The effects of material nonlinearity and geometric instabilities of a bracing system of a dynamically loaded steel frame, as well as nonlinear soil-structure interaction are studied in this thesis. To investigate the response of a frame subjected to severe dynamic loads, a model of the force-displacement relationship of the bracing system is developed to account for the inelastic, post-buckling behavior of a brace subjected to strong compressive loads. This thesis also develops a model of the force-deformation relationship of the foundation-soil interface, confining the study only to the slide mode of failure. From these models, a softening behavior for the bracing system and a hyperbolic load-deformation behavior of the interface are proposed. It is shown that the structural response of a frame is significantly affected when the analysis includes both the effects of softening of the bracing system and soil-structure interaction.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/277871 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Stapleton-Hart, Nicole Colette, 1965- |
| Contributors | Kiousis, Panos |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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