Tunnel form buildings, owing to their higher construction speed and quality, lower cost, and superior earthquake resistance over that of conventional reinforced concrete buildings, have been widely used for mass housing, urban renewal, and post-earthquake reconstruction projects all over the world as well as in Turkey. However, there have been few dynamic tests performed on existing buildings with this structural system. This study investigates the dynamic structural properties of a typical nine-story reinforced concrete flat plate-wall building by forced vibration testing and develops its three-dimensional (3-D) linear elastic finite element structural model. The finite element model that uses the modulus of elasticity for concrete in ACI 318 predicts the natural vibration periods well. Mode shapes are also in good agreement with the test results. Door and window openings in the shear walls, and the basement with peripheral wall emerge as modeling considerations that have the most significant impact on structural system dynamic properties.
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May 01, 2015
Forced Vibration Testing and Finite Element Modeling of a Nine-Story Reinforced Concrete Flat Plate-Wall Building
Ozan Cem Celik, M. EERI;
Ozan Cem Celik, M. EERI
a
Civil Engineering Program, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus, Mersin 10, Turkey
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Haluk Sucuoğlu, M. EERI;
Haluk Sucuoğlu, M. EERI
b
Department of Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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Ugurhan Akyuz
Ugurhan Akyuz
b
Department of Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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Ozan Cem Celik, M. EERI
a
Civil Engineering Program, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus, Mersin 10, Turkey
Haluk Sucuoğlu, M. EERI
b
Department of Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
Ugurhan Akyuz
b
Department of Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
Publisher: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Received:
12 Sep 2012
Accepted:
27 Jun 2013
First Online:
01 Jun 2020
Online ISSN: 1944-8201
Print ISSN: 8755-2930
© 2015 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Earthquake Spectra (2015) 31 (2): 1069–1081.
Article history
Received:
12 Sep 2012
Accepted:
27 Jun 2013
First Online:
01 Jun 2020
Citation
Ozan Cem Celik, Haluk Sucuoğlu, Ugurhan Akyuz; Forced Vibration Testing and Finite Element Modeling of a Nine-Story Reinforced Concrete Flat Plate-Wall Building. Earthquake Spectra 2015;; 31 (2): 1069–1081. doi: https://doi.org/10.1193/091212EQS287M
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