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Earthquake Resistance Structures: by D.Uday Kumar & J.Prasadd NBKRIST, Vidynagar
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EARTHQUAKE
RESISTANCE
STRUCTURES
By
D.UDAY KUMAR &
J.PRASADD
NBKRIST,Vidynagar
4/12/2014
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from basically zero in the 1960s to 20 or 30 small During its construction in March 2002, a 6.8
seismic events per year. earthquake did knock two cranes to the ground. Taipei
101 itself, though, was undamaged. So, if the skyscraper
does cause earthquakes in the future, at least you know
where to go?
Fig.2
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Normal and reverse faulting are examples of dip- HOW EARTHQUAKES EFFECT
slip, where the displacement along the fault is in the
BUILDINGS?
direction of dip and movement on them involves a
vertical component. Normal faults occur mainly in areas Earthquakes cause damage as a result of the
where the crust is being extended such as a divergent different waves that they produce as the earthquake
boundary. Reverse faults occur in areas where the crust energy moves through and on the Earth. The way that
is being shortened such as at a convergent boundary. the ground responds to the energy of earthquake waves
as they pass through depends on the geology of the area.
Reverse faults, particularly those along
convergent plate boundaries are associated with the most A hard rock, like granite or limestone, may
vibrate very quickly with short movements, but not
powerful earthquakes, including almost all of those of
break apart significantly. A wet sand or silt, on the other
magnitude 8 or more. Strike-slip faults, particularly hand, could be shaken enough that the pressure of the
continental transforms can produce major earthquakes water in the soil builds up enough to make the soil
up to about magnitude 8. Earthquakes associated with behave like a liquid. This is called liquefaction, and is
normal faults are generally less than magnitude 7. responsible for much earthquake damage in low-lying
wet areas.
STRIKE SLIP: Damage to the ground during an earthquake
usually takes place in one of the following ways:
Strike-slip faults are steep structures where the
two sides of the fault slip horizontally past each other;
SHAKING:
transform boundaries are a particular type of strike-slip
Moves the ground in place. This does not
fault. Many earthquakes are caused by movement on usually cause significant damage to the ground itself, but
faults that have components of both dip-slip and strike- often results in major damage to structures in or on the
slip; this is known as oblique slip. ground. This can include, not only buildings, but water,
gas and sewer lines, train tracks, androads.
LANDSLIDES:
Ground is moved (displaced) to somewhere
else.
LIQUEFACTION:
Strength of the ground is removed, causing the
ground and objects on it to sink. Any heavy objects
sitting on liquefied ground will rapidly sink. This
includes all types of natural features as well as
structures. Liquefaction can result in depressions, a type
of landslide called a lateral spread, and the formation of
sand blows. Sand blows are geysers or volcanoes of sand
expelled from cracks or holes in the ground due to high
water pressure in the saturated sand during earthquake
shaking. Sand blows have been known to open large
fissures, create large depressions, and cover large areas
of land with several inches of sand. This can impact
roads and infrastructure, as well as bury large areas of
Fig.4 farmland, making it unable to sustain crops.
The damage to structures can depend on the
Strike-slip faults tend to be oriented near vertically, material that the structure is made out of, the type of
resulting in an approximate width of 10 km within the earthquake wave (motion) that is affecting the structure,
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and the ground on which the structure is built. Wood building’s foundations vibrate in a manner that’s similar
structures respond to earthquakes differently than brick to the surrounding ground.
or masonry structures, because wood can bend, and Brittle elements tend to break and lose strength.
masonry tends to shatter. Likewise, buildings with (Examples of brittle elements include unreinforced
reinforced steel in their walls tend to stand better than masonry walls that crack when overstressed in shear,
unsupported buildings during shaking. The taller a and unconfined concrete elements that crush under
building is the more the top of the building moves compressive overloads.) Ductile elements are able to
relative to the bottom of the building; however all deform beyond their elastic strength limit and continue
buildings sway during an earthquake. to carry load. (Examples of ductile elements include
tension braces and adequately braced beams in moment
frames .
For economic reasons, building codes permit
buildings to be damaged by the infrequent severe
earthquakes that may affect them, but prevent collapse
and endangerment of life safety. For buildings that house
important functions essential to post-earthquake
recovery, including hospitals, fire stations, emergency
communications centers, etc., codes adopt more
conservative criteria that’s intended to minimize the risk
that the buildings would be so severely damaged they
could not be used for their intended function.
Fig.5
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you off balance. On the other hand, if they pull the rug
slowly and only gradually increase the speed of the rug,
they can move (displace) it a great distance without that
same unfortunate result.
Fig.8
NEWTON’S LAW:
Acceleration has this important influence on
damage, because, as an object in movement, the building
obeys Newton' famous Second Law of Dynamics. The
simplest form of the equation which expresses the
Second Law of Motion is
F = MA 1.1.
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large enough, the building's structural elements suffer To begin with, as we discussed in the How
damage of various kinds. Earthquakes Affect Buildings, the magnitude of the
building response – that is, the accelerations which it
undergoes – depends primarily upon the frequencies of
the input ground motion and the building's natural
frequency. When these are near or equal to one another,
the building's response reaches a peak level.
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example of the rigid block, the block is an example of a vibrating, once it had been set in motion. Obviously,
structure with extremely low ductility. To see how different objects possess differing degrees of damping. A
ductility can improve a building's performance during an bean bag, for example, has high damping; a trampoline
earthquake. has low damping.
For the block, we have substituted a In a building undergoing an earthquake, damping – the
combination of a metal rod and a weight. In response to decay of the amplitude of a building's vibrations – is due
the ground motion, the rod bends but does not break. (Of to internal friction and the absorption of energy by the
course, metals in general are more ductile than materials building's structural and nonstructural elements. All
such as stone, brick and concrete.) Obviously, it is far buildings possess some intrinsic damping.
more desirable for a building to sustain a limited amount
of deformation than for it to suffer a complete The more damping a building possesses, the
breakagefailure. sooner it will stop vibrating--which of course is highly
desirable from the standpoint of earthquake
The ductility of a structure is in fact one of the performance. Today, some of the more advanced
most important factors affecting its earthquake techniques of earthquake resistant design and
performance. One of the primary tasks of an engineer construction employ added damping devices like shock
designing a building to be earthquake resistant is to absorbers to increase artificially the intrinsic damping of
ensure that the building will possess enough ductility to a building and so improve its earthquake performance.
withstand the size and types of earthquakes it is likely to
experience during its lifetime. HOW DO YOU MADE AN EARTHQUAKE
PROOF BUILDING?
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Fig.14
Fig.12
Because of the complex nature of earthquake
EARTHQUAKE GENERATED FORCES: ground motion, the building actually tends to vibrate
back and forth in varying directions. So, Figure 3 is
To get a basic idea of how base isolation works. really a kind of "snapshot" of the building at only one
This shows an earthquake acting on both a base isolated particular point of its earthquake response
building and a conventional, fixed–base, building. As a
result of an earthquake, the ground beneath each
building begins to move. In Figure 13, it is shown In addition to displacing toward the right, the
moving to the left. un–isolated building is also shown to be changing its
shape– from a rectangle to a parallelogram. We say that
the building is deforming. The primary cause of
earthquake damage to buildings is the deformation
which the building undergoes as a result of the inertial
forces acting upon it.
It is important to know that the inertial forces Experiments and observations of base–isolated
which the building undergoes are proportional to the buildings in earthquakes have been shown to reduce
building's acceleration during ground motion. It is also building accelerations to as little as 1/4 of the
important to realize that buildings don't actually shift in acceleration of comparable fixed–base buildings, which
only one direction. each building undergoes as a percentage of gravity. As
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Once again, to try to illustrate some of the Highly polished on its outside diameter, the piston
general principles of damping devices, we'll look more rod slides through the seal and seal retainer. The external
closely at one particular type of damping device, the end of the piston rod is affixed to one of the two
Fluid Viscous Damper, which is one variety of viscous mounting clevises. The internal end of the piston rod
damper that has been widely utilized and has proven to attaches to the piston head. In general, the piston rod
be very effective in a wide range of applications. must react all damping forces, plus provide a sealing
interface with the seal. Since the piston rod is relatively
slender and must support column loading conditions, it
The article, titled Application of Fluid Viscous
is normally manufactured from high-strength steel
Dampers to Earthquake Resistant Design, describes the
material. Stainless steel is preferred as a piston rod
basic characteristics of fluid viscous dampers, the
material, since any type of rust or corrosion on the rod
process of developing and testing them, and the
surface can cause catastrophic seal failure. In addition,
installation of fluid viscous dampers in an actual
the design of the piston rod should be strain based, rather
building to make it more earthquake resistant.
than stress based, since elastic flexing of the piston rod
during damper compression can cause binding or seal
Damping devices are usually installed as part of leakage.
bracing systems. Figure 16 shows one type of damper–
brace arrangement, with one end attached to a column
and one end attached to a floor beam. Primarily, this
arrangement provides the column with additional
support.
Cylinder :
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damper is virtually identical to the silicone used Piston heads are relatively simple in appearance.
incommon hand and facial cream cosmetics. However, the orifice passages machined or built into the
piston head usually have very complex shapes,
Seal : depending on the damping output equation selected.
The seals used in a fluid damper must be capable
of a long service life; at least 25 years without requiring
periodic replacement. The seal materials must be Seal Retainer :
carefully chosen for this service life requirement and for
compatibility with the damper=s fluid. Since dampers in
Used to close open ends of the cylinder, these are
structures are often subject to long periods of infrequent
often referred to as end caps, end plates, or stuffing
use, seals must not exhibit long-term sticking nor allow
boxes. It is preferable to use large diameter threads
slow leakage of fluid. Most dampers use dynamic seals
turned on either the exterior or interior surface of the
at the piston rod interface, and static seals where
cylinder to engage the seal retainer. Alternate attachment
the end caps or seal retainers are attached to the cylinder.
means, such as multiple bolts, studs, or cylinder tie rods
For static seals, conventional elastomer oring seals have
should be avoided as these can be excited to resonance
proven to be acceptable. Dynamic seals for the piston
by high frequency portions of either the earthquake
rod should be manufactured from high-strength
transient or the building response spectra.
structural polymers, to eliminate sticking or compression
set during long periods of inactivity. Typical dynamic
seal materials include Teflon®, stabilized nylon, and
members of the acetyl resin family. Dynamic seals
manufactured from structural polymers do not age, Accumulator :
degrade, or distort over time. In comparison,
conventional elastomers will require periodic The simple damper depicted in Figure 4 utilizes
replacement if used as dynamic seals in a damper. an internal, in-line rod make-up accumulator. The
accumulator consists of either a block of closed cell
plastic foam, a moveable (and gas pressurized)
accumulator piston, or a rubber bladder. The purpose of
the accumulator is to allow for the volumetric
displacement of the piston rod as it enters or exits the
damper during excitation. A second purpose is to
compensate for thermal expansion and contraction of the
fluid. The damper in Figure 4 uses a control valve to
meter the amount of fluid displaced into the accumulator
when the damper is being compressed. When the damper
extends, the control valve opens to allow fluid from the
accumulator to freely enter the damper pressure
chambers. Some types of dampers use a so-called
“through rod,” where the piston rod goes entirely
through the damper cylinder. These dampers do not
require accumulators at all, but do require two sets of
seals.
Orifices :
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Fig.22
CONCLUSION:
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