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CE 20 - Earthquake Engineering

Assignment 3 - Multiple Degrees of Freedom

Assignment 3a:

Determine the natural mode shapes and their natural frequencies for the 3-storey shear
building shown. Plot the corresponding mode shapes for each natural mode.

SN = Last 4 digits of Student Number

SN SN
2 1800
500 12
SN SN
m 1.5 k 1200
700 10
SN SN
1 600
900 9

Assignment 3b:

Determine the free vibration response of the 3-storey frame above subject to the following
initial conditions and damping ratio. Plot the modal response of each natural mode as well as
the total response for the whole system.
Displacement Velocity Damping Ratio

0 1
SN SN ξ 0.05
u0 0.5 v0 0
700 1250
1.0 0

Assignment 3c:

Determine the time history analysis of the 3-storey frame above subject to the El Centro
earthquake. Assume 5% damping ratio and the spatial distribution as follows. Plot the modal
response of each natural mode as well as the total response for the whole system.
Earthquake Force Spatial distribution:
1
1
i 1
1
1

Assignment 3d:

Determine the response spectrum analysis of the 3-storey frame above subject to the El Centro
earthquake. Assume 5% damping ratio. Use the peak response values of the time history
analysis of the previous problem. Use SRSS to determine the combined total response of the
system.

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