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CE 573 - Structural Dynamics Homework #4: 25 15.43 Sec 16.4/100 in 23.30 Sec 7.6/100 in

1) The structure was initially pulled to 0.20 inches and released to vibrate freely, with displacements falling below 0.001 inches (the accuracy of the measurement tool) between 30-35 seconds. 2) Zooming in on a 15 second window, the building completed 15 oscillations between 15.43 and 23.30 seconds, with the peak response dropping from 0.0164 to 0.0076 inches. 3) The calculated period was approximately 0.5 seconds. The damping ratio was calculated to be around 0.8%, confirming the assumption of light damping in the structure.

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CE 573 - Structural Dynamics Homework #4: 25 15.43 Sec 16.4/100 in 23.30 Sec 7.6/100 in

1) The structure was initially pulled to 0.20 inches and released to vibrate freely, with displacements falling below 0.001 inches (the accuracy of the measurement tool) between 30-35 seconds. 2) Zooming in on a 15 second window, the building completed 15 oscillations between 15.43 and 23.30 seconds, with the peak response dropping from 0.0164 to 0.0076 inches. 3) The calculated period was approximately 0.5 seconds. The damping ratio was calculated to be around 0.8%, confirming the assumption of light damping in the structure.

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CE 573 Structural Dynamics


Homework #4

1) Graphing the displacement response, we see that the structure was initially pulled to about 0.20
inches and released to vibrate freely. Around 30-35 seconds into the free vibration (about 50 seconds
into the record), the displacements fall below 1/1000 inches, the accuracy of the displacement-meter
(LVDT linear variable displacement transducer).

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Lets look at the time window 15 sec to 25 sec of the record.
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-20
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15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Time (sec)
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15.43 sec
16.4/100 in
23.30 sec
7.6/100 in


We see that between 15.43 sec and 23.30 sec, the building makes 15 cycles of oscillations and the
peak response drops from 16.4/100 inches to 7.6/100 inches.


Calculating the period:
(23.30sec 15.43sec)
0.5sec
15
T

= ~


Assuming that the damping is small, i.e. the building is very lightly damped, we can calculate the
damping ratio as
16.4
ln
1 7.6
0.8%
15 2

t
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\ .
~ ~ . 0.8% is small damping, indeed; so our assumption was
correct.
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