Building Seismic Fragilities Using Response Surface Metamodels

Building fragility describes the likelihood of damage to a building due to random ground motions. Conventional methods for computing building fragilities are either based on statistical extrapolation of detailed analyses on one or two specific buildings or make use of Monte Carlo simulation with th...

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Main Author: Towashiraporn, Peeranan
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Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4793
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spelling ndltd-GATECH-oai-smartech.gatech.edu-1853-47932013-01-07T20:10:45ZBuilding Seismic Fragilities Using Response Surface MetamodelsTowashiraporn, PeerananFragilityResponse surfaceMetamodelsSeismic responseStructural engineeringBuildingResponse surfaces (Statistics)Building fragility describes the likelihood of damage to a building due to random ground motions. Conventional methods for computing building fragilities are either based on statistical extrapolation of detailed analyses on one or two specific buildings or make use of Monte Carlo simulation with these models. However, the Monte Carlo technique usually requires a relatively large number of simulations in order to obtain a sufficiently reliable estimate of the fragilities, and it quickly becomes impractical to simulate the required thousands of dynamic time-history structural analyses for physics-based analytical models. An alternative approach for carrying out the structural simulation is explored in this work. The use of Response Surface Methodology in connection with the Monte Carlo simulations simplifies the process of fragility computation. More specifically, a response surface is sought to predict the structural response calculated from complex dynamic analyses. Computational cost required in a Monte Carlo simulation will be significantly reduced since the simulation is performed on a polynomial response surface function, rather than a complex dynamic model. The methodology is applied to the fragility computation of an unreinforced masonry (URM) building located in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Different rehabilitation schemes for this structure are proposed and evaluated through fragility curves. Response surface equations for predicting peak drift are generated and used in the Monte Carlo simulation. Resulting fragility curves show that the URM building is less likely to be damaged from future earthquakes when rehabilitation is properly incorporated. The thesis concludes with a discussion of an extension of the methodology to the problem of computing fragilities for a collection of buildings of interest. Previous approaches have considered uncertainties in material properties, but this research incorporates building parameters such as geometry, stiffness, and strength variabilities as well as nonstructural parameters (age, design code) over an aggregation of buildings in the response surface models. Simulation on the response surface yields the likelihood of damage to a group of buildings under various earthquake intensity levels. This aspect is of interest to governmental agencies or building owners who are responsible for planning proper mitigation measures for collections of buildings.Georgia Institute of Technology2005-03-01T19:24:08Z2005-03-01T19:24:08Z2004-08-20Dissertation3169156 bytesapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1853/4793en_US
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topic Fragility
Response surface
Metamodels
Seismic response
Structural engineering
Building
Response surfaces (Statistics)
spellingShingle Fragility
Response surface
Metamodels
Seismic response
Structural engineering
Building
Response surfaces (Statistics)
Towashiraporn, Peeranan
Building Seismic Fragilities Using Response Surface Metamodels
description Building fragility describes the likelihood of damage to a building due to random ground motions. Conventional methods for computing building fragilities are either based on statistical extrapolation of detailed analyses on one or two specific buildings or make use of Monte Carlo simulation with these models. However, the Monte Carlo technique usually requires a relatively large number of simulations in order to obtain a sufficiently reliable estimate of the fragilities, and it quickly becomes impractical to simulate the required thousands of dynamic time-history structural analyses for physics-based analytical models. An alternative approach for carrying out the structural simulation is explored in this work. The use of Response Surface Methodology in connection with the Monte Carlo simulations simplifies the process of fragility computation. More specifically, a response surface is sought to predict the structural response calculated from complex dynamic analyses. Computational cost required in a Monte Carlo simulation will be significantly reduced since the simulation is performed on a polynomial response surface function, rather than a complex dynamic model. The methodology is applied to the fragility computation of an unreinforced masonry (URM) building located in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Different rehabilitation schemes for this structure are proposed and evaluated through fragility curves. Response surface equations for predicting peak drift are generated and used in the Monte Carlo simulation. Resulting fragility curves show that the URM building is less likely to be damaged from future earthquakes when rehabilitation is properly incorporated. The thesis concludes with a discussion of an extension of the methodology to the problem of computing fragilities for a collection of buildings of interest. Previous approaches have considered uncertainties in material properties, but this research incorporates building parameters such as geometry, stiffness, and strength variabilities as well as nonstructural parameters (age, design code) over an aggregation of buildings in the response surface models. Simulation on the response surface yields the likelihood of damage to a group of buildings under various earthquake intensity levels. This aspect is of interest to governmental agencies or building owners who are responsible for planning proper mitigation measures for collections of buildings.
author Towashiraporn, Peeranan
author_facet Towashiraporn, Peeranan
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title Building Seismic Fragilities Using Response Surface Metamodels
title_short Building Seismic Fragilities Using Response Surface Metamodels
title_full Building Seismic Fragilities Using Response Surface Metamodels
title_fullStr Building Seismic Fragilities Using Response Surface Metamodels
title_full_unstemmed Building Seismic Fragilities Using Response Surface Metamodels
title_sort building seismic fragilities using response surface metamodels
publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
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