Effects of Strength and Stiffness Degradation on Seismic Response

摘要

The goal of FEMA 440 was improvement of nonlinear static analysis procedures, as depicted in FEMA 356 and ASCE 41, and development of guidance on when and how such procedures should be used. It was a resource guide for capturing the current state of the art in improved understanding of nonlinear static procedures, and for generating future improvements to those products. One of the recommendations to come out of that work was to fund additional studies of cyclic and in-cycle strength and stiffness degradation, and their impact on response and response stability. This publication provides information that will improve nonlinear analysis for cyclic response, considering cyclic and in-cycle degradation of strength and stiffness. Recent work has demonstrated that it is important to be able to differentiate between cyclic and in-cycle degradation in order to more accurately model degrading behavior, while current practice only recognizes cyclic degradation, or does not distinguish between the two. The material contained within this publication is expected to improve nonlinear modeling of structural systems, and ultimately make the seismic retrofit of existing hazardous buildings more cost-effective.