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Real data and numerical simulations-based approaches for estimating the dynamic characteristics of a tunnel formwork building

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Due to their expected high seismic resistance, a significant number of tunnel formwork buildings have been built over the past few decades, especially in regions of high seismic hazard. However, only few real data analyses have been reported and are available so far. Different techniques, including real data analysis, numerical simulations, and their combination, are employed to investigate and compare their potentials for estimating different aspects of a tunnel formwork building. This study is based on data from a 16-story residential building in Istanbul, Turkey. The real data analysis of the building’s dynamic characteristics is based on both the vibrational (spectral analysis) and waveform (deconvolution interferometry) approaches, which yield information on the soil–structure system and the fixed-base building. For this purpose, dense ambient vibration/generated source measurements and earthquake recordings of both temporary and permanent networks are used. Furthermore, finite element analysis (FEA) of the building is carried out. The order of the first bending and torsional modes is reversed in the results of the numerical simulations compared to those from the real data. This can be attributed to the simplifications and assumptions made in the numerical simulations of tunnel formwork structures. It emphasizes the importance of analyzing real data for better constraining numerical simulations. Finally, the response of the building (synthetic seismograms) to a real data input is calculated using FEA. Deconvolved wavefields of synthetic and the real data are estimated. Despite the changed order of the modes, the deconvolved wavefields for both cases match very well.

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  1. http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/depmuh_index_eng.aspx.

  2. http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/section/geophysical-deep-sounding/infrastructure/geophysical-instrument-pool-potsdam-gipp/instruments/seismic-pool/recorder-dss-cube/. The DSS CUBE recorders are stand-alone digital data recorders characterized by a small and light-weight design and extremely low power consumption.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to acknowledge Erdal Safak and an anonymous reviewer for their helpful suggestions to improve the manuscript. The authors would like to thank Tobias Boxberger and Stefan Mikulla for the installation of the Self-Organizing Seismic Early Warning Information Network (SOSEWIN) in the B22 in Istanbul. Furthermore, the authors thank Messrs. Ahmet Korkmaz and Nafiz Kafadar of KOERI for their efforts in keeping up the permanent installation at the B22 Building. The thumper truck was operated by Mr. Oktay Cirag of KOERI and the technical team of BIAS Mühendislik, producer of the thumper truck. The ambient vibration/generated source measurements in B22 were performed using the seismic instruments provided by the Geophysical Instrument Pool Potsdam (GIPP) and supported with POF expedition money of the GFZ. This research was moreover supported by the Plate Boundary Observatory Turkey of the GFZ, and the European MARsite project. Kevin Fleming kindly revised our English. Funding was provided by Cordis (Grant No. MARsite, Project ID: 308417).

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    Bojana Petrovic & Stefano Parolai

  2. Department of Earthquake Engineering, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Bogazici University, 34688, Cengelköy, Istanbul, Turkey

    S. Umit Dikmen

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Petrovic, B., Dikmen, S.U. & Parolai, S. Real data and numerical simulations-based approaches for estimating the dynamic characteristics of a tunnel formwork building. Bull Earthquake Eng 16, 1633–1656 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-017-0250-3

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