A Five-Step Procedure for the Dimensioning of Viscous Dampers to Be Inserted in Building Structures |
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Authors: | Stefano Silvestri Giada Gasparini |
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Affiliation: | Department DISTART , University of Bologna , Bologna, Italy |
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Abstract: | Viscous dampers have widely proved their effectiveness in mitigating the effects of the seismic action upon building structures. In view of the large impact that use of such dissipative devices is already having and would most likely have soon in earthquake engineering applications, this article presents a practical procedure for the seismic design of building structures equipped with viscous dampers, which aims at providing practical tools for an easy identification of the mechanical characteristics of the manufactured viscous dampers which allow to achieve target levels of performances. Selected numerical applications are developed with reference to simple, but yet relevant, cases. |
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Keywords: | Added Viscous Dampers Seismic Design Design Procedure Nonlinear Modeling Damping Ratio |
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