Performance-based seismic design of nonstructural building components:The next frontier of earthquake engineering

With the development and implementation of performance-based earthquake engineering,harmonization of performance levels between structural and nonstructural components becomes vital. Even if the structural components of a building achieve a continuous or immediate occupancy performance level after a seismic event,failure of architectural,mechanical or electrical components can lower the performance level of the entire building system. This reduction in performance caused by the vulnerability of nonstructural components has been observed during recent earthquakes worldwide. Moreover,nonstructural damage has limited the functionality of critical facilities,such as hospitals,following major seismic events. The investment in nonstructural components and building contents is far greater than that of structural components and framing. Therefore,it is not surprising that in many past earthquakes,losses from damage to nonstructural components have exceeded losses from structural damage. Furthermore,the failure of nonstructural components can become a safety hazard or can hamper the safe movement of occupants evacuating buildings,or of rescue workers entering buildings. In comparison to structural components and systems,there is relatively limited information on the seismic design of nonstructural components. Basic research work in this area has been sparse,and the available codes and guidelines are usually,for the most part,based on past experiences,engineering judgment and intuition,rather than on objective experimental and analytical results. Often,design engineers are forced to start almost from square one after each earthquake event: to observe what went wrong and to try to prevent repetitions. This is a consequence of the empirical nature of current seismic regulations and guidelines for nonstructural components. This review paper summarizes current knowledge on the seismic design and analysis of nonstructural building components,identifying major knowledge gaps that will need to be filled by future research. Furthermore,considering recent trends in earthquake engineering,the paper explores how performance-based seismic design might be conceived for nonstructural components,drawing on recent developments made in the field of seismic design and hinting at the specific considerations required for nonstructural components.

Performance-based seismic financial risk assessment of reinforced concrete frame structures

Engineering facilities subjected to natural hazards(such as winds and earthquakes) will result in risk when any designed system(i.e.capacity) will not be able to meet the performance required(i.e.demand).Risk might be expressed either as a likelihood of damage or potential financial loss.Engineers tend to make use of the former(i.e.damage).Nevertheless,other non-technical stakeholders cannot get useful information from damage.However,if financial risk is expressed on the basis of probable monetary loss,it will be easily understood by all.Therefore,it is necessary to develop methodologies which communicate the system capacity and demand to financial risk,Incremental dynamic analysis(IDA) was applied in a performance-based earthquake engineering context to do hazard analysis,structural analysis,damage analysis and loss analysis of a reinforced concrete(RC) frame structure.And the financial implications of risk were expressed by expected annual loss(EAL).The quantitative risk analysis proposed is applicable to any engineering facilities and any natural hazards.It is shown that the results from the IDA can be used to assess the overall financial risk exposure to earthquake hazard for a given constructed facility.The computational IDA-EAL method will enable engineers to take into account the long-term financial implications in addition to the construction cost.Consequently,it will help stakeholders make decisions.

Optimization for performance-based design under seismic demands, including social costs

Performance-based design in earthquake engineering is a structural optimization problem that has, as the objective, the determination of design parameters for the minimization of total costs, while at the same time satisfying minimum reliability levels for the specifi ed performance criteria. Total costs include those for construction and structural damage repairs, those associated with non-structural components and the social costs of economic losses, injuries and fatalities. This paper presents a general framework to approach this problem, using a numerical optimization strategy and incorporating the use of neural networks for the evaluation of dynamic responses and the reliability levels achieved for a given set of design parameters. The strategy is applied to an example of a three-story offi ce building. The results show the importance of considering the social costs, and the optimum failure probabilities when minimum reliability constraints are not taken into account.

Performance-Based Design through Implementation of FEMA P-58 Methodology in Developing Countries

This paper investigates a simple approach proposed towards performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) which has potential applications to the performance-based design (PBD) and performance-based assessment (PBA) fields. The simple method of PBEE encompasses three areas of seismic risk which include seismic hazard, structural analysis, and loss models. The aim of the PBEE process, entitled as FEMA P-58, is to present essential data needed to make a rational decision regarding predicted performance, where various sources of uncertainties are involved. In developing countries, the lack of suitable real ground motions corresponding to site characteristics and seismicity particularly for larger intensities and the scarcity of demands, which makes it hard to identify the seismic capacity of a structure, is the main our motivation of using the FEMA method. In this paper, the method of FEMA P-58 is investigated, in terms of available tools and required data, in such a way that it will be applicable for developing countries which are located in high seismic hazard zones. To achieve this goal, three steel moment-resisting buildings with low and high ductility, and three steel braced-frame buildings are selected as case studies. The mean annual loss is estimated by the available software, Performance Assessment Calculation Tool (PACT). The achieved results, i.e. the loss curves, will provide a simple means by which the engineers can quantify and communicate seismic performance to other stakeholders. In the case study buildings, the braced one has less annual losses in comparison with other investigated cases, and the structure with high ductility can be considered as the next ones. Execution cost of each building should be considered by contractors. Also, seismic fragility curves of structures for various limit states, as well, the corresponding loss models are identified as the most essential data towards application of the investigated PBEE process.

温度相关型结构地震风险评估方法

采用形状记忆合金(SMA)、粘弹性橡胶等材料的结构,其地震响应存在温度相关性,对其结构性能的评估应考虑温度影响和区域温度分布特性的不确定性。以第二代基于性能的地震工程评估框架为基础,该文提出一种考虑区域温度分布特性的温度相关型结构地震风险评估方法。该方法将传统地震易损性扩展为地震动强度-温度联合易损性,在此基础上得到包含温度分布信息的修正区域易损性,并用于评估结构地震风险。基于该方法,该文以9层SMA支撑钢框架结构作为分析对象,研究温度对结构性能的影响。选取北京和文昌为案例地区,给出其区域温度分布特性描述,并计算对象结构的地震风险曲线。结果表明:环境温度降低将影响结构变形分布。同时,结构在低温下更易发生倒塌。相对于位于文昌和设计基准温度下的对象结构,位于北京的对象结构具有更高的倒塌风险。所提出的方法能够量化评估不同地区温度相关型结构的地震风险。

强地面运动持时对钢筋混凝土桥墩地震需求的影响

在基于性能的地震工程学(PBEE)中,概率地震需求模型(PSDM)是一个重要部分,它需要对地震需求参数(EDP)进行概率估计。强地面运动的变异性对EDP的概率估计影响最大,作为强地面运动三要素之一的持时对结构破坏的影响已引起广泛关注。为了将持时与幅值、频谱的影响进行解耦,采用实际地震波和匹配同一反应谱的人工波,并进行合理的调值,对一座钢筋混凝土桥墩分别进行非线性动力时程分析。对比强地面运动持时和不同需求参数的相关性表明:持时对位移需求参数和延性需求参数影响甚微,但对表征能量的需求参数和累积破坏参数影响显著。同时,说明在选择结构第一模态周期谱加速度和合理的能量需求参数分别作为地面运动强度参数(IM)和EDP建立PSDM时,如何考虑持时的影响。

第二代基于性能地震工程中的地震易损性模型及正逆概率风险分析

第二代基于性能地震工程理论中的地震易损性主要是指结构构件以及非结构构件的抗震能力,与传统地震风险理论中的地震易损性定义和内涵并不相同。为了澄清二者的不一致性,首先介绍传统地震风险理论中地震易损性的定义和概率模型,然后指出第二代基于性能地震工程理论存在五个层次的地震易损性模型:地震需求易损性模型、抗震能力易损性模型、地震损伤易损性模型、地震损失易损性模型和抗震决策易损性模型,指出了这五种模型的区别及其相互关系,推导得到了地震需求易损性模型和地震损伤易损性模型分布参数的解析表达式。在此基础上,根据不同的不确定性传递路径,提出了正向PBEE和逆向PBEE的概念,以通过不同方式求解第二代基于性能地震工程理论的风险积分公式。基于地震危险性函数的近似表达式以及地震易损性模型及其分布参数的解析表达式,通过正向PBEE和逆向PBEE方法,分别得到了具有相同表达形式的工程需求参数EDP、地震损伤DM和决策变量DV三个层次的概率地震风险表达式。通过该文的研究,将传统地震风险分析理论与第二代基于性能地震工程理论统一在一致的理论框架之中。

桩基础抗震性能的简易评价方法

桩基础的抗震性能可从承载力和变形两方面来评价。承载力可考虑地震时作用于结构上的荷载组合,多采用拟静力法进行分析,不同因素变异的影响可用概率分析或可靠度方法予以考虑。变形分析多为按承载力设计之后的校核,其中地震力和土体参数以及地质条件等因素影响可分别加以评估。本文着重阐明基于一维波动方程和概率分析的桩基抗震性能实用分析方法,并以桥梁桩基础为例进行讨论,其中考虑的关键因素为设计地震加速度、测站记录、基桩尺寸及其配筋率。研究表明,当土层液化可忽略时最大弯矩会发生在桩顶,故增加桩顶延性可有效提升桩基础的抗震性能。

Intensity measures for the seismic response evaluation of buried steel pipelines under near-field pulse-like ground motions

Ground-motion Intensity Measures (IMs) are used to quantify the strength of ground motions and evaluate the response of structures. IMs act as a link between seismic demand and seismic hazard analysis and therefore, have a key role in performance-based earthquake engineering. Many studies have been carried out on the determination of suitable IMs in terms of effi ciency, suffi ciency and scaling robustness. The majority of these investigations focused on ordinary structures such as buildings and bridges, and only a few were about buried pipelines. In the current study, the optimal IMs for predicting the seismic demand of continuous buried steel pipelines under near-fi eld pulse-like ground motion records is investigated. Incremental dynamic analysis is performed using twenty ground motion records. Using the results of the regression analysis, the optimality of 23 potential IMs are studied. It is concluded that specifi c energy density (SED) followed by VSI[ω1(PGD+RMSd )] are the optimal IMs based on effi ciency, suffi ciency and scaling robustness for seismic response evaluation of buried pipelines under near-fi eld ground motions.

Simplified seismic performance assessment and implications for seismic design

The last decade or so has seen the development of refined performance-based earthquake engineering(PBEE) approaches that now provide a framework for estimation of a range of important decision variables,such as repair costs,repair time and number of casualties. This paper reviews current tools for PBEE,including the PACT software,and examines the possibility of extending the innovative displacement-based assessment approach as a simplified structural analysis option for performance assessment. Details of the displacement-based s+eismic assessment method are reviewed and a simple means of quickly assessing multiple hazard levels is proposed. Furthermore,proposals for a simple definition of collapse fragility and relations between equivalent single-degree-of-freedom characteristics and multi-degree-of-freedom story drift and floor acceleration demands are discussed,highlighting needs for future research. To illustrate the potential of the methodology,performance measures obtained from the simplified method are compared with those computed using the results of incremental dynamic analyses within the PEER performance-based earthquake engineering framework,applied to a benchmark building. The comparison illustrates that the simplified method could be a very effective conceptual seismic design tool. The advantages and disadvantages of the simplified approach are discussed and potential implications of advanced seismic performance assessments for conceptual seismic design are highlighted through examination of different case study scenarios including different structural configurations.

基于性能的地铁施工风险分析方法

为建立更为灵活实用的地铁工程风险分析过程,利用基于性能的地震工程(performance-based earthquake engineering,PBEE)理念提出了基于性能的风险分析(performance-based risk analysis,PBRA)方法.该方法的分析流程主要包括性能风险损失等级确定、力学响应分析、风险损失等级分析、性能风险分析4个主要部分,分析结果以性能风险等级矩阵的形式表示.与以往分析方法相比,PBRA方法具备以下优势:1)PBRA方法紧密结合风险演化的物理过程,实现了风险的全阶段量化分析;2)PBRA方法将性能水平与风险损失相对应,从而降低了确定风险损失的难度,并且使得分析结果更符合工程需求;3)PBRA方法集成了土木、交通、环境、经济、社会等众多学科的经验、理论与技术成果,为风险分析智能化创造了必要条件.

Probabilistic seismic loss estimation via endurance time method

Probabilistic Seismic Loss Estimation is a methodology used as a quantitative and explicit expression of the performance of buildings using terms that address the interests of both owners and insurance companies. Applying the ATC 58 approach for seismic loss assessment of buildings requires using Incremental Dynamic Analysis （IDA）, which needs hundreds of time-consuming analyses, which in turn hinders its wide application. The Endurance Time Method （ETM） is proposed herein as part of a demand propagation prediction procedure and is shown to be an economical alternative to IDA. Various scenarios were considered to achieve this purpose and their appropriateness has been evaluated using statistical methods. The most precise and efficient scenario was validated through comparison against IDA driven response predictions of 34 code conforming benchmark structures and was proven to be sufficiently precise while offering a great deal of efficiency. The loss values were estimated by replacing IDA with the proposed ETM-based procedure in the ATC 58 procedure and it was fotmd that these values suffer from varying inaccuracies, which were attributed to the discretized nature of damage and loss prediction functions provided by ATC 58.