Journal of Building Technology

The dynamic response of a building during an earthquake depends on the relationship between the period of vibration of the seismic waves and its own vibration frequency. To the extent that the two periods match their values and their relationship was close to unity resonates building, significantly increasing deformations and accelerations of the building and therefore efforts in structural elements. Knowing the value of the period is necessary to determine your response to the earthquakes that may occur in your area. This article discusses the different periods of vibration having the structures and variation of fundamental period according to the characteristics of mass, stiffness and height have the building, according to results obtained from experimental work with scale models tested in seismic simulator.