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- Title
- Dynamic Properties of a Twelve Story Prefabricated Panel Building.
- File
- PB82117128.pdf
- Author(s)
- Bouwkamp, J. G.; Kollegger, J. P.; Stephen, R. M.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 1980, 110 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UCB/EERC-80/29
- Abstract
- The results of forced and ambient vibrations studies of a twelve story apartment building, constructed with prefabricated wall panel and slab elements are presented. Dynamic characteristics, such as resonant frequencies, damping, and vertical and horizontal mode shapes of the structure were determined and correlated with analytical results using the computer program TABS-77. Rigid floor diaphragm action and serious structure-foundation interaction were observed. Including the foundation flexibility in the analytical model using experimental vibration data resulted in resonant frequencies and mode shapes showing excellent agreement with the test data. Accounting for the foundation flexibility using actual soil and pile test data did not produce a satisfactory correlation with the dynamic vibration test results.
- Keywords
- Earthquake resistant structures; Stiffness methods; Prefabrication; TABS-77 computer program; Mathematical models; Computer applications; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Dynamic response; Panels; Soil structure interactions; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis