International journal of steel structures (국제강구조저널)

Korean Society of Steel Construction (한국강구조학회)
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Blast Fragility and Sensitivity Analyses of Steel Moment Frames with Plan Irregularities

  • Kumar, Anil (Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi) ;
  • Matsagar, Vasant (Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi)
  • Received : 2016.12.27
  • Accepted : 2018.04.26
  • Published : 2018.12.31
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Abstract

Fragility functions are determined for braced steel moment frames (SMFs) with plans such as square-, T-, L-, U-, trapezoidal-, and semicircular-shaped, subjected to blast. The frames are designed for gravity and seismic loads, but not necessarily for the blast loads. The blast load is computed for a wide range of scenarios involving different parameters, viz. charge weight, standoff distance, and blast location relative to plan of the structure followed by nonlinear dynamic analysis of the frames. The members failing in rotation lead to partial collapse due to plastic mechanism formation. The probabilities of partial collapse of the SMFs, with and without bracing system, due to the blast loading are computed to plot fragility curves. The charge weight and standoff distance are taken as Gaussian random input variables. The extent of propagation of the uncertainties in the input parameters onto the response quantities and fragility of the SMFs is assessed by computing Sobol sensitivity indices. The probabilistic analysis is conducted using Monte Carlo simulations. The frames have least failure probability for blasts occurring in front of their corners or convex face. Further, the unbraced frames are observed to have higher fragility as compared to counterpart braced frames for far-off detonations.

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