Dynamic Testing of Precast, Post-Tensioned Rocking Wall Systems with Alternative Dissipating Solutions
| dc.contributor.author | Marriott, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pampanin, Stefano | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bull, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Palermo, A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-08-11T21:30:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-08-11T21:30:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | During the past two decades, the focus has been on the need to provide communities with structures that undergo minimal damage after an earthquake event while still being cost competitive. This has led to the development of high performance seismic resisting systems, and advances in design methodologies, in order respect this demand efficiently. This paper presents the experimental response of four pre-cast, post-tensioned rocking wall systems tested on the shake-table at the University of Canterbury. The wall systems were designed as a retrofit solution for an existing frame building, but are equally applicable for use in new design. Design of the wall followed a performance-based retrofit strategy in which structural limit states appropriate to both the post-tensioned wall and the existing building were considered. Dissipation for each of the four post-tensioned walls was provided via externally mounted devices, located in parallel to post-tensioned tendons for re-centring. This allowed the dissipation devices to be easily replaced or inspected following a major earthquake. Each wall was installed with viscous fluid dampers, tension-compression yielding steel dampers, a combination of both or no devices at all – thus relying on contact damping alone. The effectiveness of both velocity and displacement dependant dissipation are investigated for protection against far-field and velocity-pulse ground motion characteristics. The experimental results validate the behaviour of ‘Advanced Flag-Shape’ rocking, dissipating solutions which have been recently proposed and numerically tested. Maximum displacements and material strains were well controlled and within acceptable bounds, and residual deformations were minimal due to the re-centring contribution from the post-tensioned tendons. Damage was confined to inelastic yielding (or fluid damping) of the external dampers. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Marriott, D., Pampanin, S., Bull, D., Palermo, A. (2008) Dynamic Testing of Precast, Post-Tensioned Rocking Wall Systems with Alternative Dissipating Solutions. Wairakei, New Zealand: 2008 New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) Conference, 11-13 Apr 2008. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2676 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of Canterbury. Civil and Natural Resources Engineering | en |
| dc.rights.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651 | en |
| dc.subject.marsden | Fields of Research::290000 Engineering and Technology::290800 Civil Engineering::290801 Structural engineering | en |
| dc.subject.marsden | Fields of Research::290000 Engineering and Technology::290800 Civil Engineering::290804 Construction engineering | en |
| dc.title | Dynamic Testing of Precast, Post-Tensioned Rocking Wall Systems with Alternative Dissipating Solutions | en |
| dc.type | Conference Contributions - Published |
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