structure dynamics
structure dynamics
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hello fellow engineers
i've been reading in the building dynamics field and i think i'm missing something
1-i understand the physical definition of the natural frequency but (is it the reciprocal of the periods at which the different mode shapes take place)?
2-due to seismic action does the structure vibrates by the same frequency of the ground vibration frequency or structures respond by different frequency of the ground frequency
3-if (NO.1) is right , how come we enter the response spectrum curve with the modal periods to get the ground acceleration value and then the lateral force? (that's a hazardous case as i understand)
i've been reading in the building dynamics field and i think i'm missing something
1-i understand the physical definition of the natural frequency but (is it the reciprocal of the periods at which the different mode shapes take place)?
2-due to seismic action does the structure vibrates by the same frequency of the ground vibration frequency or structures respond by different frequency of the ground frequency
3-if (NO.1) is right , how come we enter the response spectrum curve with the modal periods to get the ground acceleration value and then the lateral force? (that's a hazardous case as i understand)






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2. the structural response is dependent on several things and is not equal to the ground motion.
3. the spectral acceleration or pseudo-spectral acceleration is structural response, not ground motion.
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i meant are the periods of the mode shapes are the natural periods or they are just periods that these modes will occur?
2-the response spectrum curve that's provided by the different loading codes is for the ground or for the structures?
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The "fundamental" period of your structure is the one that has the lowest frequency/highest period. It's basically the mode shape and frequency that would dominate how the structure would "want" to vibrate if you took a giant thumb and "plucked" your structure, depending on which direction you would "pluck" in...
If instead of "plucking", you input a vibrating force with a given frequency (earhquake, wind, vibrating frequency), your structure would react with a mode shape/frequency that's dominated by the characteristic mode shape/frequency that has the closest Hz to the input Hz. Basically it would react with a combination of its inherent mode shapes/frequencies, but it would be "excited" by the one inherent period closest to your input period....and of
At least that's how I understand it....
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If you apply a sinusoidal load (or base excitation) with frequency "f," the structure will vibrate at frequency "f" regardless of its natural frequency. If this force frequency equals a natural frequency, then the response will usually be much larger.
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The second question was asked and answered. Think about the term "response" and what it means, i.e. response of what?
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The response isn't equal in magnitude to the ground motion, but the frequencies are related.
If the ground motion (input) was somehow a single sinusoid at a frequency f, then the response would be at frequency f. The confusing thing is that the input is composed of a wide range of frequency content. In other words, a bunch of superimposed sinusoids of different amplitudes, frequencies, and phases. The structure's response to each individual sinusoid is still at that individual sinusoid's frequency. Superimpose the responses to all these input sinusoids to get the response to the total ground motion.
I second the Chopra recommendation, BTW. It's the only such text I know of that's readable, in a reasonable timeframe and amount of effort, to most structural engineers.
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2) every structure on ground has a different frequency, in the earthquake with a specific frequency different structure respond to it with different frequencies. for example a three story building will have different frequency and a twelve story building will have different frequency.
3) response spectra is simply a plot of maximum response (max displacement, velocity, acceleration ) usually the response spectras you derive from the A.S.C.E. or U.B.C. to induce to you building to get buildings different frequencies and mode shapes, is simple ground accelaration against time period of ground, in a certain time (6, 8 etc. seconds)
i hope this helps.
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Quantitatively, you can pick a ground acceleration recording and solve the equation of motion for a range of periods for a given damping ratio and see what happens to the frequency of the structural response.
Imagine that a very stiff building will repond very similar to the ground motion while a very flexible one will respond much different.
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now that i got that the response spectrum is a plot of the maximum response of STRUCTURES with different natural periods.
in design of structures...how to prevent excitation??..how to control that the earthquake's frequency will not make resonance with one of the natural frequencies of the building??..can it be avoided?? or it's a matter of luck?
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offcoarse there is no structure with zero frequency. but more stiffness and intelligent layouts can reduce it . Tubular design of buildings is a therefore adapted for high rise buildings.
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Sure there are. Not bldg structures we'd want to design, though!
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design values than static analysis" does not hold any more, as we educate ourselves more and more with dynamic loads. We should do static analysis for gravity loads and dynamic analysis for lateral loads (wind and Seismic).
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I once had a jeep ragtop and at speed, the forward portion of the top would lift in the airstream, proving that low-slope windward roofs can experience suction.
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Try this experiment. Strike a car antenna about halfway up. Flip it with your finger or whatever. Watch the response closely for that first second or so and you'll see that the displaced shape doesn't look like a cantilever beam in single curvature. It'll be some weird multi-curvature shape, a superposition of several natural modes. These other modes damp out earlier and it'll vibrate in the single curvature mode longer which I think is the interesting part.