Physics-informed artificial intelligence models for the seismic response prediction of rocking structures
Author(s)
Shen, Shirley
Malaga Chuquitaype, Christian
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The seismic response of a wide variety of structures, from small but irreplaceable museum exhibits to large bridge systems, is characterized by rocking. Besides, rocking motion is increasingly being used as a seismic protective strategy to limit the amount of seismic actions (moments) developed at the base of structures. However, rocking is a highly nonlinear phenomenon governed by non-smooth dynamic phases that make its prediction difficult. This study presents an alternative approach to rocking estimation based on a Physics-informed Convolutional Neural Network (PICNN). By training a PICNN framework using limited datasets obtained from numerical simulations and encoding the known physics into the PICNNs, important predictive benefits are obtained relieving difficulties associated with over-fitting and minimizing the requirement for large training database. Two models are created depending on the validation of the deep PICNN: the first model assumes that state variables including rotations and angular velocities are available, while the second model is useful when only acceleration measurements are known. The analysis is initiated by implementing K-means clustering. This is followed by a detailed statistical assessment and a comparative analysis of the response-histories of a rocking block. It is observed that the deep PICNN is capable of effectively estimating the seismic rocking response history when the rigid block does not overturn.
Date Issued
2024-01-10
Date Acceptance
2023-11-05
Citation
Data-Centric Engineering, 2024, 5
ISSN
2632-6736
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Journal / Book Title
Data-Centric Engineering
Volume
5
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN e1