Response of a 42-storey steel-frame building to the Ms = 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake
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Abstract
A set of 14 acceleration records was obtained from a 42-storey steel-frame building, the Chevron Building, in San Francisco during the Ms= 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake of 17 October 1989. Data were analysed using a system identification method based on the discretetime linear filtering, and the least-squares estimation techniques. The results show that the response of the building is dominated by two modes: a translational mode in the weaker (southwest-northeast) principal direction of the building at 0.16 Hz with 5% damping, and a translational-torsional mode along the east-west diagonal of the building's cross-section at 0.20 Hz with 7% damping. There are significant contributions from higher modes at 0.54 Hz, 0.62 Hz, 1.02 Hz and 1.09 Hz. All the modes incorporate some torsion, but the amplitudes of torsional components are small, about 10% of translational amplitudes. Soil-structure interaction influences the vibrations near 1.0 Hz. The contribution of soil-structure interaction to the peak displacements of the building is significant, particularly at lower floors.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Response of a 42-storey steel-frame building to the Ms = 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake |
| Series title | Engineering Structures |
| DOI | 10.1016/0141-0296(93)90059-D |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Year Published | 1993 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 19 p. |
| First page | 403 |
| Last page | 421 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| City | San Francisco |
| Other Geospatial | Chevron Building |
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