An Efficient Method for Predicting the Residual Displacement of UBPRC Columns Under Near-Fault Ground Motions

Abstract

ABSTRACT As an effective measure to decrease the residual displacement under earthquakes, unbonded prestressed concrete (UBPRC) columns have been carefully investigated in previous research, while the influence of the complex characteristics of near-fault excitations on the residual displacement of UBPRC is less mentioned. This paper, therefore, focuses on the influence mechanism of the pulse effect and vertical effect of near-fault ground motions on the residual displacement of UBPRC columns. The residual displacement, at first, is formulated as a function of the coupled parameter T 1-p (the ratio of the structural period to the pulse period). Then, the effect of near-fault vertical ground motion on the residual displacement is qualified based on the established mathematical model. Further, the model has been applied to investigate the effect of structural properties (dead load axial compression ratio, longitudinal reinforcement ratio, prestressing axial compression ratio, prestressing reinforcement ratio) on the residual displacement of UBPRC columns subjected to the joint action of horizontal and vertical ground motions. This research provides a quantitative methodology to quickly obtain the residual displacement spectra of the UBPRC columns under varying conditions combined with ground motion and structural parameters.