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In 2015, a full-scale ten-story reinforced concrete (RC) building structure was tested on the E-Defense shake table, the recorded test data from which provided a unique benchmark case to validate a state-of-the-art modeling approach. This paper presents the development and validation of a finite element model of the test building structure established on the OpenSees platform. In this model, RC beams and columns were simulated using the fiber-based beam-column element, and shear walls were modeled with the multi-layer shell element. The numerical model provided a reasonable estimate of the observed global responses of the test structure, including peak inter-story drifts and floor accelerations, for the wall direction. The multi-layer shell element effectively tracked the local strain, flexural and shear deformations of RC walls. Although the numerical model reasonably captured responses for the frame direction under base fixed JMA-Kobe 50% shaking, the simulation of RC frames was less accurate for base fixed JMA-Kobe 100% shaking when the test structure experienced significant damage at the maximum inter-story drift of 2.9%. Finally, a couple of important modeling issues for RC structure were discussed, including beam-column joint modeling and damping modeling. Use of the scissors model to represent the beam-column joints led to an improved estimation of the inter-story drifts of stories where the beam-to-column joints experienced severe damage. A transient Rayleigh damping model, in which a tangent stiffness matrix was used to formulate a system damping matrix, was recommended for structural nonlinear response history analysis.
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The authors appreciate the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) for providing the E-Defense shaking table test data of the 10-story RC building structure. The first three authors are sponsored by the fund from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52078277), and they are sincerely grateful to the sponsor.
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The first three authors has received research support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52078277).
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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. The modeling and analysis were performed by LS, XJ and YZ. The test and data collection were performed by KK, JDK and TN. The first draft of the manuscript was written by LS and XJ. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Sun, L., Ji, X., Zhuang, Y. et al. Nonlinear modeling of the ten-story RC building structure of 2015 E-Defense shaking table tests. Bull Earthquake Eng 21, 6647–6666 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-022-01611-9
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