Seismic Response Analysis of Composite Isolation Structures with Non-Classical Damping.

In this paper, a physical index for quantitatively evaluating the non-proportional damping characteristics is proposed. Additionally, a direct design approach applicable to composite isolated structures (consisting of an upper damping structure and a base isolation system) is proposed for performance analysis of practical three-dimensional non-proportional damped structures. Furthermore, the elastic–plastic behavior of the structure under acceleration excitation is considered to determine the structural damage and response, improving computational accuracy and providing better solutions for the analysis and design of composite isolated structures. Analysis studies have shown that under rare and extremely rare earthquake events, structures designed using the complex modal response spectrum method (CM-RSM) exhibit less damage compared to those designed using the forced decoupling response spectrum method (FD-RSM) compared to the results obtained using the complex modal response spectrum method. For the seismic performance study of non-proportional damped structures, it is recommended to use the complex modal response spectrum method. With an increasing earthquake intensity, the proportion of energy dissipation due to the nonlinear strain energy dissipation of a structure increases, and the proportion of energy dissipation due to the isolators and dampers in the damping energy portion decreases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]