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Rapid seismic performance evaluation of existing frame structures using equivalent SDOF modeling and prior dynamic testing

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Current post-earthquake assessment relies on manual inspections to assess the safety conditions of existing buildings. Such field inspection in a building-to-building manner remains challenging as it is labor-intensive and relatively inefficient, which may affect the associated post-earthquake management plan and the economic loss. A simulation-based rapid performance evaluation of buildings is, therefore, needed. This study proposes a seismic performance evaluation framework for the frame structures with the aid of local ground-motion measurements, prior-event field testing, and time-history analysis. The linear behavior of the SDOF model is calibrated by the dynamic properties determined from dynamic tests under ambient vibration. When an earthquake happens, the peak spectral displacement of the building is estimated using the calibrated SDOF model via a time-history analysis. The feasibility and accuracy of the proposed method are validated using the data and inspection results collected from the Van Nuys hotel under Whitter, Landers, BigBear, and Northridge earthquakes. Results reveal that the proposed method can estimate the peak displacement with a favorable agreement. The proposed method is further applied to assess the conditions of thirty-five frame structures under earthquakes those happened from January 2019 to April 2022, in Gongxian city, Sichuan province.

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The data associated with Van Nuys hotel can be found in the website of the Center for Engineering Strong-Motion Data (CESMD) [41]. The properties of the examined buildings and the earthquakes in Gongxian city are reported in Tables 3 and 4 of the present study.

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Acknowledgements

This study is sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant: 51878483, 52278312), the Shanghai Rising-Star program (Grant: 20QC1400700), the Shanghai Qi Zhi Institute (Grant: SYXF0120020109), the Peak Discipline Construction Project of Shanghai (Grant: 2021-CE-03), and the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (Grant: 2021SHZDZX0100).

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    Jiazeng Shan, Luji Wang & Zijie Zhou

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    Jiazeng Shan

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Cheng Ning Loong

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Shan, J., Wang, L., Loong, C.N. et al. Rapid seismic performance evaluation of existing frame structures using equivalent SDOF modeling and prior dynamic testing. J Civil Struct Health Monit 13, 749–766 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13349-023-00677-6

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