Investigating the economic consequences of the natural hazards on the infrastructures is a crucial task in any risk-based decision-making process. Life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis is an important tool in both design (to choose the most economic configuration) and analysis (to estimate the future cost of ownership) stages. The pile-supported wharves, as one of the main parts in a marine harbor system, may experience significant deterioration (i.e. strength reduction) and seismic shaking during their life time. In this paper, damage cost in multiple limit states of a deteriorated pile-supported wharf due to chloride corrosion is calculated. A precise finite element model is developed to account for structural aging and the simultaneous seismic shaking. Aging-dependent seismic fragility functions are first developed using incremental dynamic analysis. Next, the LCC analysis is conducted considering the crane damage, as well as, inspection and maintenance costs. The results are calculated for three seismic hazard levels. The findings confirm significance of corrosion on LCC of pile-supported wharf. It is observed that corrosion may increase the LCC of the structure and system (i.e. structure and cranes) by 15% and 8%, respectively. Finally, a set of analytical formulations are proposed for performance index as a function of age, damage state, and seismic hazard level.
Near field earthquakes have imposed major damage to buildings in the past years. In some cases, the intensity of such damage is too considerable to be disregarded. The most effective way to improve seismic performance of buildings is applying a seismic control technique. The cylindrical friction damper is one of these methods, which has become popular for its desirable performance in the energy dissipation of lateral loads. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the near-field seismic performance of braced frame buildings equipped with cylindrical friction dampers. In this regard, four steel braced frame buildings, including a 4-, 8-, 12-, and 16-story braced frame building are modeled in OpenSees platform. Then, a set of near-field earthquake motions are applied to these structures and the structural response is captured in each story. Results show that there is a direct relation between the optimal slip load and the intensity of the input earthquake. In the next step, the structures are analyzed by selecting the optimum slip load for the damper. It is revealed that cylindrical friction dampers improved structural performance in terms of energy absorption of the structure. However, findings confirm that there is an indirect relationship between the number of floors in a building and the above mentioned feature of these dampers.
The occurrence of progressive collapse induced by the removal of the vertical load-bearing element in the structure, because of fire or earthquake, has been a significant challenge between structural engineers. Progressive collapse is defined as the complete failure or failure of a part of the structure, initiating with a local rupture in a part of the building and can threaten the stability of the structure. In the current study, the behavior of the structures equipped with a cylindrical friction damper, when the vertical load-bearing elements are eliminated, is considered in two cases: 1-The load-bearing element is removed under the gravity load, and 2-The load-bearing element is removed due to the earthquake lateral forces. In order to obtain a generalized result in the seismic case, 22 pair motions presented in FEMA p 695 are applied to the structures. The study has been conducted using the vertical push down analysis for the case (1), and the nonlinear time-history analysis for the second case using OpenSEES software for 5,10, and 15-story steel frames. Results indicate that, in the first case, the load coefficient, and accordingly the strength of the structure equipped with cylindrical friction dampers are increased considerably. Furthermore, the results from the second case demonstrate that the displacements, and consequently the forces imposed to the structure in the buildings equipped with the cylindrical friction damper substantially was reduced. An optimum slip load is defined in the friction dampers, which permits the damper to start its frictional damping from this threshold load. Therefore, the optimum slip load of the damper is calculated and discussed for both cases.
During severe seismic excitations, a large amount of kinetic energy is fed into a structure .In this investigation, seismic response of steel structures utilizing Cylindrical Frictional Dampers (CFD) is studied. CFD is an innovative frictional damper which comprises two principal elements, the shaft and the hollow cylinder. These two elements are assembled such that one is shrink-fitted inside the other. If the damper’s axial force overcomes the static friction load, the shaft inside the cylinder will move and results in considerable mechanical energy absorption. To assess the efficacy of CFD, various steel frames are constructed and analyzed using OpenSees software. Nonlinear time history analyses and Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) are applied to the frames and clear distinction has been drawn between the frames comprising CFD and the counterparts without CFD to emphasize the effectiveness of CFD in altering seismic responses. The results show that CFD extremely improves the seismic response of the structure
In this investigation, seismic response of steel structures utilizing Cylindrical Frictional Dampers (CFD) is studied. CFD is an innovative frictional damper which comprises two principal elements, the shaft and the hollow cylinder. These two elements are assembled such that one is shrink-fitted inside the other. If the damper’s axial force overcomes the static friction load, the shaft inside the cylinder will move and results in considerable mechanical energy absorption. To assess the efficacy of CFD 6 story steel frame are constructed and analyzed. Nonlinear time history analyses are applied to the frames and clear distinction has been drawn between the frames comprising CFD and the counterparts without CFD to emphasize the effectiveness of CFD in altering seismic responses. The results show that CFD extremely improves the seismic response of the structure. Considering that we can install this damper in various situations to absorb energy, the behavior of this damper is evaluated in these situations. Response of structure (such as displacement, base shear, etc) represents the best and most effective position and optimal situation of the damper which is in diagonal brace.
Buildings in high seismic regions are prone to severe damage and collapse during earthquakes due to large lateral deformations. The use of superelastic shape memory alloys (SMAs) as reinforcements in concrete structures is gradually gaining interest among researchers. the effect of SMAs as reinforcement in concrete structures is analytically investigated for 3, 6 and 8-story reinforced concrete (RC) buildings. Each building has five bays in both directions with the same bay length of 5m. For each concrete building, three different reinforcement details are considered: (1) steel reinforcement (Steel), (2) SMA bar used in the plastic hinge region of the beams and steel bar in other regions (Steel-SMA), and (3), beams fully reinforced with SMA bar (SMA) and steel bar in other regions. For each case, columns are reinforced with steel bar. Results obtained from the analyses indicate that the value of Sa in Steel-SMA frames are higher than SMA frames, and its recovery capacity is almost similar with SMA frames. the SMAs materials are expensive, and the use of Steel-SMA frames can be reasonably effective in seismic zones. The comparison between frames with various reinforcements details shows that Sa of 3-story frames with various reinforcements are almost identical. but, in 6- and 8-story frames, Sa of Steel frames are higher than others. frames with SMA bars in the all length or plastic hinge region of the beam have reached a same level of seismic demand under lower spectral acceleration which can be resulted from the decreased stiffness caused by SMA bars. results indicate that structural behaviour factor in 3 and 6 story buildings with different types of reinforcement is not much change, but this change is perceptible in the 8-story frame. In the case of residual drift in all cases, the use of shape memory alloys will reduce this drifts.
