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Report - PEER - University of California, Berkeley

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PERFORMANCE BASED ASSESSMENT — FROM GENERALMETHODOLOGIES TO SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATIONSMatej FISCHINGER 1 , Darko BEG 1 , Tatjana ISAKOVIĆ 1 ,Miha TOMAŽEVIČ 2 , Roko ŽARNIĆ 1ABSTRACTTwo main objectives has been followed — to identify some potential pitfalls related to specificapplications <strong>of</strong> general PBA procedures as well as to make an overview <strong>of</strong> the relatedexperimental and analytical research in Slovenia. RC viaducts, lightly reinforced limited ductileRC walls, partial-strength steel connections, timber-frame buildings and masonry buildings areaddressed. Efficient inelastic models are presented and validated with experiments and blindpredictions. It is demonstrated that extrapolation <strong>of</strong> the standard push-over procedures frombuildings to bridges should be done with care. Irregularity index is introduced to identify thoseviaducts to be preferably analyzed by inelastic time-history procedures. Multimode pushoverprocedures and torsionally flexible viaducts are analyzed in some depth. Global engineeringdemand parameters may fail to predict damage level in RC structures. Analyzed walls wereheavily damaged at drifts below 1%, while local deformations at the base were close to ultimatevalues. It was demonstrated that asymmetric endplate bolted connections behave better than itwould be expected considering low strength and ductility <strong>of</strong> the weaker side. Two-stepmathematical model using universal longitudinal spring is proposed for dynamic analysis <strong>of</strong>timber-frame structures. Behavior factors and damage indices for masonry buildings areexperimentally assessed.Keywords: Performance based assessment; Bridges; RC walls; Partial-strength steelconnections; Timber-frame buildings; Masonry structures.1. INTRODUCTIONPerformance based seismic engineering (PBSE) methodologies have been typicallytested against limited number <strong>of</strong> structures belonging to well investigated structuraltypes (predominantly building frames). Extrapolating these procedures to other,specific and/or less investigated systems, should be done with care. Bridges,especially viaducts with continuous deck, typically used in Europe, may belong tosuch category <strong>of</strong> structures as demonstrated in Chapter 2.1 Faculty <strong>of</strong> Civil and Geodetic Engineering, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Ljubljana, Jamova 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia2 Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Dimičeva 12, Ljubljana, Slovenia293

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