Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering
>> 2009,
Volume 3,
Issue 2
doi:
10.1007/s11709-009-0029-y
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Impact analytical models for earthquake-induced pounding simulation
1. College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; 2. Hubei Key Laboratory of Control Structure, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Available online: 2009-06-05
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Abstract
Structural pounding under earthquake has been recently extensively investigated using various impact analytical models. In this paper, a brief review on the commonly used impact analytical models is conducted. Based on this review, the formula used to determine the damping constant related to the impact spring stiffness, coefficient of restitution, and relative approaching velocity in the Hertz model with nonlinear damping is found to be incorrect. To correct this error, a more accurate approximating formula for the damping constant is theoretically derived and numerically verified. At the same time, a modified Kelvin impact model, which can reasonably account for the physical nature of pounding and conveniently implemented in the earthquake-induced pounding simulation of structural engineering is proposed.
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