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Problem 13.26
The response history of the system of Problem 13.24 (the
(b) For each vibration mode, calculate and plot as a
function of time the following response quantities: uy,
/2
u
b
, base shear Vb, and base torque Tb.
(c) Calculate and plot as a function of time the total
responses; determine the peak values of the total
responses.
Solution:
Part a
Ground motion in the y-direction excites the first and
third natural vibration modes of the system. The
corresponding SDF systems have the following properties:
The displacement responses D
n() of the two SDF systems
Parts b and c
From Problem 13.24,
results for ()()bu
n
2
and ()()bu
2
are presented in
Fig. P13.26d.
In Eq. (c), the
n values at each time instant are
T
t
T
t
T