MODELLING OF ROCKING AND SLIDING EFFECTS IN THE SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF A FREE-STANDING COLUMN

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Keywords:

FREE-STANDING COLUMNS, ROCKING, SLIDING, FINITE ELEMENT MODELS, SEISMIC ANALYSIS.

Abstract

A STUDY ON THE SEISMIC RESPONSE OF A FREE-STANDING MARBLE COLUMN, INCLUDING ROCKING AND SLIDING EFFECTS, IS PRESENTED IN THIS PAPER. THE ROCKING-SLIDING MODEL IMPLEMENTED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANALYSES CORRESPONDS TO THE BASIC THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE DYNAMIC PHENOMENON. THE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE ADOPTED FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE MODEL TO THE NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC INCREMENTAL TIME-HISTORY INVESTIGATION IS CHECKED BY COMPARISON WITH SIMPLIFIED RIGID BODY-BASED ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS OF THE ROCKING-ONSET RESPONSE ACCELERATION AND THE OVERTURNING CRITICAL VELOCITY. THE RESULTS SHOW A HIGH SEISMIC VULNERABILITY OF THE COLUMN, AS IDENTIFIED BY SEVERE DAMAGE AT THE BASIC DESIGN EARTHQUAKE LEVEL,  AND AN OVERTURNING-RELATED NEAR-COLLAPSE RESPONSE AT THE MAXIMUM CONSIDERED EARTHQUAKE LEVEL.

Author Biographies

STEFANO SORACE, UNIVERSITY OF UDINE

POLYTECHNIC DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

GLORIA TERENZI, UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

CAMILLA BITOSSI, UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE.

ELENA MORI, UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE.

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Published

2017-03-04

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 10 (2017)

Section

ACEX-2016

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