leven Word Confsoceon Fagus Hance ‘Acpleo, MEXICO one 3251988 SEISMIC DRIFT ESTIMATES FOR RC STRUCTURES. Andres LEPAGE School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, "West Lafayette, IN 47907-1288 ABSTRACT ‘ecm le shen ofA ste ncn go ny Pee er nT eT Sree er esas et SSS hn ta etree econ ee SA Ne age oid een eras gehen SORTS tl wn ces a te ee eee arn Sens tel "Rett i Soudan Rahs ea Magee SHINE Ue suie cereal eae SRSRSTAd infaaetunrncamas KEYWORDS Structural engineering; earthquake resistant design; displacement design; drift consol; response spectrum; characterise period: base shear strength reduetin fat. (GENERALIZED DISPLACEMENT SPECTRUM "Revow sta hav showy hatnontna dspace espn can De approximate using nea sinates (Shibata and Soven 1976; Shimazaki and Sozen 1984). The generalized Uislacement spectrum preseaed totes itended for drift estimates fr reinforced concrete sutures responding nonlincay A lines displacement response spectrum can be defined based on a typical smoothed linear acelerstion Spectrum considering that te specual values fr displacements, velociues and accelerations, for danping [ese than 20% of elical damping, ae related approximately By 7 an) seo? siefFRY © 2n) S0 sun FE) se e wher, Se, 5%, Sa = spectral acceleration, velocity and displacement, respectively; Foca for T2Ty where, Fe acceleration amplification factor. value of 3.75, for oscillators with 2% damping ratios ropresenatve of aide range of earthquakes; ‘ ‘scceleration of gravity, @ peak ground acceleration expressed asa coefficient of the acceleration of grail T, = characteristic period fo ground motion. Period at which he sssumed constant ‘acceleration region ends “The above definition i based onthe assumption that for periods below Ts, the acceleration response is neely constant and for periods above, the velocity response is nearly insensitive to change in period. ‘Using the relationships given by Bg, (1) and 2) and subsioting into Eg.) ives an expression for an dealized Hisdigicmnon ropes pene Fett we rey x) Se Oy Fe@eT 7 Tat eH ‘This expression cn be rewrten a 2 ofS tet Su © 1 >, for Tg2T wee, Dy = ctaracteristceaplacement for ground moton; iy fictive prod tool ‘The characteristic displacement for ground motion, i this study, represents the linear displacement of an ‘ostillator with peciod Fada damping factor of itean be defined in erm ofthe peak ground seeleralon cee ore tower (8) © ‘The etective pio, Te, foe enforced conercestractrs, may be assumed to be approximately Tens the peo tat conesponds to ueracked emer section prope. represents an inked vale beeen he peo coesponding to uneracke nd lly racked secon. ‘The idealized response spectra defined by Eq (3) and (3) re compared othe actual response spectra for Inca stems saljeted to Cenuo 1240 NS (nperal Valley Exgake) Therese showin Figs India an adequate smoot epesemtation ofthe rexponse spec wih esl zenrally on he Righe‘The characteristic period for ground motion, T, is determined using the input energy spectrum. The ree eter tte = + nem [igi 5 = eee a seeder Beebe ees gece ‘The input enegy, Fi, equals the maximum of the sum, overtime tof kinetic energy dissipated energy and strain energy. Ty is defined asthe lowest period where the input energy spectum, fora damping factor of 10%, tends level of. This definition of 7, based onthe energy response spectrum, coincides closely with the pat which he say const cca ran’ enc The rane owing the cere ata {or defining 7, 1s that nonlinesr displacement response lengthens te period of the oscillator and this results Jinan increase of input eneray, the nonlinear system has to displace further inorder to dissipate the increase In input energy. This interpreation suggests dat iear and nonlinear systems wit inal periods more than TT, where input energy remains nearly constant, ar likely to experience nearly equal SRS MnO RO eecla— aof SOO = maui donamens, Dace a Raradacen Teh =< Several studies recommend that the esponse BP yr Spectrum to use in design be constructed 2p through the use of consoling ground motion Parameters: peak acceleration (A), peak ‘elocity (¥) and peak displacement (D) Relationships between the ground motion parameters, such as Va and 4247 have been Sefined (Newmarket a. 1973; Newmark and Rosenblueth 1971). The region of neatly constant displacement response occurs Approximately ata period oF 4P0 times Ts. Values for 47/? are dependent, among oer factors, onthe focal distance at earhguake. ‘A valve of 6 has been recommended to Accommodate a wide range of ears, ‘gael of sol eontons (Newmark ea 1973). Theoretically. an infinite focal distance would yields Valu of For practical applications, in the domain of Tow. to maderat-rise builings, the nearly constant displacement region mabe ignored. Inihis study, the constant velocity region 1s ‘sumed to extead a pesiod oF not Tess han ‘Ssoconds ‘To account for nonlinear response, Eq (5) is ‘modified and rewritten in nondimensional form cD ig. 1. Linear Response Spectra fr El Centro IMONS