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Amplification of Interstory Drift and Velocity for the Passive Control of Structural Vibrations

Francesco Lo IaconoMario Di PaolaGiacomo Navarra

subject

Ground motionMaterials scienceViscous damperbusiness.industryStochastic processSpectral densityStructural engineeringpassive control viscous dampers toggle-brace stochastic linearization spectrum consistent power spectral densityBraceDamperPassive controlVibrationSettore ICAR/08 - Scienza Delle Costruzionibusiness

description

Mitigation of structural damage due to earthquake ground motion may be performed by inserting dampers in the structure. In order to enhance the damping effect various toggle brace configurations have been recently proposed. In this paper these equipments are analyzed in detail and compared with a new one here proposed. The analysis is performed by taking into account the inherent nonlinearities of the damper by means of stochastic analysis and validated by using time histories of recorder accelerograms and by the stochastic analysis using spectrum consistent power spectral density.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2008-09-02
https://doi.org/10.4028/3-908158-13-3.363