Optimal design of passive viscous damping systems for buildings under seismic excitation

Nowadays, it is known that through the use of energy dissipation devices, the seismic performance of buildings can be improved. However, for efficiency and structural safety, the locations and sizes of these devices need to be properly defined. In this work, a procedure to optimally define the dampi...

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Autores: Martínez, Carlos Alberto, Curadelli, Raul Oscar, Compagnoni, María Eugenia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/3590
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/3590
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Optimal Damper Placement
Passive Control
Viscous Damper
Stochastic Analysis
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Sumario:Nowadays, it is known that through the use of energy dissipation devices, the seismic performance of buildings can be improved. However, for efficiency and structural safety, the locations and sizes of these devices need to be properly defined. In this work, a procedure to optimally define the damping coefficients of added linear viscous dampers tomeet an expected level of performance on buildings under seismic excitation is proposed. The performance criterion is expressed in terms of a maximum interstory drift, which is one of themost important limitations provided by the seismic design codes. For a given level of performance, the effectiveness of the damper distribution obtained by means of different objective functions is also assessed. Knowing that themain contribution to the total uncertainty is due to the excitation andwith the aimof achieving robust results, the most appropriate approach to model the excitation is through a stationary stochastic process characterized by a power spectral density compatible with the response spectrum defined by the seismic design code. Accordingly, the structural response is obtained in the frequency domain. Through numerical examples, on planar and threedimensional steel buildings with coupled lateral and torsional vibrations, the proposed procedure is verified.