AN EVALUATION OF FLOOR RESPONSE SPECTRA FOR ACCELERATION-SENSITIVE NONSTRUCTURAL COMPONENTS SUPPORTED ON REGULAR FRAME STRUCTURES

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dc.contributor.advisorMedina, Ricardo A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKingston, Kevin M.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-06-04T05:46:54Z
dc.date.available2004-06-04T05:46:54Z
dc.date.issued2004-05-12en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study evaluates the acceleration response of elastic nonstructural components (NSCs) subjected to earthquake-induced supporting structure motions. The objective is to provide insight into the development of the floor response spectrum (FRS) and its dependence on critical ground motion and structural system parameters such as the ground motion intensity, modal periods of the supporting structure, fundamental period of the NSC, strength of the structure, and location of the NSC with respect to the height of the supporting structure. The focus is on NSCs supported on regular moment-resisting frames. Results indicate that the FRS is highly dependent on the ratio of the period of the NSC to the modal periods of the supporting frame, the level of inelastic behavior of the frames and the location of the NSC. This study demonstrates that in several cases these effects are not adequately represented in floor design spectra recommended by current building codes.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/1470
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Civilen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFloor Response Spectraen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNonstructural Componentsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSeismicen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEarthquakeen_US
dc.titleAN EVALUATION OF FLOOR RESPONSE SPECTRA FOR ACCELERATION-SENSITIVE NONSTRUCTURAL COMPONENTS SUPPORTED ON REGULAR FRAME STRUCTURESen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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