Mitigating seismic response of shear wall structures using embedded dampers

摘要

This paper presents a study on mitigating the seismic response of shear wall structures by usinguddampers strategically located within them. The stiffness of the cut out section of the shear walludis replaced by the stiffness and damping of the device. Friction, Viscoelastic and Hybriduddampers in different configurations and at different locations are used to evaluate the peakuddeflections and accelerations, under several earthquake records. Results from this conceptualudstudy have demonstrated the feasibility of using these dampers to mitigate the adverse seismicudeffects of these structures, even under resonant conditions.