Stochastic analysis of double-skin façades subjected to imprecise seismic excitation

Stochastic analysis of double-skin façades subjected to imprecise seismic excitation

Federica Genovese, Alba Sofi

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Abstract. Double-skin façades (DSFs), widely used in buildings to provide specific thermal efficiency, acoustic isolation, and weather resistance properties, have been recently used as passive control systems. The present study focuses on the stochastic analysis of a shear-type frame equipped with a DSF subjected to ground motion acceleration modelled as a zero-mean stationary Gaussian random process fully characterized by an imprecise power spectral density function i.e., with interval parameters. The influence of imprecision of the seismic excitation on the performance of the DSF is investigated by evaluating the bounds of the interval reliability function for a selected displacement process of the frame structure, in the framework of the classical first-passage problem.

Keywords
Double-Skin Façades, Interval Analysis, Imprecise Power Spectral Density Function, Passive Control

Published online 3/17/2022, 6 pages
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Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: Federica Genovese, Alba Sofi, Stochastic analysis of double-skin façades subjected to imprecise seismic excitation, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 26, pp 555-560, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902431-90

The article was published as article 90 of the book Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

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