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Title: | The different response of apparently identical structures: a far-field lesson from the Mirandola 20th May 2012 earthquake | Authors: | Castellaro, Silvia Padrón, Luis Alberto Mulargia, Francesco |
UNESCO Clasification: | 250705 Sismología y prospección sismica 330506 Ingeniería civil 330510 Cimientos |
Keywords: | Soil-structure double resonance Site effects Structural analysis Structural modeling |
Issue Date: | 2014 | Publisher: | 1570-761X | Journal: | Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering | Abstract: | Twin structures, that is structures very similar in terms of geometry, materials, mass distribution etc., founded on the same soil and set at very close distance, are rationally expected to have an identical response to earthquakes. When this does not occur, a role is usually played by factors like the interaction with the surrounding structures or by other anomalies hidden behind the apparent similarity. We present the case of two apparently twin towers that showed a very different response to the 2012 Mirandola (Italy) earthquake ground shaking: one remained perfectly intact while the other had a wide set of fractures on secondary walls. This resulted to be the effect of several contributing factors: the stiffness of the two structures, experimentally measured, provided unexpected differences. This reflected into different modal frequencies for the two towers, with the first and second modes of the damaged tower coincident or very close to the soil resonance. The final result was a coupled soil-structure resonance, implying a much higher displacement of one tower compared to the other, under the same input motion. In Italy, insurance against earthquake damage will probably become compulsory in the near future. This case suggests that the specific soil-structure and structure-structure interaction will have to be carefully evaluated since they can critically affect even apparently identical structures. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/43152 | ISSN: | 1570-761X | DOI: | 10.1007/s10518-013-9505-9 | Source: | Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering[ISSN 1570-761X],v. 12, p. 2481-2493 |
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