eprintid: 1474490 rev_number: 22 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/47/44/90 datestamp: 2016-02-10 11:19:10 lastmod: 2021-11-08 00:08:54 status_changed: 2016-02-10 11:19:10 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Magliulo, G creators_name: Maddaloni, G creators_name: Petrone, C title: Influence of earthquake direction on the seismic response of irregular plan RC frame buildings ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 keywords: plan irregularity; nonlinear analyses; reinforced concrete buildings; seismic performance; ground motion; directionality note: The final publication is available at www.springerlink.com abstract: The nonlinear response of structures is usually evaluated by considering two accelerograms acting simultaneously along the orthogonal directions. In this study, the influence of the earthquake direction on the seismic response of building structures is examined. Three multi-story RC buildings, representing a very common structural typology in Italy, are used as case studies for the evaluation. They are, respectively, a rectangular plan shape, an L plan shape and a rectangular plan shape with courtyard buildings. Nonlinear static and dynamic analyses are performed by considering different seismic levels, characterized by peak ground acceleration on stiff soil equal to 0.35 g, 0.25 g and 0.15 g. Nonlinear dynamic analyses are carried out by considering twelve different earthquake directions, and rotating the direction of both the orthogonal components by 30° for each analysis (from 0° to 330°). The survey is carried out on the L plan shape structure. The results show that the angle of the seismic input motion significantly influences the response of RC structures; the critical seismic angle, i.e., the incidence angle that produces the maximum demand, provides an increase of up to 37% in terms of both roof displacements and plastic hinge rotations. © 2014 Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. date: 2014-01-01 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11803-014-0227-z oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1049806 doi: 10.1007/s11803-014-0227-z lyricists_name: Petrone, Crescenzo lyricists_id: CPETR03 actors_name: Petrone, Crescenzo actors_id: CPETR03 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration volume: 13 number: 2 pagerange: 243-256 issn: 1671-3664 citation: Magliulo, G; Maddaloni, G; Petrone, C; (2014) Influence of earthquake direction on the seismic response of irregular plan RC frame buildings. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration , 13 (2) pp. 243-256. 10.1007/s11803-014-0227-z <https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-014-0227-z>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474490/1/2014%20Magliulo%20et%20al_EEEV_Incidence%20angle.pdf