Dynamic Analysis of Interconnected Equipments

Dynamic Analysis of Interconnected Equipments

By: Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, Vahid Sharif, Sassan Eshghi


This study provides numerical response analysis of interconnected block-type equipments which exist in most industrial complexes. Considering this fact that most of the equipments are interconnected, there is a need for inclusion of interconnection effects in assessing their seismic response. A new analytical methodology which include different modes of motion and up-lift has been developed. this methodology considered geometrical nonlinearity that’s because of large deformation of blocks.