An Adaptive Substructure-Based Model Order Reduction Method for Nonlinear Seismic Analysis in OpenSees

Structural components may enter an initial-elastic state,a plastic-hardening state and a residual-elastic state during strong seismic excitations.In the residual-elastic state,structural components keep in an unloading/reloading stage that is dominated by a tangent stiffness,thus structural components remain residual deformations but behave in an elastic manner.It has a great potential to make model order reduction for such structural components using the tangent-stiffness-based vibration modes as a reduced order basis.In this paper,an adaptive substructure-based model order reduction method is developed to perform nonlinear seismic analysis for structures that have a priori unknown damage distribution.This method is able to generate time-varying substructures and make nonlinear model order reduction for substructures in the residual-elastic phase.The finite element program OpenSees has been extended to provide the adaptive substructure-based nonlinear seismic analysis.At the low level of OpenSees framework,a new abstract layer is created to represent the time-varying substructures and implement the modeling process of substructures.At the high level of OpenSees framework,a new transient analysis class is created to implement the solving process of substructure-based governing equations.Compared with the conventional time step integration method,the adaptive substructure-based model order reduction method can yield comparative results with a higher computational efficiency.

Progressive Collapse Analysis of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Frames with Semi-rigid Connections

A 9-story concrete-filled steel tubular frame model is used to analyze the response of joints due to sudden column loss. Three different models are developed and compared to study the efficiency and feasibility of simulation, which include substructure model, beam element model and solid element model. The comparison results show that the substructure model has a satisfying capability, calculation efficiency and accuracy to predict the concerned joints as well as the overall framework. Based on the substructure model and a kind of semi-rigid connection for concretefilled square hollow section steel column proposed in this paper, the nonlinear dynamic analyses are conducted by the alternate path method. It is found that the removal of the ground inner column brings high-level joint moments and comparatively low-level axial tension forces. The initial stiffness and transmitted ultimate moment of the semi-rigid connection are the main factors that influence the frame behavior, and their lower limit should be guaranteed to resist collapse. Reduced ultimate moment results in drastic displacement and axial force development, which may bring progressive collapse. The higher initial stiffness ensures that the structure has a stronger capacity to resist progressive collapse.