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Abstract
Described herein is a technique of multivariate statistical analysis applied to the post-processing of dynamic response data. The
data may represent the linear or nonlinear response of structures, and may be obtained from computed simulations or from the
measured response of instrumented structures. When applied to displacement response data, an ordered set of orthonormal mode
shapes is obtained. The principal components analysis (PCA) mode shapes coincide with or are related to the elastic mode shapes
for linear elastic systems, and depart from these shapes as nonlinear response becomes more prominent. The PCA modes provide
an unambiguous and simple description of the predominant mode of structures responding to earthquake ground motions, and
thus improve the theoretical basis of nonlinear static procedures that use equivalent single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) systems
for representing the response of structures subjected to damaging earthquake ground motions (e.g. the capacity spectrum and dis-
placement coefficient methods). Where greater fidelity is desired, the most efficient representations are obtained by including as
few PCA modes as are needed for the degree of precision desired. This paper presents the theory of PCA and illustrates its
application to a 12-story frame building responding linearly and nonlinearly to earthquake ground motions. Equivalent SDOF
models of the structure are developed based on the PCA mode shapes, and these are applied to estimate the computed displacement
histories. 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Dynamic response; Mode shapes; Nonlinear static procedures; Principal components analysis; Equivalent single-degree-of-freedom sys-
tems; Seismic design
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By applying a standard identity, k
var(a v) a Cva.
T T
(7) v fiui v . (13)
1
Eqs. (4) and (5) result in The proportion of total variance represented by the k
Cv BCuB .
T T
(8) components used in eq. (13) is (l1 l2
lk) / tr(). Because the principal components are orthog-
Substituting (6) and (8) into (7) leads to onal, the coefficients yi are invariant with changes in k,
n and because they have unit length, their values are
var(aTv) aTTTa aTa a2i li. (9) determined by the simple dot product given in (12). The
1 number of eigenvectors to be used depends on the
desired level of precision. Since each eigenvector
The constraint aTa 1 is equivalent to aTa 1, so
a value less than n, and the number of nonzero eigenval- limit, coincide with the transformed elastic mode shapes
ues will be reduced correspondingly. Meaningful charac- given by LTel.
terization of dynamic response ordinarily will require t Two special cases are of interest:
to be substantially larger than n, so the first case usually
is not encountered. In the second case, a reduced basis 1. If M is diagonal with uniform masses, M mI
consisting of the eigenvectors associated with the non- LLT, requiring that L LT mI. Because this
zero eigenvalues will be sufficient to represent the reduces LTv and LTel to scalar operations on v and
response using Eq. (12). In the third case, the eigenvec- el, respectively, the PCA mode shapes obtained on
tors associated with the repeated roots are not unique, v will coincide with the elastic mode shapes after nor-
yet remain orthogonal to the other eigenvectors. Thus, malization.
they may be chosen arbitrarily to be orthonormal to 2. If M is diagonal with entries mi, M LLT requires
themselves and will be orthonormal to the other eigen- that L LT with the ith diagonal entry of L given
vectors. by mi. For this case, the PCA mode shapes obtained
All data presented in this paper are of the same type on LTv will coincide with the transformed elastic
(i.e. displacements, forces or accelerations). When mixed mode shapes given by LTel. Thus, the elastic mode
data types are present (e.g. rotations and displacements), shapes are given by el (LT)1F L1F , pro-
either the data should be scaled to be of similar numeric vided that sufficient response data v is available and
value, or formulations based on correlations may be response is linear.
preferable to the present covariance formulation.
2.3. Relationship between the PCA and the elastic 3. Principal components in the response of a 12-
mode shapes story building
A subsequent example illustrates that the PCA mode In the following, PCA is applied to the computed
shapes coincide with the elastic mode shapes for linear dynamic response of a 12-story moment-resistant steel
elastic structures having uniform nodal masses, provided frame building subjected to the 1940 NS El Centro earth-
that the data are obtained at small enough time quake ground motion. Linear elastic response is con-
increments over a duration of sufficient length. This sidered as well as nonlinear response involving either
observation is discussed for general distributions of mass beam-hinging or weak-story mechanisms. Estimates of
as follows. the displacement response are presented, based on
The free vibration eigenproblem of elastic dynamics, ESDOF models that are established using the predomi-
given by Kfel lMfel, may be transformed to a stan- nant mode shapes determined by PCA.
dard form [2] by introducing a Cholesky factorization of
the mass matrix given by M LLT. The entries of L, 3.1. Building description and modeling
Lij, are zero for i j. This factorization allows the elastic
dynamics eigenproblem to be restated as K f lf , The 12-story steel moment-resistant frame building
where K L1K(LT)1. The transformed elastic mode (Fig. 1) was designed using the uniform building code
shapes, given by f LTfel, are orthogonal to one [12] distribution of lateral forces for uniform floor
another while satisfying the orthogonality relationships masses equal to 551 kN per floor. The base shear
required of the elastic mode shapes: strength was established to limit drift response; the
j fTel, iLLTfel,j fTel, iMfel,j dij
Tif design is described in more detail as the Flexible-12
f (14)
frame in Black and Aschheim [3]. The frame was
where dij 1 for i j and dij 0 otherwise. designed only for lateral loads in order to validate a
Because the elastic modal responses are independent design methodology. Lateral response was computed
and, in general, are uncorrelated with one another, the using DRAIN-2DX [19]. Flexural response was modeled
displacements u i and u j expressed in terms of the trans- using beam-column elements (Type 02) extending along
formed mode shapes LTel will be uncorrelated, for beam and column centerlines; the post-yield stiffness
closely-spaced elastic response data of sufficient dur- was set equal to 10% of the initial stiffness.
ation. Therefore, the off-diagonal terms in Cu will tend
to zero as t increases. If the principal components are 3.2. Linear elastic response
determined for transformed displacements v LTv,
then Cu is a diagonal matrix provided that the displace- Elastic response was obtained by subjecting the build-
ments u are expressed in terms of the set of orthonormal ing to the 1940 NS El Centro ground motion with accel-
basis vectors that are the eigenvectors of Cv . The PCA eration amplitudes scaled by 0.5. The computed dis-
mode shapes obtained for LTv exhibit the orthogonality placement of the roof relative to the ground is shown in
required of the elastic mode shapes [Eq. (14)], and, in the Fig. 2; the peak of 0.1682 m occurred at 5.61 s. The first
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Fig. 3. Mode shapes obtained from modal and PCAs coincide for
large data sets, for structures responding elastically with uniform
mass distributions.
Table 1
Modal response data for elastic response to El Centro
Table 3
Response data for the beam-hinging frame
Mode Viscous damping (percent of Period (s) Spectral Peak displacement Proportion of Cumulative proportion
critical damping) displacement (m) (m) variance (%) of variance (%)
artificially modified by reducing the strengths of the low-
2p 2xy est story columns to 25% of their original values. The
Cy (15)
T1 g elastic properties were not changed; hence all building
frames described in this paper have the same elastic
where xy is the yield displacement of the ESDOF system
mode shapes and natural periods. The weak-story model
and T1 is the fundamental period of vibration of the
was subjected to the same ground motion record used
MDOF system. When the ESDOF system is determined
for the beam-hinging frame. The computed roof dis-
with a mode shape that differs from the elastic mode
placement history is shown in Fig. 15. Peak roof dis-
shape, Eq. (15) ensures the initial period of the ESDOF
placements of 0.4011 and 0.3998 m occurred at 4.69
system matches the fundamental period of the MDOF
and 5.69 s, respectively, and a small permanent displace-
system. (The periods obtained with the ATC-40 [1] and
ment remained at the end of the response.
FEMA [7,8] formulations do not, in general, match the
Fig. 16 plots the PCA mode shapes computed for 80
fundamental period of the MDOF system.) Roof dis-
s of displacement response data. Although a weak-story
placement histories were estimated based on the poten-
mechanism was not apparent in the displaced shape at
tially nonlinear response of the analogous SDOF oscil-
the end of the response, the PCA mode shapes clearly
lator. The estimated roof displacement history is
identify the intermittent weak story responses. The vari-
compared with the roof displacement history computed
ance in the displacement response represented by the
in the nonlinear response of the MDOF system in Fig.
first three modes is given in Table 4. While the mode
14. It can be observed that the response history estimated
shapes are clearly different from the elastic and beam-
hinging cases, the first and second modes were able to
represent similar proportions of the variance. The pro-
Fig. 16. PCA mode shapes computed over the 80-s response clearly Fig. 18. The first three PCA mode shapes, obtained in a moving win-
indicate weak story behavior. dow analysis of the weak-story frame displacement response data.
Weak story behavior is clearly evident for 5-s intervals that begin in
the first 12 s of response.
Table 4
Response data for the weak-story frame
interval. The mode shapes at 3 s are plotted in Fig. 19,
PCA mode Proportion of Cumulative proportion of and these mode shapes are used subsequently to estimate
variance (%) variance
response based on an ESDOF model.
The data of Fig. 19 indicate that response in the first
1 96.57 96.57
2 2.75 99.33 mode changes from the elastic mode shape at low ampli-
3 0.56 99.89 tudes to become dominated by a weak-story mechanism
as displacements increase. To represent such a response,
the ideal ESDOF system would reflect this change in
portion of variance explained by each mode is plotted predominant mode shape as displacements increase. Ide-
cumulatively as a function of time in Fig. 17, based on ally, the capacity curve would be generated using an
a moving window analysis (a 5-s window advanced in adaptive load pattern [4,6,9] such that the deflected
1-s increments). Comparison to Fig. 11 reveals overall shape of the system corresponds to the predominant
similarities. The corresponding mode shapes obtained in mode of response. The change in deflected shape affects
the moving window analysis are plotted in Fig. 18. Weak the mass that participates in the response; the lateral
story behavior is evident in the first three modes, parti- resistance provided by the structure relative to the partic-
cularly for the 5-s intervals that begin during the first 12 ipating mass ideally would be used to define the load-
s. Peak roof displacements occurred at 4.69 and 5.69 s, deformation response of the ESDOF system. These
which are approximately centered in the 5-s windows theoretical considerations provide a context in which
that begin between 2 and 3 s. The first, second, and third decisions are made about how an ESDOF model should
mode shapes appear not to change significantly in this be developed. Because ESDOF systems necessarily omit
(or oversimplify) interactions with higher modes, they
degree to which the response is characterized by this mechanisms are not apparent in the final displaced
mode shape may be determined for a given excitation shape of the structure. The PCA technique may be
by the analytical procedure known as PCA. This pro- useful for evaluating when the distribution of member
cedure is applicable to data obtained from structures strengths and stiffnesses is adequate to prevent the
responding linearly or nonlinearly. The PCA mode development of undesirable mechanisms.
shapes identified in different intervals of time may
differ from one another.
2. In the cases investigated, nearly all of the variance in Acknowledgments
the displacement response can be represented by one
or two principal components. The first mode contri- The development of this paper involved a number of
bution to the total variance in the displacement people. Early applications of the method were by gradu-
response was observed to approach 100% towards the ate students Andrew Jackson, Chatdanai Wissawapaisal,
end of the response. Lateral forces and story shears and Mehmet Inel. Keith Hjelmstad and Ping Gu pro-
vary more rapidly than do the displacements and often vided helpful comments to an early manuscript. The
require inclusion of a larger number of principal careful review and comments provided by anonymous
components to achieve similar precision. reviewers are greatly appreciated. The support of the
3. The PCA mode shapes coincide with the elastic mode National Science Foundation via a CAREER award
shapes, when they are determined for the displace- (CMS-9984830) to the first author is gratefully acknowl-
ment response of linear systems having uniform mass edged. This work was supported in part by the Earth-
distributions using data sets of sufficient size. quake Engineering Research Centers Program of the
Relationships between the PCA and elastic mode National Science Foundation under Award No. EEC-
shapes were provided for nonuniform mass distri- 9701785.
butions. The sequencing of the PCA and elastic mode
shapes may differ, depending on the degree to which
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