wen, Weiping

Source

Advances in Civil Engineering

Issue

Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-13, 13 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2019-08-14

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

13

Main Subjects

Civil Engineering

Abstract EN

Displacement-based seismic design (DBSD) is an iterative process because the strength and stiffness of a structure are needed to be adjusted in order to achieve a specific performance level, which is extremely inconvenient for designers in practice.

Yield point spectra-based seismic design is treated as an alternative design method in which yield displacement as a basic parameter will not lead to an iterative process even though the lateral strength or stiffness of a structure changes during the whole design process.

Along this line, this study focuses on investigating the yield point spectra (YPS) for structures located at different soil sites.

YPS are computed for EPP systems under 601 earthquake ground motions.

YPS for four soil sites are quantitatively analyzed by considering the influence of the vibration period, ductility factor, damping ratio, postyield stiffness ratio, and P-delta effect.

The results indicate that compared with the effects of the damping ratio, the effects of the postyield stiffness ratio and P-delta effect on YPS are more profound.

Finally, a prediction equation is proposed accounting for four soil sites and six ductility factors.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Ji, Duofa& Wen, Weiping& Zhai, Changhai. 2019. Constant Ductility Site-Specific Yield Point Spectra for Seismic Design. Advances in Civil Engineering،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1117013

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Ji, Duofa…[et al.]. Constant Ductility Site-Specific Yield Point Spectra for Seismic Design. Advances in Civil Engineering No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1117013

American Medical Association (AMA)

Ji, Duofa& Wen, Weiping& Zhai, Changhai. Constant Ductility Site-Specific Yield Point Spectra for Seismic Design. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1117013

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1117013