Problem inherent in displacement input model for calculating structural responses under earthquake ground motion and an effective solution method called AMCE
Received:December 21, 2007  
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DOI:10.7511/jslx20096037
KeyWord:Rigid Massless Constraint Element  earthquake-induced ground motion  displacement input model
        
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柳国环 大连理工大学 土木水利学院, 大连
李宏男 大连理工大学 土木水利学院, 大连
国巍 大连理工大学 土木水利学院, 大连
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Abstract:
      An effective method called Appended Massless Constraint Element (AMCE) method is presented and proposed, which is adopted to settle the problem, easy but not to be neglected, inherent in the displacement input model for calculating the structural responses under earthquake-induced ground motion. Based on the comprehensive and intensive analysis of the displacement input model in this paper, it points out explicitly that there is the unstability and extreme irrationality of the calculation results while adopting the displacement input model. To solve the problem, the RMCE method is presented. Then, the rationality and accuracy of the proposed method are further verified. Theoretical analysis and numerical results demonstrate that the proposed method is simple, feasible and possesses high accuracy.