Questions tagged [earthquake-engineering]
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What is the frequncy range of seismic vibrations?
I'm working on a structure which needs to sustain common seismic vibrations due to earthquakes. So I want to do some modal analysis to find natural frequencies of the structure and make sure they are ...
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Can I use empirical formula ,time period T=0.1*N, (N= number of floors) to find fundamental frequency of vibration of Tesla's lab building in1890?
I want to know ,can I use the empirical formula time period T=0.1*N, where N = number of floors, to find the fundamental frequency of vibration of Tesla's laboratory building in which he performed ...
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In a structure, an earthquake causes a force in itself or it causes an intertial response in the system?
My teacher and I argued about whether a seismic event causing a force in itself or being an inertial response of the system. As I read in Chopra and Paz, the effect of an earthquake can be interpreted ...
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Using seismic base isolators in light, flexible buildings
Using seismic base isolators dissipate a great deal of energy that would enter to a structure, but at the same time they increase the natural period of vibration of the structure. Now, if we had a ...
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Definition of Mass in Multiple Mass Oscillators
In an exam on seismics and earthquake proof design I had a couple of days ago, there was a question on multiple mass oscillators in the form of a simply supported beam of length $L$, stiffness $EI$ ...
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How to model leaning columns in opensees?
I want to modelling three buildings next to each other in opensees software . Duo to modelling leaning columns , buildings overlap with each other . Now my question is that for 3 adjacent buildings ...
