Abstract
The aim of this study is to compare the seismic response of reinforced concrete (RC) symmetric buildings, with a varied number of stories, strengthening with three types of passive energy dissipation systems, as tuned mass dampers, viscous dampers, and friction dampers. The paper presents an overview of design optimization with the object of minimizing certain functions: (i) the maximum displacement at the top of the structures, (ii) the base shear loads, and (iii) the maximum interstory drift. The objective functions were evaluated in three residents’ buildings (a four-story building, a nine-story building, and a sixteen-story building) subjected to seven (real and artificial) seismic recorded accelerograms. For this purpose, 94 nonlinear dynamic analyses were carried out. The effects of each strengthening solution are presented, and from this innovative comparison (optimal design, three different passive energy systems, three different story numbers), further useful results were observed. The outcomes of the study show the effectiveness of a tuned mass damper (TMD) system, and how it might be better for tall and flexible structures than for stiffer structures. However, the response of the pendulum tuned mass damper (TMD) configuration is better than the conventional one because it acts in all directions. The viscous dampers (VDs) provide a significant reduction for mid-rise buildings, while friction dampers (FDs) boost the performance of all structures under seismic action, especially in terms of displacement, and they are more suitable for low-rise buildings.
Highlights
During an earthquake, most structures have an inherent damping in them which results in some of the input seismic energy being dissipated, but a large amount of energy is absorbed by the structure, causing it to undergo several deformations and maybe even collapse
The main advantages of these are their easy replacement or repair. These devices belong to the passive energy dissipation systems, do not require external power to generate system control forces, and are easy and cheap to implement in a structure [1,2,3]
Passive energy dissipation devices such as tuned mass dampers (TMD), viscous dampers (VD), and friction dampers (FD) have widely been used to reduce the dynamic response of civil engineering structures that are subjected to seismic loads
Summary
Most structures have an inherent damping in them which results in some of the input seismic energy being dissipated, but a large amount of energy is absorbed by the structure, causing it to undergo several deformations and maybe even collapse. Passive energy dissipation devices such as tuned mass dampers (TMD), viscous dampers (VD), and friction dampers (FD) have widely been used to reduce the dynamic response of civil engineering structures that are subjected to seismic loads. Their effectiveness for the seismic design of building structures is attributed to minimizing structural damages by absorbing the structural vibratory energy and by dissipating it through their inherent hysteresis behavior. The effects of each strengthening solution are presented, and from this innovative comparison (optimal design, three different passive energy systems, and three different story numbers), further useful results were observed
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