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Real-time Hybrid Simulations of a Large-scale Steel Structure with Elastomeric Dampers

September 17, 2013  

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Tested September 18-19, 2013 between 10 am and 4 pm EDT

Phase 5:
Steel moment resistant frame was designed for 100% of design base shear.
ground motions were scaled to maximum considered earthquake (MCE) hazard level.

The NEESR project entitled NEESR-CR: Performance-Based Design for Cost-Effective Seismic Hazard Mitigation in New Buildings Using Supplemental Passive Damper Systems (PI: Richard Sause and James Ricles) is currently conducting a series of large-scale real-time hybrid simulations (RTHS) on a 3-story steel frame building 4at the Real-time Multi-directional (RTMD) Earthquake Simulation Facility, the Lehigh NEES Equipment Site. The goal for this NEESR project is to develop a validated, probabilistic, performance-based seismic design procedure for buildings with passive damping systems.

The RTHS will be used to experimentally validate the performance-based seismic design of the 3-story building constructed of structural steel and equipped with elastomeric dampers. The steel structure is designed for 100% and 75% of the code design base shear, but not the code-required drift control. A performance based design procedure was used to control drift and thereby avoid damage to the building under the design earthquake.

The elastomeric dampers used in the project were designed in collaboration with Dr. Robert Michael and Shannon Sweeney from Pennsylvania State University, Erie and were manufactured and donated to the project by Corry Rubber company (http://www.corryrubber.com/).

In the RTHS, the complete building is represented as an experimental substructure and an analytical substructure. The experimental substructure consists of a large-scale 3-story steel braced frame with elastomeric dampers and diagonal braces supporting the dampers, and the analytical substructure is comprised of a 3 story moment resistant frame (MRF) and the remaining parts of building, including gravity load frames, seismic mass, and the inherent damping of the building. The analytical substructure has a total of 247 DOFs. In addition, geometric nonlinearities are included to account for the P-delta effects of the gravity load system of the building.

The RTHS data will be used to observe and understand the interactions of the elastomeric dampers with the braces, beams, and columns of the experimental substructure. The project team has developed detailed analytical (numerical simulation) models of the prototype building with elastomeric dampers, and the RTHS data will be used to validate the models.

The current series of RTHS will utilize ground motions scaled to the maximum considered earthquake (MCE) hazard level, associated with a return period of about 2500 years. Robust actuator control algorithms will be used in conjunction with a complex MDOF nonlinear analytical substructure and an unconditionally stable explicit integration algorithm. The control algorithms, nonlinear analysis tool, and integration algorithm have been developed and implemented by the Lehigh Equipment Site as tools to support large-scale RTHS.

Figure 1.  Floor plan and elevation views of prototype structure.

Figure 1. Floor plan and elevation views of prototype structure.

  Figure 2.  Analytical and experimental substructures for real-time hybrid simulation  of the prototype structure


Figure 2. Analytical and experimental substructures for real-time hybrid simulation
of the prototype structure

The RTHS test matrix includes conducting a series of simulations using an ensemble of earthquake records at the maximum considered earthquake (MCE) hazard level. The RTHS can be viewed by telepresence, where webcams and the Real-Time Data Viewer can be used to view video, data and animation of the response of the building acquired from the RTHS.  Results (including video) from completed tests will also be archived and available below and through the Project Warehouse on NEES.org. Also, follow us on Facebook to get up to the minute simulation updates from our research team.

Figure 3.  Photograph of the experimental substructure located at the Lehigh NEES Equipment Site.

Figure 3. Photograph of the experimental substructure located at the Lehigh NEES Equipment Site.

Figure 4. Closeup of elastimeric dampers located on the 1st-floor.

Figure 4. Closeup of elastomeric dampers located on the 2nd-floor.

The project is a collaborative effort that includes California State University, Northridge; California State Polytechnic University, Pomoma; Lehigh University; The Pennsylvania State University, Erie; and Tokyo Institute of Technology. Industry partners include Corry Rubber Company, Taylor Devices, Miyamoto International, Inc. and Simpson Gumpertz & Heger.

More information about the above NEESR project can be found at http://www.rtmd.lehigh.edu/projects/pbd-for-seismic-hazard-mitigation. Data can be accessed at NEEShub for the completed projects.

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Results

Below will be some video highlights from previous testing

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