Reliability and Design Criteria for Secondary Systems

by T. T. Soong, State Univ of New York at Buffalo, United States,
S. Sarkani, State Univ of New York at Buffalo, United States,
Yongqi Chen, State Univ of New York at Buffalo, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Structural Safety and Reliability

Abstract:

In seismic design and analysis of secondary systems housed in structures, the most widely used approximate method is the floor response spectra approach. In this paper, necessary modifications of floor response spectra due to uncertainties in the seismic input, soil, and structural properties are addressed by introducing a rational approach based upon spectral moments of the primary-secondary structural system. Two approximate methods of secondary system analysis which take into account primary-secondary system interactions are also assessed.

Subject Headings: Seismic design | Structural systems | Structural reliability | Sensitivity analysis | Dynamic structural analysis | Structural analysis | Seismic tests

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