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A new method to predict the critical incidence angle for buildings under near-fault motions

  • Sebastiani, Paolo E. (Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome) ;
  • Liberatore, Laura (Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome) ;
  • Lucchini, Andrea (Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome) ;
  • Mollaioli, Fabrizio (Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome)
  • Received : 2018.04.12
  • Accepted : 2018.10.23
  • Published : 2018.12.10
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Abstract

It is well known that the incidence angle of seismic excitation has an influence on the structural response of buildings, and this effect can be more significant in the case of near-fault signals. However, current seismic codes do not include detailed requirements regarding the direction of application of the seismic action and they have only recently introduced specific provisions about near-fault earthquakes. Thus, engineers have the task of evaluating all the relevant directions or the most critical conditions case by case, in order to avoid underestimating structural demand. To facilitate the identification of the most critical incidence angle, this paper presents a procedure which makes use of a two-degree of freedom model for representing a building. The proposed procedure makes it possible to avoid the extensive computational effort of multiple dynamic analyses with varying angles of incidence of ground motion excitation, which is required if a spatial multi-degree of freedom model is used for representing a building. The procedure is validated through the analysis of two case studies consisting of an eight- and a six-storey reinforced concrete frame building, selected as representative of existing structures located in Italy. A set of 124 near-fault ground motion records oriented along 8 incidence angles, varying from 0 to 180 degrees, with increments of 22.5 degrees, is used to excite the structures. Comparisons between the results obtained with detailed models of the two structures and the proposed procedure are used to show the accuracy of the latter in the prediction of the most critical angle of seismic incidence.

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Supported by : Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR)

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