Inelastic seismic response of adjacent buildings linked by fluid dampers

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 513-534

  Xu, Y L ^a   Yang, Z ^a   Lu, X L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adjacent buildings; Experimental comparison; Fluid damper; Inelastic seismic response; Numerical simulation; Plastic beam element

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

ADJACENT BUILDINGS; FLUID DAMPERS; INELASTIC SEISMIC RESPONSE; PLASTIC BEAM ELEMENT; STEEL FRAMES;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0037408387     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2003.15.5.513     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Christenson, R.E., Spencer, B.F. and Johnson, E.A. (1999), "Coupled building control using active and smart damping strategies", Proc. 5th Int. Conf. on Application of Artificial Intelligence to Civil and Struct. Engng., Oxford, UK, 187-195.
2. Klein, R.G. and Healy, M.D. (1985), "Semi-active control of wind induced oscillations in structures", Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Struct. Control, Ontario, Canada, 354-369.
3. Kobori, T., Yamada, T., Takenaka, Y., Maeda, Y. and Nishimura, I. (1988), "Effect of dynamic tuned connector on reduction of seismic response: application to adjacent office buildings", Proc. 9th World Conf. On Earthquake Engng., 5, Tokyo-Kyoto, Japan, 773-778.
4. Luco, J.E. and De Barros, F.C.P. (1998), "Optimal damping between two adjacent elastic structures", Earthq. Engng. Struct. Dyn., 27, 649-659.
5. Pi, Y.L. and Trahair, N.S. (1994), "Nonlinear inelastic analysis of steel beam-columns. I: theory", J. Struct. Engng., ASCE, 120(7), 2041-2061.
6. Seto, T. and Matsumoto, Y. (1996), "A structural vibration control method of flexible buildings in response to large earthquakes and strong winds", Proc. 2nd Int. Workshop on Struct. Control, Hong Kong, 490-496.
7. Simo, J.C. and Taylor, R.L. (1985), "Consistent tangent operations for rate-independent elastoplaticity", Comp. Methods Appl. Mech. Engng, 48, 101-118.
8. Soong, T.T. and Dargush, G.F. (1997), Passive Energy Dissipation Systems in Structural Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England.
9. Xu, Y.L., Zhan, S., Ko, J.M. and Zhang, W.S. (1999) "Experimental investigation of adjacent buildings connected by fluid damper", Earthq. Engng. Struct. Dyn., 29, 557-575.
10. Yamada, Y., Ikawa, N., Yokoyama, H. and Tachibana, E. (1994), "Active control of structures using the joint member with negative stiffness", Proc. 1st World Conf. On Struct. Control, 2, Los Angeles, California, USA, TP2: 41-49.
11. Yang, Z., Xu, Y.L. and Lu, X.L. (2002), "Experimental study of seismic adjacent buildings with fluid dampers", J. Struct. Engng., ASCE, 129(2), 197-205.
12. Yokoyama, T. (1990) "Vibrations of a hinging Timoshenko beam under gravity", J. Sound Vib., 141(2), 245-258.
13. Zhang, W.S. and Xu, Y.L. (1999), "Dynamic characteristics and seismic response of adjacent buildings linked by discrete dampers", Earthq. Engng. Struct. Dyn., 28, 1163-1185.