Characteristics of Dynamic Loading Obtained From Braced Piping Support Under Sinusoidal Shaking Condition

Loads applied to structures by means of vibration can be classified into load-controlled and displacement-controlled loads. The realistic elastic-plastic behavior of structures subjected to seismic loads is not fully understood, and the classification of the load applied to structures by means of earthquakes is unclear. The failure mode differs depending on the load classification, and thus clarifying the classification of the load applied to the structure is useful for designing the structure. This study clarified the realistic load classification of structures under an elastic-plastic response. Vibration tests were conducted using sinusoidal waves as inputs, and the elastic-plastic behavior of the piping supports undergoing buckling or fatigue failure was obtained. The maximum restoring force and the maximum deformation relationship were obtained from the envelope of the time history data of the test results. In addition, it was shown that the classification of the load could be determined from the maximum force-deformation diagram, even in cases involving buckling and fatigue. In the maximum force-deformation diagram, when the change in the ratio of dynamic restoring force to static restoring force is small, a load-controlled load is applied to the structure because the restoring force of the structure follows the change in the input wave. By contrast, when the change in the ratio of dynamic response displacement to static displacement is small, a displacement-controlled load is applied to the structure because the response displacement of the structure follows the change in the input wave.