Seismic design, modelling and assessment of self-centering steel frames using post-tensioned connections with web hourglass shape pins   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0  

Athanasios I. Dimopoulos  Theodore L. Karavasilis  George Vasdravellis  Brian Uy 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2013,11(5):1797-1816

A new self-centering steel post-tensioned connection using web hourglass shape pins (WHPs) has been recently developed and experimentally validated. The connection isolates inelastic deformations in WHPs, avoids damage in other connection parts as well as in beams and columns, and eliminates residual drifts. WHPs do not interfere with the composite slab and can be very easily replaced without bolting or welding, and so, the connection enables non-disruptive repair and rapid return to building occupancy in the aftermath of a strong earthquake. This paper presents a simplified nonlinear model for the connection and the associated beams and columns that consists of nonlinear beam-column elements, and hysteretic and contact zero-length spring elements appropriately placed in the beam-column interface. The model was calibrated against experimental results and found to accurately simulate the connection behaviour. A prototype building was selected and designed as a conventional steel moment-resisting frame (MRF) according to Eurocode 8 or as a self-centering steel MRF (SC-MRF) using the connection with WHPs. Seismic analyses results show that the conventional MRF and the SC-MRF have comparable peak storey drifts, and highlight the inherent potential of the SC-MRF to eliminate damage in beams and residual drifts. The paper also shows that repair of damage in the conventional MRF will be costly and disruptive after the design basis earthquake, and, not financially viable after the maximum considered earthquake due to large residual drifts.  相似文献   

Modified dynamic programming approach for offline segmentation of long hydrometeorological time series   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：2  

Abdullah Gedikli  Hafzullah Aksoy  N. Erdem Unal  Athanasios Kehagias 《Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (SERRA)》2010,24(5):547-557

For the offline segmentation of long hydrometeological time series, a new algorithm which combines the dynamic programming with the recently introduced remaining cost concept of branch-and-bound approach is developed. The algorithm is called modified dynamic programming (mDP) and segments the time series based on the first-order statistical moment. Experiments are performed to test the algorithm on both real world and artificial time series comprising of hundreds or even thousands of terms. The experiments show that the mDP algorithm produces accurate segmentations in much shorter time than previously proposed segmentation algorithms.  相似文献   

Probabilistic economic seismic loss estimation in steel buildings using post‐tensioned moment‐resisting frames and viscous dampers          下载免费PDF全文

Athanasios I. Dimopoulos  Angelos S. Tzimas  Theodore L. Karavasilis  Dimitrios Vamvatsikos 《地震工程与结构动力学》2016,45(11):1725-1741

The potential of post‐tensioned self‐centering moment‐resisting frames (SC‐MRFs) and viscous dampers to reduce the economic seismic losses in steel buildings is evaluated. The evaluation is based on a prototype steel building designed using four different seismic‐resistant frames: (i) conventional moment resisting frames (MRFs); (ii) MRFs with viscous dampers; (iii) SC‐MRFs; or (iv) SC‐MRFs with viscous dampers. All frames are designed according to Eurocode 8 and have the same column/beam cross sections and similar periods of vibration. Viscous dampers are designed to reduce the peak story drift under the design basis earthquake (DBE) from 1.8% to 1.2%. Losses are estimated by developing vulnerability functions according to the FEMA P‐58 methodology, which considers uncertainties in earthquake ground motion, structural response, and repair costs. Both the probability of collapse and the probability of demolition because of excessive residual story drifts are taken into account. Incremental dynamic analyses are conducted using models capable to simulate all limit states up to collapse. A parametric study on the effect of the residual story drift threshold beyond which is less expensive to rebuild a structure than to repair is also conducted. It is shown that viscous dampers are more effective than post‐tensioning for seismic intensities equal or lower than the maximum considered earthquake (MCE). Post‐tensioning is effective in reducing repair costs only for seismic intensities higher than the DBE. The paper also highlights the effectiveness of combining post‐tensioning and supplemental viscous damping by showing that the SC‐MRF with viscous dampers achieves significant repair cost reductions compared to the conventional MRF. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

An example of landslide-inflicted damage to tunnel in the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture earthquake     

Kazuo Konagai  Muneyoshi Numada  Athanasios Zafeirakos  Jörgen Johansson  Amir Sadr  Toshihiko Katagiri 《Landslides》2005,2(2):159-163

A large number of landslides induced by the 2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture earthquake resulted in the closure of 233 segments of national and prefectural routes in Higashiyama mountain district, and 61 localities were completely isolated. Since railway and road facilities follow closely the motion of soils, damage to these facilities has to be discussed in terms of soil deformations that they experienced. The example of Kizawa tunnel shows that even relatively small soil deformations can be large enough to cause serious cracking of tunnel lining.  相似文献   

On Mid-Term Periodicities in Cosmic Rays     

Karel Kudela  Helen Mavromichalaki  Athanasios Papaioannou  Maria Gerontidou 《Solar physics》2010,266(1):173-180

The contributions of quasi-periodic variations of cosmic rays for T>27 days at the primary energies to which neutron monitors are sensitive have a rather complicated character. They were reported in several papers (e.g. Valdés-Galicia, Perez-Enriquez, and Otaola, 1996; Mavromichalaki et al., 2003; Kudela et al., 2002; Caballero and Valdés-Galicia, 2001) from individual stations and for various time intervals covered. The data archive of several neutron monitor stations developed within the NMDB project () now involves long time series of measurements at neutron monitors situated at different geomagnetic cut-off rigidity positions and at different altitudes. It is updated continuously. Using the daily averages of cosmic-ray intensity at three selected stations within NMDB: i) the temporal evolution of the selected quasi-periodicities, especially those of approximately 1.7 yr, 150 days and 26 – 32 days respectively, until 2008 are reviewed, ii) the similarities of the spectra are checked and iii) the occurrence of quasi-periodicities with those observed in solar, interplanetary and geomagnetic activities (Moussas et al., 2005; Richardson and Cane, 2005) as well as in energetic particles below the atmospheric threshold are discussed (Laurenza et al., 2009).  相似文献   

Interpretation of numerically detected rank defects in GNSS data analysis problems in terms of deficiencies in reference system definition     

Chatzinikos  Miltiadis  Dermanis  Athanasios 《GPS Solutions》2017,21(3):1239-1250

GPS Solutions - New tools in the form of angular deficiency indices are developed for the physical interpretation of numerically detected rank deficiencies or weaknesses, in terms of defects or...  相似文献   

A fractional derivative Zener model for the numerical simulation of base isolated structures   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Athanasios A. Markou  George D. Manolis 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2016,14(1):283-295

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