Seismic performance of cylindrical latticed-intersected-three-dimensional-beam-system reticulated mega-structure with single-layer latticed-intersected-cylindrical-shell substructures

This paper is focused on the research of seismic performance of cylindrical latticed-intersected-threedimensional-beam-system (LITDBS) reticulated mega-structure with single-layer latticed-intersectedcylindrical-shell (LICS) substructures by time history method accounting for geometrical nonlinearity. The distribution laws of the dynamic internal forces and those of the ratios of the dynamic to static internal forces of members in this innovative structure are first studied. The behaviors of the structure under different multi-component seismic actions are analyzed, and the reasonable components of the seismic action that should be considered in design are thus obtained. Then taking the maximum dynamic internal force of the structure as the index, a series of parametric analyses are carried out, and the suitable values of several key form parameters are recommended. Additionally, the results by the response spectrum method with those by the time history method are compared, which indicates that the former is not on the safe side. Therefore, the mode-superposition response spectrum method can only be used to do preliminary seismic design of this kind of structure, and the results must be checked by the time history method at the end. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.