Abstract
It has been found that any one vibration “mode” of an inelastic multistory two-way asymmetrical building structure can be represented by a three-degree-of-freedom (3DOF) modal system representing two modal translations and one modal rotation. This study introduces the inelastic response spectra constructed from the inelastic 3DOF modal systems, which is specifically useful for multistory two-way asymmetric-plan buildings subjected to bidirectional ground excitations. These spectra for asymmetrical structures (SAS) provide the three-component inelastic peak modal responses of multistory two-way asymmetric-plan buildings subjected to bidirectional ground excitations. In order to construct the SAS, the independent elastic parameters of the 3DOF modal systems were identified and the inelastic 3DOF modal parameters versus the strength ratio relationships were established. The parametric study of the 3DOF modal parameters showed the ranges and the variation trends of these parameters. Two example buildings are analyzed to verify the effectiveness of the above-mentioned investigations.
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