125. Seismic Performance and Resilience Comparison of Three Designs of a Hypothetical 6-Story Steel Building in Los Angeles: Special Moment Frame (SMF), Base Isolated SMF, and SMF with Viscous Dampers
This paper studies the seismic performance and resilience of three different designs of a hypothetical six-story steel building located at a near-fault site in Los Angeles, California. The three lateral seismic resistance systems evaluated satisfy the requirements of ASCE 7-22 and are: (i) fixed-base Special Moment Frame (SMF or FB-SMF); (ii) SMF base isolated with triple friction pendulums isolators (BI-SMF); and (iii) SMF with fluid viscous dampers (SMF-VD). All three buildings are designed to satisfy the minimum requirements of ASCE 7 for a Risk Category II building.
124. An Examination of Interactions Between Fluid Viscous Dampers and Diaphragms – Developing Approximate Methods for Use with Linear Design Methods
This paper explores the interactions between the forces generated by FVDs and diaphragm inertial demands. An expansive
archetype design space of steel moment frames with supplemental damping was developed with designs that follow the
Taylor Damped Moment Frame prescriptive method in alignment with ICC-ESR 4769.
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Millennium Bridge | London, England
Millennium Bridge London, England ABOUT Location London, England Building Type Pedestrian Bridge Number of Dampers 37 Structural Engineer Arup Owner Bridge House Estates PRODUCTS USED Metal Bellows Dampers SYSTEM Direct Acting Damping CATEGORY Bridge The Millennium Bridge or “Wobbly Bridge” is an interesting story on how human induced motion caused the bridge to sway […]
555 Capitol Mall | Sacramento, CA
555 Capitol Mall Sacramento, CA ABOUT Location Sacramento, CA Size 175,000 sqft (each tower) Stories 14 Building Type Commercial Number of Dampers 16 Structural Engineer Miyamoto, Intl. Owner New Legacy 555 PRODUCTS USED Fluid Viscous Dampers SYSTEM Direct Acting Damping CATEGORY Retrofit These two office towers were built in the 1970s under the 1967 […]
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