• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.19 no.3 s.73
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• pp.239-245
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• 2006

In this paper, the performance of a toggle brace-MR damper system is evaluated for the control of the structure excited by earthquake load and the non-linearity of the toggle system is investigated. Considering that the control force of MR damper described by Bingham model is a function of velocity, velocity amplification factor by the toggle brace system is calculated and the effect of toggle configuration on the amplification factor is also evaluated. Numerical results show that the control performance can be largely enhanced using toggle brace system especially for the case that the MR damper installed with conventional brace system such as Chevron and diagonal cannot provide enough control force under severe earthquake load.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.171-176
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• 2011

The purposes of the research were to evaluate system performance and response of building structure under external load for full scale modal-testing-tower applied toggle bracing and lead rubber damper(LRD). The dynamic properties of the structure were measured before and after installing damper under harmonic excitation using the AMD and the results were compared. The harmonic excitation condition is to increase 0.01Hz sine sweep signal from 0.49Hz to 0.63Hz. As a result of measuring resonant frequency, before installing damper is 0.55Hz and after installing damper is 0.62Hz. The experimental results after installing damper were also distinguished from simulation results and the main cause of this results is temperature dependency property of rubber material.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.348-354
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• 2003

This study outlines the analysis of toggle system and the vibration control performance when the toggle-rotational inertia damper system was applied to a structure. Numerical analysis shows that the relative displacement of the structure can be amplified by amplification mechanism of the toggle system and the capacity of the damper can be reduced without the loss of vibration control performance. It is also observed that vibration control effects is caused by the increase of equivalent mass due to the rotational inertia of damper.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.644-651
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• 2005

The purpose of this paper is to compare the control effect of toggle brace system having amplifying displacement mechanism with that of conventional brace system when the identical MR damper is applied to each system. The force-displacement and lone-velocity relationships of MR damper are obtained using harmonic load test and the analytical model for MR damper is presented. White noise excitation tests of a single degree of freedom system with MR-toggle brace system and MR-chevron system are conducted and the transfer functions of the systems are compared. Test results show that the control effect of the toggle system is superior to that of the conventional brace system.

• Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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• 2005.03a
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• pp.421-428
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• 2005

In this paper, the performance of a toggle brace-MR damper system is evaluated for the control of the structure excited by earthquake load and the non-linearity of the toggle system is investigated. Considering that the control force of MR damper described by Bingham model is a function of velocity, velocity amplification factor by toggle brace system is calculated and the effect of toggle configuration on the amplification factor is also evaluated. Numerical results show that the control performance can be largely enhanced using toggle brace system especially for the case that the MR damper installed with conventional brace system such as Chevron and diagonal cannot provide enough control force under severe earthquake load.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.454-457
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 국내에서 아직 기준이 마련되지 않은 제진설계에 대한 접근을 소개하였다. ASCE 7-05 기준에 근거하여 국내 5층 규모의 철근콘크리트 신축 건물에 제진 설계를 수행하였다. 우리나라의 현행 기준을 만족하면서 효과적인 제진 시스템 설계를 위한 방법을 소개한다. ASCE 7-05 기준에서는 제진 구조물 해석 시 부재력이 공칭강도의 1.5배를 초과하지 않은 경우 경계비선형 해석을 허용하고 있다. 이 때의 제진 설계 프로세스는 기존의 중력하중 및 등가정적하중의 75%에 의한 단면을 가정하여 부재설계를 실시하고, 선형 시간이력 해석을 통해 제진장치 및 가새를 설계한다. 이후 우리나라 실정에 맞도록 보정된 인공 지진파를 입력하여 경계비선형 해석을 실시하고, 밑면 전단력 및 층간변위 등의 만족여부를 검토한다. 이 때 목표성능을 완전탄성설계 또는 유사탄성설계로 정하여 목표성능을 만족하는지도 검토하여야 한다. 본 논문에 적용한 신축 건물은 유사탄성 설계를 위해 경계비선형 해석을 실시하였고, 가장 효과적인 제진 설계를 위해 댐퍼의 종류, 설치방법, 개수, 변위 증폭비 등을 변수로 한 case study를 진행하였다. 해석 결과 목표성능을 만족하는 범위 내에서 가장 효과적인 제진 설계는 점성댐퍼, 이층 토글형태, 증폭비 2.0, 총 8개의 댐퍼를 설치하는 것으로 나타났다.