@inproceedings{ButenwegBursiNardinetal.2021, author = {Butenweg, Christoph and Bursi, Oreste S. and Nardin, Chiara and Lanese, Igor and Pavese, Alberto and Marinković, Marko and Paolacci, Fabrizio and Quinci, Gianluca}, title = {Experimental investigation on the seismic performance of a multi-component system for major-hazard industrial facilities}, series = {Pressure Vessels \& Piping Virtual Conference July 13-15, 2021}, booktitle = {Pressure Vessels \& Piping Virtual Conference July 13-15, 2021}, publisher = {American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)}, address = {New York}, isbn = {9780791885352}, doi = {10.1115/PVP2021-61696}, pages = {8 Seiten}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Past earthquakes demonstrated the high vulnerability of industrial facilities equipped with complex process technologies leading to serious damage of the process equipment and multiple and simultaneous release of hazardous substances in industrial facilities. Nevertheless, the design of industrial plants is inadequately described in recent codes and guidelines, as they do not consider the dynamic interaction between the structure and the installations and thus the effect of seismic response of the installations on the response of the structure and vice versa. The current code-based approach for the seismic design of industrial facilities is considered not enough for ensure proper safety conditions against exceptional event entailing loss of content and related consequences. Accordingly, SPIF project (Seismic Performance of Multi-Component Systems in Special Risk Industrial Facilities) was proposed within the framework of the European H2020 - SERA funding scheme (Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructure Alliance for Europe). The objective of the SPIF project is the investigation of the seismic behaviour of a representative industrial structure equipped with complex process technology by means of shaking table tests. The test structure is a three-story moment resisting steel frame with vertical and horizontal vessels and cabinets, arranged on the three levels and connected by pipes. The dynamic behaviour of the test structure and of its relative several installations is investigated. Furthermore, both process components and primary structure interactions are considered and analyzed. Several PGA-scaled artificial ground motions are applied to study the seismic response at different levels. After each test, dynamic identification measurements are carried out to characterize the system condition. The contribution presents the experimental setup of the investigated structure and installations, selected measurement data and describes the obtained damage. Furthermore, important findings for the definition of performance limits, the effectiveness of floor response spectra in industrial facilities will be presented and discussed.}, language = {en} } @article{ButenwegBursiPaolaccietal.2021, author = {Butenweg, Christoph and Bursi, Oreste S. and Paolacci, Fabrizio and Marinković, Marko and Lanese, Igor and Nardin, Chiara and Quinci, Gianluca}, title = {Seismic performance of an industrial multi-storey frame structure with process equipment subjected to shake table testing}, series = {Engineering Structures}, volume = {243}, journal = {Engineering Structures}, number = {15}, editor = {Yang, J.}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0141-0296}, doi = {10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112681}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Past earthquakes demonstrated the high vulnerability of industrial facilities equipped with complex process technologies leading to serious damage of process equipment and multiple and simultaneous release of hazardous substances. Nonetheless, current standards for seismic design of industrial facilities are considered inadequate to guarantee proper safety conditions against exceptional events entailing loss of containment and related consequences. On these premises, the SPIF project -Seismic Performance of Multi-Component Systems in Special Risk Industrial Facilities- was proposed within the framework of the European H2020 SERA funding scheme. In detail, the objective of the SPIF project is the investigation of the seismic behaviour of a representative industrial multi-storey frame structure equipped with complex process components by means of shaking table tests. Along this main vein and in a performance-based design perspective, the issues investigated in depth are the interaction between a primary moment resisting frame (MRF) steel structure and secondary process components that influence the performance of the whole system; and a proper check of floor spectra predictions. The evaluation of experimental data clearly shows a favourable performance of the MRF structure, some weaknesses of local details due to the interaction between floor crossbeams and process components and, finally, the overconservatism of current design standards w.r.t. floor spectra predictions.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{ButenwegGajewskiThierauf1999, author = {Butenweg, Christoph and Gajewski, R. and Thierauf, Georg}, title = {A practical approach for the optimum design of reinforced concrete structures}, series = {Developments in computational mechanics with high performance computing : [papers presented at the Third Euro-Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing for Computational Mechanics, held in Weimar, Germany between 20 - 25 March 1999] / ed. by B. H. V. Topping}, booktitle = {Developments in computational mechanics with high performance computing : [papers presented at the Third Euro-Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing for Computational Mechanics, held in Weimar, Germany between 20 - 25 March 1999] / ed. by B. H. V. Topping}, publisher = {Civil-Comp Press}, address = {Edinburgh}, organization = {Euro-Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing for Computational Mechanics <3, 1999, Weimar>}, isbn = {0-94-8749-59-8}, pages = {245 -- 250}, year = {1999}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{ButenwegGellert2008, author = {Butenweg, Christoph and Gellert, Christoph}, title = {Displacement based design of masonry structures}, series = {Proceedings of the 14th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference : (Incorporating the 8th Australasian Masonry Conference) : Sydney, Australia, 13.-20. February 2008 / ed. Mark Masia ...}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference : (Incorporating the 8th Australasian Masonry Conference) : Sydney, Australia, 13.-20. February 2008 / ed. Mark Masia ...}, publisher = {University of Newcastle}, address = {Callaghan}, organization = {International Brick and Block Masonry Conference <14, 2008, Sydney>}, isbn = {978-19-2070-1-92-5}, pages = {1 -- 10}, year = {2008}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{ButenwegGellertReindl2008, author = {Butenweg, Christoph and Gellert, Christoph and Reindl, Lukas}, title = {Capacity design of masonry buildings under cyclic loading}, series = {Seismic Risk : Earthquakes in North-Western Europe ; international colloquium ; Li{\`e}ge on 11 and 12 September 2008 / Belgian Seismic Group (BeSeiG). Ed.: T. Camlebeeck ...}, booktitle = {Seismic Risk : Earthquakes in North-Western Europe ; international colloquium ; Li{\`e}ge on 11 and 12 September 2008 / Belgian Seismic Group (BeSeiG). Ed.: T. Camlebeeck ...}, publisher = {Editions de l'Universit{\´e} de Li{\`e}ge}, address = {Li{\`e}ge}, organization = {Belgian Seismic Group}, isbn = {978-2-87456-063-7}, pages = {201 -- 208}, year = {2008}, language = {en} } @misc{ButenwegGellertReindletal.2009, author = {Butenweg, Christoph and Gellert, Christoph and Reindl, Lukas and Meskouris, Konstantin}, title = {A nonlinear method for the seismic safety verification of masonry buildings}, publisher = {National Technical University of Athens}, address = {Athen}, year = {2009}, abstract = {In order for traditional masonry to stay a competitive building material in seismically active regions there is an urgent demand for modern, deformation-based verification procedures which exploit the nonlinear load bearing reserves. The Capacity Spectrum Method (CSM) is a widely accepted design approach in the field of reinforced concrete and steel construction. It compares the seismic action with the load-bearing capacity of the building considering nonlinear material behavior with its post-peak capacity. The bearing capacity of the building is calculated iteratively using single wall capacity curves. This paper presents a new approach for the bilinear approximation of single wall capacity curves in the style of EC6/EC8 respectively FEMA 306/FEMA 356 based on recent shear wall test results of the European Collective-Research Project "ESECMaSE". The application of the CSM to masonry structures by using bilinear approximations of capacity curves as input is demonstrated on the example of a typical German residential home.}, language = {en} } @book{ButenwegHoffmeisterHoltschoppenetal.2020, author = {Butenweg, Christoph and Hoffmeister, Benno and Holtschoppen, Britta and Klinkel, Sven and Rosin, Julia and Schmitt, Timo}, title = {Seismic design of industrial facilities 2020: proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (SeDIF-Conference)}, publisher = {Apprimus Verlag}, address = {Aachen}, isbn = {978-3-86359-729-0}, pages = {524 Seiten}, year = {2020}, language = {en} } @incollection{ButenwegHoltschoppen2019, author = {Butenweg, Christoph and Holtschoppen, Britta}, title = {Seismic design of structures and components in industrial units}, series = {Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering}, booktitle = {Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-662-57550-5}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-662-57550-5_5}, pages = {359 -- 481}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Industrial units consist of the primary load-carrying structure and various process engineering components, the latter being by far the most important in financial terms. In addition, supply structures such as free-standing tanks and silos are usually required for each plant to ensure the supply of material and product storage. Thus, for the earthquake-proof design of industrial plants, design and construction rules are required for the primary structures, the secondary structures and the supply structures. Within the framework of these rules, possible interactions of primary and secondary structures must also be taken into account. Importance factors are used in seismic design in order to take into account the usually higher risk potential of an industrial unit compared to conventional building structures. Industrial facilities must be able to withstand seismic actions because of possibly wide-ranging damage consequences in addition to losses due to production standstill and the destruction of valuable equipment. The chapter presents an integrated concept for the seismic design of industrial units based on current seismic standards and the latest research results. Special attention is devoted to the seismic design of steel thin-walled silos and tank structures.}, language = {en} } @techreport{ButenwegKaiser2014, author = {Butenweg, Christoph and Kaiser, Diethelm}, title = {Seismic hazard harmonisation in Europe (SHARE) : DGEB-Workshop in Frankfurt a.M., Germany, 27. May 2014 / Christoph Butenweg, Diethelm Kaiser (editors)}, publisher = {DGEB}, address = {Aachen}, organization = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Erdbeben-Ingenieurwesen und Baudynamik}, isbn = {3-930108-12-7}, pages = {V, 117 S.}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{ButenwegKleemannAltayetal.2013, author = {Butenweg, Christoph and Kleemann, Anne and Altay, Okyay and Renault, Philippe}, title = {Simulation of impact-loads on reinforced concrete structural elements}, series = {22nd International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology 2013 : (SMiRT 22) ; San Francisco, California, USA, 18 - 23 August 2013}, booktitle = {22nd International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology 2013 : (SMiRT 22) ; San Francisco, California, USA, 18 - 23 August 2013}, organization = {International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, SMIRT <22, 2013, San Francisco, Calif.>}, pages = {1 -- 10}, year = {2013}, language = {en} }