Modified consecutive modal pushover procedure for seismic investigation of one-way asymmetric-plan tall buildings

作者：Khoshnoudian Faramarz; Kiani Mahdi^*

来源：Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2012, 11(2): 221-232.

DOI：10.1007/s11803-012-0112-6

• modified consecutive modal pushover
• seismic demands
• nonlinear time history analysis
• asymmetric-plan tall buildings
• torsion

The effects of higher modes and torsion have a significant impact on the seismic responses of asymmetric-plan tall buildings. A consecutive modal pushover (CMP) procedure is one of the pushover methods that have been developed to consider these effects. The aim of this paper is to modify the (CMP) analysis procedure to estimate the seismic demands of one-way asymmetric-plan tall buildings with dual systems. An analysis of 10-, 15- and 20-story asymmetric-plan buildings is carried out, and the results from the modified consecutive modal pushover (MCMP) procedure are compared with those obtained from the modal pushover analysis (MPA) procedure and the nonlinear time history analysis (NLTHA). The MCMP estimates of the seismic demands of one-way asymmetric-plan buildings demonstrate a reasonable accuracy, compared to the results obtained from the NLTHA. Furthermore, the accuracy of the MCMP procedure in the prediction of plastic hinge rotations is better than the MPA procedure. The new pushover procedure is also more accurate than the FEMA load distribution and the MPA procedure.

• 出版日期2012-3