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Research on Dynamic Characteristics of Joint of RC Frame Structure with NES

Haixu Yang, Baolei Yang, Haibiao Wang (), Maohua Zhang and Songyuan Ni
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Haixu Yang: Department of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Baolei Yang: Department of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Haibiao Wang: Department of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Maohua Zhang: Department of Civil Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Songyuan Ni: Department of Civil Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 18, 1-25

Abstract: The NES (nonlinear energy sink) is a new type of nonlinear tuned mass damper that is connected to the shock-absorbing main structure through strong nonlinear stiffness and viscous damping. The vibrational energy in the main structure is transferred to the NES oscillator by means of target energy transfer. A shaking table test of a 1:4 scaled RC (Reinforced Concrete) frame structure model with a new type of NES shock absorber was conducted to study the damping effect of the NES shock absorber, especially for the influence of joint strength and deformation. The NES used in this experiment has a relatively large nonlinear stiffness and a wide vibration absorption frequency band. The variation of reinforcement strains, node failure mode, and structural natural frequency of 1 story and two-layer joints of the model frame structure with NES were studied. The test results showed that NES could effectively reduce the strains of longitudinal reinforcement and stirrup in beams and columns and delay the plastic hinge development at the bottom and the top of the column. The frame model with NES installed has failures at the beam ends and shear failures at the nodes, realizing the seismic mechanism of solid columns and weak beams. Compared with ordinary seismic structures, the NES can effectively reduce the shear stress of concrete at the joints and alleviate the shear failure of joints. The final failure of the NES shock absorbing structure was the yielding of the steel bars at the bottom of the column and the crushing of the concrete at the foot of the column, and the connection between the column foot and the backplane became loose simultaneously. The decreasing rate of the vibration frequency declined due to the NES with varied broadband absorbing capability. It can be seen that the NES shock absorber not only has a good effect on reducing the seismic response of the structure, but more importantly, the damage of the structural nodes is greatly reduced, and therefore, the seismic capacity of the structure improved.

Keywords: NES; dynamic characteristics; shaking table test; failure mode of joint (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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