Affiliation:
1. Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
Abstract
The effectiveness of viscoelastic dampers as passive control devices has been demonstrated in the past through both experimental and numerical investigations. Based on the Modal Strain Energy Method, some authors have also proposed design procedures to size the viscoelastic dampers assuming a fist-mode behavior of the structure. However, even if the damped structure is governed by the first mode of vibration, viscoelastic dampers are sensitive to the frequencies of the upper modes and transmit unexpected internal forces to braces. This paper aims to develop a simple design procedure for steel moment-resisting frames equipped with viscoelastic dampers considering the effects of the higher modes of vibrations on the internal forces transmitted from the dampers to the braces. In the perspective of a designer-oriented study, the seismic demand is evaluated through simple analytical tools, such as the lateral force method or the response spectrum analysis. The design procedure is applied to a set of steel moment-resisting frames considering two levels of seismic hazard and two types of soil. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed procedure is verified through nonlinear dynamic analysis. Based on the results, it is found that the proposed design procedure ensures the control of the story drift below prefixed limits and to predict accurately the internal forces that arise in the braces.
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