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Effect of epicentral direction on seismic response of asymmetric buildings
Author(s) -
Di Paola M.,
Muscolino G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
earthquake engineering and structural dynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.218
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9845
pISSN - 0098-8847
DOI - 10.1002/eqe.4290120107
Subject(s) - displacement (psychology) , geology , frame (networking) , plane (geometry) , ground motion , structural engineering , seismology , geodesy , geometry , engineering , mathematics , telecommunications , psychotherapist , psychology
The paper deals with the influence of the epicentral direction on the displacement and stress response of multistorey asymmetric buildings to earthquake horizontal ground motion. A method is given for computing for each plane frame of the complex structure a particular direction of the bidirectional stationary random input for which the horizontal floor displacement of the given frame is maximized. It is shown that this direction can be considered conservative for the corresponding non‐stationary process.