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Evaluation of the Rayleigh damping model for buildings
HighlightsHigh-quality data of modal damping ratios of 24 buildings, measured in 46 earthquakes, is presented.It is shown that damping ratios increase approximately linearly with increasing modal frequency.It is shown that the use of Rayleigh damping leads to an overestimation of the seismic response.
AbstractUsing damping ratios inferred from accelerations recorded during earthquakes in instrumented buildings in California this paper evaluates the Rayleigh damping model commonly used in seismic analysis of buildings. Damping ratios were obtained from 119 seismic responses, coming from 24 buildings, measured in 46 earthquakes over the past 25years by the California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program. All records were analyzed using a least-squares parametric system identification technique in the time domain. Using only damping ratios judged to be reliable, the variation of damping with modal frequencies is studied for all buildings. It is found that in 96% of the cases, modal damping ratios increase approximately linearly with frequency; showing that damping in buildings is best represented by using a model consisting of a constant damping ratio plus a stiffness-proportional damping ratio. No evidence was found to suggest that a mass-proportional model nor a combination of mass- and stiffness-proportional damping is appropriate. It is shown that the Rayleigh damping model, when used in combination with assumptions commonly used in engineering practice, typically leads to overestimations of mean peak floor accelerations, peak floor velocities, and interstory drift ratio demands with respect to those computed using the damping model inferred from the recorded data.
Evaluation of the Rayleigh damping model for buildings
HighlightsHigh-quality data of modal damping ratios of 24 buildings, measured in 46 earthquakes, is presented.It is shown that damping ratios increase approximately linearly with increasing modal frequency.It is shown that the use of Rayleigh damping leads to an overestimation of the seismic response.
AbstractUsing damping ratios inferred from accelerations recorded during earthquakes in instrumented buildings in California this paper evaluates the Rayleigh damping model commonly used in seismic analysis of buildings. Damping ratios were obtained from 119 seismic responses, coming from 24 buildings, measured in 46 earthquakes over the past 25years by the California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program. All records were analyzed using a least-squares parametric system identification technique in the time domain. Using only damping ratios judged to be reliable, the variation of damping with modal frequencies is studied for all buildings. It is found that in 96% of the cases, modal damping ratios increase approximately linearly with frequency; showing that damping in buildings is best represented by using a model consisting of a constant damping ratio plus a stiffness-proportional damping ratio. No evidence was found to suggest that a mass-proportional model nor a combination of mass- and stiffness-proportional damping is appropriate. It is shown that the Rayleigh damping model, when used in combination with assumptions commonly used in engineering practice, typically leads to overestimations of mean peak floor accelerations, peak floor velocities, and interstory drift ratio demands with respect to those computed using the damping model inferred from the recorded data.
Evaluation of the Rayleigh damping model for buildings
Cruz, Cristian (author) / Miranda, Eduardo (author)
Engineering Structures ; 138 ; 324-336
2017-02-01
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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