Stochastic analysis of double-skin façades subjected to imprecise seismic excitation

Abstract

Abstract. Double-skin façades (DSFs), widely used in buildings to provide specific thermal efficiency, acoustic isolation, and weather resistance properties, have been recently used as passive control systems. The present study focuses on the stochastic analysis of a shear-type frame equipped with a DSF subjected to ground motion acceleration modelled as a zero-mean stationary Gaussian random process fully characterized by an imprecise power spectral density function i.e., with interval parameters. The influence of imprecision of the seismic excitation on the performance of the DSF is investigated by evaluating the bounds of the interval reliability function for a selected displacement process of the frame structure, in the framework of the classical first-passage problem.