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Identification of vibration direction of existing buildings using ambient vibration noise tests

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This paper investigates the deviation angle between the principal axis of a building and its vibration direction based on in-site full-scale testing carried out on existing old buildings in Algiers (Algeria). It presents results of a study on 67 reinforced concrete existing buildings. Analysis of empirical correlations introducing geometrical characteristics and analytical frequencies of the selected buildings is performed firstly. Secondly, fundamental frequency measures of some 36 buildings were carried out using the ambient vibration technique. The study shows that each of the tested buildings exhibit a direction of vibration that does not coincide with its orthogonal axes.

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The authors would like to thank the DGRSDT (General Directorate of Scientific Research and Technological Development), ALGERIA, for the support of this research work. The authors would also like to express their sincere appreciation to the LBE Laboratory of Civil Engineering Faculty (USTHB) and the National Earthquake Research Center (CGS), ALGERIA, for their support.

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    Rania Souici & Djillali Benouar

  2. National Earthquake Engineering Research Center (CGS), Hussein Dey, Algiers, Algeria

    Yamina Ait-Meziane

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Souici, R., Ait-Meziane, Y. & Benouar, D. Identification of vibration direction of existing buildings using ambient vibration noise tests. Arab J Geosci 14, 24 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-06306-6

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