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Abstract

A newly proposed statistical linearization based formulation is used to derive effective linear properties (ELPs), namely damping ratio and natural frequency, for stochastically excited hysteretic oscillatorsinvolving the Bouc-Wen force-deformation phenomenological model. This is achieved by first using a frequency domain statistical linearization step to substitute a Bouc-Wen oscillator by a third order linear system. Next, this third order linear system is reduced to a second order linear oscillator characterized by a set of ELPs by enforcing equality of certain response statistics of the two linear systems. The proposed formulation is utilized in conjunction with quasi-stationary stochastic processes compatible with elastic response spectra commonly used to represent the input seismic action in earthquake resistant design of structures. Then, the derived ELPs are used to estimate the peak response of Bouc-Wen hysteretic oscillators without numerical integration of the nonlinear equation of motion; this is done in the context of linear response spectrum-based dynamic analysis. Numerical results pertaining to the elastic response spectrum of the current European aseismic code provisions (EC8) are presented to demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed approach. These results are supported by pertinent Monte Carlo simulations involving an ensemble of non-stationary EC8 spectrum compatible accelerograms. The proposed approach can hopefully be an effective tool in the preliminary aseismic design stages of yielding structures and structural members commonly represented by the Bouc-Wen hysteretic model within either a force-based or a displacement-based context.

Publication Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Publisher Keywords:	Bouc-Wen, Statistical Linearization, Response Spectrum, Stochastic Process, Equivalent Properties
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Departments:	School of Science & Technology > Engineering

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