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CE573 - Homework 04 - 2016

The document provides details on three homework problems related to structural dynamics: 1) Analyzing data from the NIST report on WTC Tower 2 to determine fundamental period and damping ratio. 2) Calculating the natural period and response of a single-story structure subjected to ground motion. 3) Using experimental vibration test data to estimate the fundamental period and damping ratio of a 3-story structure.

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CE573 - Homework 04 - 2016

The document provides details on three homework problems related to structural dynamics: 1) Analyzing data from the NIST report on WTC Tower 2 to determine fundamental period and damping ratio. 2) Calculating the natural period and response of a single-story structure subjected to ground motion. 3) Using experimental vibration test data to estimate the fundamental period and damping ratio of a 3-story structure.

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CE 573 – Structural Dynamics

Homework #4
due 23 September 2016, Friday, 10:30 AM

1) Find the fundamental mode period, i.e. first mode period, and damping ratio of the World Trade Center Tower 2. Use the
graph given in Figure K-14, Appendix K of the NIST WTC investigation report NCSTAR 1-5A. The report is available at
NIST website: http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=909088

NIST investigators talk about “decay rate” instead of “damping ratio”. What do they mean by “decay rate”? How is it
related to damping ratio? Are your findings in agreement with theirs?

Note: A copy of the Appendix K is stored, temporarily, on the CE573 website for your perusal.
(http://engineering.purdue.edu/~ce573)

Aside: Assume a plausible weight for the tower (the 110-story tower has an approx. 200 ft x 200 ft footprint) and see if you
could find an “equivalent” stiffness of the tower considering its fundamental mode only? Are there other ways to estimate
the tower stiffness? If there are, what additional information would you need?

2) The planar single-story structure shown below can be modeled simply as a single-degree-of-freedom system. Assume that
the columns have constant EI and are clamped (i.e., restrained against rotation) at both ends. Let the roof slab mass be m and
ignore the mass of the columns. Assume that the roof slab is rigid.

a. Find the natural period for horizontal motion of the structure.


b. If the foundation of the building undergoes a horizontal motion defined by xg (t )  x0 sin( w  t ) , what will be the
response of the building? Find the closed form algebraic expression describing the displacement response of the
xg (t )  
structure. How about if you are given  x0 sin( w  t ) , the ground acceleration, instead of the ground
displacement? What will be your solution?

Aside: Are inertial forces associated with absolute acceleration or relative acceleration?

m
EI
EI
H

xg(t)

3) The 3-story flat-plate RC structure in the Bowen Lab was subjected to a series of forced vibration tests to estimate the
fundamental mode period and corresponding damping ratio of the structure. The harmonic forcing on the building was
provided via an actuator installed at the roof of the building. The dynamic-mass, i.e. the moving part, of the actuator was
700 lb (unit is for mass, not weight!). Experimenters were able to move this mass over +/- 0.1 inch dynamically at distinct
frequencies. After the transient phase of the response was over, the peak roof displacement of the building was recorded
during the steady-state response. The range of frequencies and resulting roof displacements are listed in the table below.

Frequency Roof disp. Frequency Roof disp.


(Hz) (10-3 in) (Hz) (10-3 in)
2.00 2.75 2.10 8.25
2.01 3.2 2.11 7.25
2.02 4 2.12 6.25
2.03 4.9 2.13 5
2.04 6.7 2.14 4.5
2.05 9 2.15 4.25
2.06 17.5 2.20 2.75
2.07 15.5
2.08 12
2.09 9

Using the given data, estimate the fundamental period of the structure and the corresponding damping ratio.

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