简介：Addingdampersisacommonlyadoptedseismicriskmitigationstrategyformodernbuildings,andthecorrespondingdesignprocedureofdampershasbeenwellestablishedbytheChineseBuildingCode.Eventhoughalltypesofdampersaredesignedbythesameprocedure,actualseismicperformanceofthebuildingmaydifferfromonetotheothers.Inthisstudy,anine-storybenchmarksteelbuildingisestablished,andthreedifferentandtypicaltypesofdampersaredesignedaccordingtotheChineseBuildingCodetorealizestructuralvibrationcontrolunderstrongearthquakeexcitation.Theseismicresponseoftheprototypebuildingequippedwithaviscoelasticdamper,viscousdamperandbuckling-restrainedbrace(BRB)subjectedto10earthquakerecordsarecalculated,andIncrementalDynamicAnalysis(IDA)isperformedtodescribeprogressivedamageofthestructureunderincreasingearthquakeintensity.Intheperspectiveoffragility,itshowsthattheviscoelasticdamperhasthehighestcollapsemarginratio(CMR),andtheviscousdamperprovidesthebestdriftcontrol.BoththeBRBandviscoelasticdamperscaneffectivelyreducetheflooraccelerationresponsesinthemid-risebuilding.

简介：Inhighseismiczoneregions,slenderreinforcedconcretestructuralwallsarecommonlyusedinhigh-risebuildingsasamainlateralloadresistingelement.Thesewallsareveryeffectiveinlimitingthelateraldriftofthebuildingduetotheirlargein-planestiffness.However,thepresenceoffloorslabsinfluencesthebehavioroftheshearwall.Also,thecurrentdesignrequirementsdonotaccountforthepresenceoffloorslabs.Tounderstandthebehaviorofwall-slabjunctionsandaddresstheshortcomingsofthecurrentdesignrequirements,theinfluenceoftwoparameters,namely(a)aspectratioand(b)longitudinalreinforcementratioonthebehaviorisstudiednumerically.Itisobservedthatthepresenceoffloorslabsatdifferentlevelstendstopartitionthewallintosquatwallpanelsbetweentwoconsecutivefloors.Thewall-slabjunctionsshowlargestressconcentrationsarisingfromthestrutactioninthesquatpanels.Itisalsoobservedthatthefloorslabscangetsignificantlydamagednearthewall-slabjunctionforlowerverticalreinforcementratiosinthewall.Thus,thecurrentcodeprescribedminimumreinforcementinshearwallsisnotsufficientandneedstoberevisitedatforimprovedperformance.

简介：Thisstudyinvestigatestheeffectivenessofthenon-smoothsemi-activecontrolalgorithmonsuppressingthevibrationperformanceofabuildingstructuresubjectedtoseismicwaves.AccordingtotheLyapunovstabilitytheory,ithasbeneproventhatthenon-smoothsemi-activecontrolalgorithmcanachieveafinite-timestabilityofthevibrationrelativetotheisolationlayerofabuildingstructure.Throughnumericalsimulationoftwobuildingswithdifferentparameterssubjectedtotheinputofaseismicwave,thevibrationconditionsofpassivecontrol,LQRsemi-activecontrolandnon-smoothsemiactivecontrolarecomparedandanalyzed.Thesimulationresultsshowthatthenon-smoothsemi-activecontrolalgorithmhasabetterrobustnessandeffectivenessinrestrainingtheimpactofearthquakesonthestructure.

简介：Inthehillyregionduetoscarcityoftheplainarea,buildingslikesetback-stepbackaremoreoftenusedandalsoasabigsurgeinthetelecommunicationindustries,rooftoptoweradaptationisverycommonstorynowadays.Inthepresentstudyananalogyhasbeendrawntofindouttheinfluenceoftherooftoptelecommunicationtoweronthesetback-stepbackbuildingrestingongroundat20°and30°slopes.Adynamicanalysishasbeenperformedandcomparedonthe4leggedangledsectiontelecommunicationtowerwhichislocatedontherooftopofsetback-stepbackbuildingbyvaryingpositionsoftowerwiththeexistinghoststructurebuiltupongroundslopeof20°and30°inbothdirections(XandY).