SELECTION AND SCALING VALIDATION OF GROUND MOTIONS ACCORDING TO TBEC-2018 FOR THE SEISMIC ASSESSMENT OF MASONRY STRUCTURES


Funari M. F., Karimzadeh S., Caicedo D., Hussaini S. M., Askan Gündoğan A., Lourenço P. B.

9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2023, Athens, Greece, 12 - 14 June 2023 identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • City: Athens
  • Country: Greece
  • Keywords: Ground motion simulation, Masonry Structures, Metaheuristic optimisation, OOP Response, Selection and Scaling
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This paper addresses the selection and scaling of earthquake time histories for analysing masonry structures' Out-Of-Plane (OOP) response according to the 2018 Turkish Building Earthquake Code (TBEC-2018) guidelines. Ground motion simulations are proposed for regions with limited seismic networks or lacking information regarding recorded accelerograms for large-magnitude events. Selection and scaling procedures are automatised according to the TBEC-2018 recommendations. The pre-selection is conducted according to specific seismological characteristics, and the optimal scaling factors of individual records are computed using a metaheuristic optimisation based on the Differential Evolution Method (DEM). Two sets of records (11 real and 11 simulated) are generated and used as input to conduct non-linear dynamic analyses. A U-shaped masonry prototype is adopted as a structural benchmark. The structural response is monitored with an emphasis on the OOP response.