Dr. Sanjukta Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Palakkad. He graduated B. Tech. in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur University, India and his post-graduated M. Tech. in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. His doctorate degree PhD in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. His research areas such as Vibration control of structures using passive and feedback control mechanisms, Optimal control, Base isolation, Substructure shaking table test.
Range of applicability of real mode superposition approximation method for seismic response calculation of non-classically damped industrial buildings
2022 | An industrial building is a non-classically damped system due to the different damping properties of the primary structure and equipment. The objective of this paper is to quantify the range of applicability of the real model superposition approximation method to the seismic response calculation of industrial buildings. The analysis using lumped mass-and-shear spring models indicates that for the equipment-to-structure frequency ratios γf > 1.1 or γf < 0.9, the non-classical damping effect is limited, and the real mode superposition approximation method provides accurate estimates.