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Methods of Analysis For Earthquake Forces: 5.1 General

This document discusses various methods for analyzing earthquake forces on structures. It begins by explaining the importance of nonlinear analysis for understanding a structure's inelastic behavior. It then describes several methods including: linear static analysis, which assumes the structure responds in its fundamental mode; linear dynamic analysis, which considers higher modes using modal spectral or time history analysis; nonlinear static methods like secant analysis and pushover analysis; nonlinear time history analysis for complex structures; and fast nonlinear analysis for elements with large deformations. Modal analysis and response spectrum methods are also summarized.

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Methods of Analysis For Earthquake Forces: 5.1 General

This document discusses various methods for analyzing earthquake forces on structures. It begins by explaining the importance of nonlinear analysis for understanding a structure's inelastic behavior. It then describes several methods including: linear static analysis, which assumes the structure responds in its fundamental mode; linear dynamic analysis, which considers higher modes using modal spectral or time history analysis; nonlinear static methods like secant analysis and pushover analysis; nonlinear time history analysis for complex structures; and fast nonlinear analysis for elements with large deformations. Modal analysis and response spectrum methods are also summarized.

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CHAPTER 5

METHODS OF ANALYSIS FOR EARTHQUAKE FORCES

5.1 GENERAL
Seismic analysis is related to calculation of the response of a building or other structures
under earthquakes. It is a part of the process of structural design which includes earthquake
engineering or structural assessment and retrofit in regions where earthquakes are prevalent.
During earthquake many of the buildings collapse due to lack of understanding of the
inelastic behavior of structure. Elastic analysis gives only elastic capacity of the structure and
indicates where the first yielding occurs. It cannot give any information about redistribution
of forces and moments and failure mechanism. For study of inelastic behavior of structure
nonlinear analysis is necessary.The development of rational methodology that is applicable to
the seismic design of new structures using available ground motion information and
engineering knowledge, and yet is flexible enough to permit the incorporation of new
technology as it becomes available has been supported for sometimes now. This is the focus
of several major research and development efforts throughout the world. In majority of cases
nonlinear analysis is used.

5.2 METHOD FOR LINEAR STATIC ANALYSIS


This approach defines a series of forces acting on a building to represent the effect of
earthquake ground motion, typically defined by a seismic design response spectrum. It
assumes that the building responds in its fundamental mode. For this to be true, the building
must be low-rise and must not twist significantly when the ground moves.The response is
read from a design response spectrum, given the natural frequency of the building. The
applicability of this method is extended in many building codes by applying factors to
account for higher buildings with some higher modes, and for low levels of twisting. To
account for effects due to "yielding" of the structure, many codes apply modification factors
that reduce the design forces,

5.3 METHODS FOR LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS

5.3.1 Linear Dynamic Analysis


Static procedures are appropriate when higher mode effects are not significant. This is
generally true for short, regular buildings. Therefore, for tall buildings, buildings with
torsional irregularities, or non-orthogonal systems, a dynamic procedure is required.In the
linear dynamic procedure, the building is modeled as a multidegree- of-freedom (MDOF)
system with a linear elastic stiffness matrix and an equivalent viscous damping matrix. The
seismic input is modelled using either modal spectral analysis or time history analysis but in
both cases, the corresponding internal forces and displacements are determined using linear
elastic analysis. The advantage of these linear dynamic procedures with respect to linear
static procedures is that higher modes can be considered. However, they are based on linear
elastic response and hence the applicability decreases with increasing nonlinear behavior,
which is approximated by global force reduction factors. In linear dynamic analysis, the
response of the structure to ground motion is calculated in the time domain, and all phase
information is therefore maintained. Only linear properties are assumed. The analytical
method can use modal decomposition as a means of reducing the degrees of freedom in the
analysis.
5.3.2 Linear Time-History Analysis
Time-history analysis is a step-by-step analysis of the dynamical response of a structure to a
specified loading that may vary with time. The analysis may be linear or non linear.

5.4 METHODS FOR NONLINEAR ANALYSIS


The nonlinear static procedures constitute an inelastic analysis that considers what happens to
buildings after they begin to crack and yield in response to realistic earthquake motion. This
approach differs from traditional static linear procedure that reduces seismic forces to levels
that allow to design buildings under the assumption that they remain undamaged. Although
unrealistic and potentially misleading, this simplistic approach works well for new buildings
and for regular existing buildings.

5.4.1 Secant Method


When the analysis of building is done with the Secant method, a global elastic model of the
structure is constructed. Special stiffness values are calculated for the modeled elements and
components. The global elastic model is analyzed using elastic response spectrum analysis.
The ground motion used in the analysis is either a code specified 5 % damped response
spectrum or the 5 % site specified spectrum. In general, the response spectrum analysis will
predict a different displacement pattern than originally assumed. At this point, iteration
begins. The pushover curves are used to select a new set of element secant stiffness based on
the displacements predicted by the global analysis. The global elastic model is modified with
the new secant stiffness, and the response spectrum analysis is repeated. This process
continues until the displacements predicted by the computer model reasonably match the
displacements used to calculate the secant stiffness,at which point the analysis has predicted
the earthquake demand.The principal advantages of the secant method are that it accounts for
three dimensional effects including torsion and multi-direction loading and that it accounts
for higher mode effects. The main disadvantage of the approach is that it can be somewhat
more time consuming than other static nonlinear procedures.

5.4.2 Method of Pushover Analysis


Pushover analysis is a static, nonlinear procedure in which the magnitude of the structural
loading is incrementally increased in accordance with a certain predefined pattern. With the
increase in the magnitude of the loading, weak links and failure modes of the structure are
found. The loading is monotonic with the effects of the cyclic behaviour and load reversals
being estimated by using a modified monotonic forcedeformation criteria and with damping
approximations. Static pushover analysis is an attempt by the structural engineering
profession to evaluate the real strength of the structure and it promises to be a useful and
effective tool for detailed performance evaluation of building. The pushover analysis can be
performed either under load control or displacement control as mentioned below.

1. Load Control: It is used when the load is known (such as gravity load) and the structure is
expected to be able to support the full magnitude of the load which is applied in steps.
2. Displacement Control: In this method, the magnitude of the load combination is
increased or decreased as necessary until the control displacement reaches a predefined value.
It is used when specified drifts are sought, magnitude of the applied load is not known in
advance,structure can be expected to lose strength or become unstable or when displacement
occurring in the design earthquake is known.
5.4.3 Nonlinear Time History Analysis Method
Some buildings may be too complex to rely on the nonlinear static procedure. Those cases
may require time history analysis of the nonlinear behaviour of the structure during analysis
for a particular example of earthquake. The kinds of the buildings that may require this
specialized analysis are highly irregular or complicated. This method is performed using time
histories prepared according to the actual ground motions recorded. The requirements for the
mathematical model for time history analysis are identical to those developed for response
spectrum analysis. The damping matrix associated with the mathematical model shall reflect
the damping inherent in the structure deformation levels less than the yield deformation
Response parameters shall be calculated for each time-history analysis. If three time-history
analysis are performed, the maximum response of the parameter of interest shall be used for
design. If seven or more pairs of horizontal ground motion records are used for time-history
analysis, the average response of the parameter of interest may be used for design.

5.4.4 Fast Non-linear Analysis Method


The response of real structures when subjected to a large dynamic input often involves
significant nonlinear behavior which includes the effects of large displacements and/or
nonlinear material properties. The use of geometric stiffness and P-Delta analyses includes
the effects of first order large displacements. If the axial forces in the members remain
relatively constant during the application of lateral dynamic displacements, many structures
can be solved directly without iteration. The more complicated problem associated with large
displacements, which cause large strains in all members of the structure, requires a
tremendous amount of computational effort and computer time to obtain a solution.
Fortunately, large strains very seldom occur in typical civil engineering structures made from
steel and concrete materials. However, certain types of large strains, such as those in rubber
base isolators and gap elements, can be treated as a lumped nonlinear element using the Fast
Nonlinear Analysis (FNA) method. The more common type of nonlinear behavior is when the
material stressstrain,or force-deformation, relationship is nonlinear. This is because of the
modern design philosophy that "a well-designed structure should have a limited number of
members which require ductility and that the failure mechanism be clearly defined." Such an
approach minimizes the cost or repair after a major earthquake.

5.5 MODAL ANALYSIS


Modal analysis is used to determine the vibration modes of a structure. These modes are
useful to understand the behavior of the structure. They can also be used as the basis for
modal superposition in responsespectrum and modal time-history analysis cases.

5.6 RESPONSE SPECTRUM METHOD


This approach permits the multiple modes of response of a building to be taken into account.
This is required in many building codes for all except for very simple structures. The
response of a structure can be defined as a combination of many special shapes (i.e. modes)
that in a vibrating string correspond to the "harmonics". Computer analysis can be used to
determine these modes for a structure.For each mode, a response is read from the design
spectrum, based on the modal frequency and the modal mass, and they are then combined to
provide an estimate of the total response of the structure. Modal combination methods are:

1. Absolute Sum Method (ASM) combines the modal results by taking the sum of their
absolute values.
2. Square Root of the Sum of the Squares (SRSS) combines the modal results by taking the
square root of the sum of their squares,
3. Complete Quadratic Combination (CQC) method takes into account the statistical
coupling between closely spaced modes caused by modal damping and also it is a method
that is an improvement on SRSS for closely spaced modes. It should be noted that the result
of a response spectrum analysis using the response spectrum from a ground motion is
typically different from that which would be calculated directly from a linear dynamic
analysis using that ground motion directly, since phase information is lost in the process of
generating the response spectrum. In cases where structures are either too irregular, too tall or
of significance to a community in disaster response, the response spectrum approach is no
longer appropriate, and more complex analysis is often required, such as non-linear static or
dynamic analysis.

Conclusion
Method choosen for analysis-Non Linear Time history Analysis Method

Reason-A linear time history analysis overcomes all the disadvantages of a modal response
spectrum analysis.This method requires greater computational efforts for calculating the
response at discrete times. One interesting advantage of such a procedure is that the relative
signs of response quantities are preserved in the response histories. This is important when
interaction effects are considered among stress resultants.

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