Abstract
Owing to quite different features and hysteretic behavior of friction pendulum bearings (FPBs) and sloped rolling-type bearings (SRBs), their control performances might not be readily compared without some rules. In this study, first, on the premise of retaining the same horizontal acceleration control performance, the effects arising from different sloping angles and damping forces on the horizontal maximum and residual displacement responses of SRBs are numerically examined. For objective comparison of passive control performances of FPBs and SRBs, then, some criteria are considered to design FPBs with the same horizontal acceleration control performance by referring to the designed damping force and the maximum horizontal displacement response of SRBs under a given seismic demand. Based on the considered criteria, the passive control performances of FPBs and SRBs under a large number of far-field and pulse-like near-fault ground motions are quantitatively compared. The numerical comparison results indicate that the FPB models might potentially have better horizontal acceleration and isolation displacement control performances than the SRB models regardless of whether they are subjected to far-field or near-fault ground motions, while the opposite tendency is observed for their self-centering performances, especially when the SRB model designed with a larger sloping angle or a smaller damping force.
Highlights
A to-be-protected object above the sloped rolling-type bearings (SRBs) models was assumed to be important equipment with a mass of 1000 kg located on the first floor of a building structure, e.g., a storage system for wafers used in high-tech industries
The numbers indicated in these figures represent the amounts of ground motions under which the control performances of the friction pendulum bearings (FPBs) models were better than those of the corresponding SRB models
To have objective comparison results, the first criterion adopted in this study for designing the FPB model was that at the horizontal isolation displacement identical to the maximum horizontal displacement response of the SRB model under a given seismic demand, the two different models have the same horizontal acceleration control performance
Summary
The satisfactory seismic performances of friction pendulum bearings (FPBs) and sloped rolling-type bearings (SRBs) have been demonstrated separately in many past numerical and experimental studies [1,2]. In the past few decades, in addition to adjusting the design parameters of FPBs for better estimating and enhancing their control
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