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Seismic Capacity of Non-seismic Designed RC Framed Building Retrofitted by Double I-type Metallic Damper (더블 I형 감쇠장치로 보강한 비내진 RC 골조의 내진성능 평가)

  • Hur, Moo-Won;Chun, Young-Soo;Hwang, Jae-Seung;Kim, Jong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.10-17
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    • 2015
  • In this study, to examine seismic reinforcement effect of a school building constructed prior to application of seismic design, a Double I-type damper supported by wall was installed to perform comparative analysis on existing non-seismic designed RC frame. As a result of experiment, while non-seismic designed specimen showed rapid reduction in strength and brittle shear destruction as damages were focused on top and bottom of left and right columns, reinforced specimen showed hysteretic characteristics of a large ellipse with great energy absorption ability, exhibiting perfectly behavior with increased strength and stiffness from damper reinforcement. In addition, as a result of comparing stiffness reduction between the two specimens, specimen reinforced by shear wall type damper was effective in preventing stiffness reduction. Energy dissipation ability of specimen reinforced by Double I-type damper was about 3.5 times as high as energy dissipation ability of non-reinforced specimen. Such enhancement in energy dissipation ability is considered to be the result of improved strength and deformation.

A Study on Performance Characteristics Wide Angle Diffuser Using Guide Damper (안내댐퍼를 이용한 광각디퓨저의 성능특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Cheol-Jae;Lim, Jeong-Sun;Cho, Dae-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.281-282
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    • 2006
  • In wide angle diffuser, the increasement of cross-sectional area so rapidly cause possibly separate from the diffuser wall and forming areas of backflow. The flow characteristics of wide angle diffuser with guide damper was investigated for three kind of inclined angle($\alpha=7_{\circ},\;10.5_{\circ}\;and\;14_{\circ}$)of guide damper. Judging from the results, guide damper can be used as an effective means of improvement for diffuser performance and inclined angle of $\alpha=10.5^{\circ}$ was through to be the best among three cases.

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Condition assessment of steel shear walls with tapered links under various loadings

  • He, Liusheng;Kurata, Masahiro;Nakashima, Masayoshi
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.767-788
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    • 2015
  • A steel shear wall with double-tapered links and in-plane reference was developed for assisting the assessment of the structural condition of a building after an earthquake while maintaining the original role of the wall as a passive damper device. The double-tapered link subjected to in-plane shear deformation is designed to deform torsionally after the onset of local buckling and works as an indicator of the maximum shear deformation sustained by the shear wall during an earthquake. This paper first examines the effectiveness of double-tapered links in the assessment of the structural condition under various types of loading. A design procedure using a baseline incremental two-cycle loading protocol is verified numerically and experimentally. Meanwhile, in-plane reference links are introduced to double-tapered links and greatly enhance objectivity in the inspection of notable torsional deformation with the naked eye. Finally, a double-layer system, which consists of a layer with double-tapered links and a layer with rectangular links made of low-yield-point steel, is tested to demonstrate the feasibility of realizing both structural condition assessment and enhanced energy dissipation.

Experiments on the Performance of a Thin-Plate Damper Attached to a Coupling Beam (연결보에 부착된 박판형 금속 감쇠기의 성능실험)

  • Lee, Young-Wook;Chae, Ji-Yong;Park, Tae-Jun
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.25-33
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    • 2012
  • To examine the performance of a thin plate damper attached to coupling beam of bearing wall system, 5 specimens were designed with the variable parameters of the thickness and length of a thin steel plate, which was constructed and tested with a lateral load with up to a 5% drift ratio. The result was that the total amount of the energy dissipation of the specimen with the thin plate damper was greater than that of the standard RC specimen, and the plate buckling and plastic deformation could be seen in steel plate. The shorter the length of the damper, the higher was the lateral resistant force, but there was no apparent increase in the energy dissipation. By comparison of the experiments with the elastic buckling analysis, it was shown that the buckling force from the analysis could properly estimate the maximum value of the linear elastic range.

Vibration Control of Large Scale Structure with Beam-End Rotation Type Friction Damper (보단부 회전형감쇠기를 이용한 대형구조물의 진동제어)

  • Lee, Sang-Hyun;Woo, Sung-Sik;Chung, Lan;Cho, Seung-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.452-458
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    • 2007
  • The vertical extension of a building in general remodeling process increases both gravity and seismic loads by simply adding masses to the building. In this study, a vertical extension structural module (VESM) is proposed for enhancing seismic performance of the existing buildings by utilizing the story-increased parts. The proposed VESM is composed of steel column, steel beam, and beam-end rotational damper. The steel columns are connected to the shear walls and transfer the wall rotation in out-of plane to the steel beam, and then the beam-end rotational damper dissipates the earthquake-induced energy. Numerical analysis result from a cantilever beam of which end-rotation is restricted by rotational damper indicates that the displacement, base shear, and base overturning moment of the existing structures showing cantilever behavior can be significantly reduced by using the proposed method. Also, it is observed that friction-type rotational damper is effective than viscous one.

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Structural Behavior of Joints between the Hysteretic Steel Damper Connector and RC Wall Depending on Connection Details (강재판형 이력댐퍼 연결부재와 RC벽체의 접합상세에 따른 구조거동)

  • Kang, In-Seok;Hur, Moo-Won
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.737-744
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    • 2012
  • Hysteretic steel damper has been applied mainly to steel buildings. However, the usage in RC buildings is rapidly increasing recently. In order to apply the steel hysteretic damper in RC buildings, supporting elements of the damper should have sufficient strength and stiffness suitable for transferring damper forces to beams and walls. But due to the inevitable damage in reinforced concrete elements due to cracking, identification of the load transfer mechanism from damper to supporting element and hysteretic characteristics of the supporting element are extremely important in evaluating the damper behavior. Experiments were carried out on connection details between RC walls and supporting elements of the steel plate typed damper such as EaSy damper. The test results showed that fracture patterns of all specimens were almost identical except in the crack number and pattern associated with shear loading condition. Among the specimens, HD-3 shoed a well distributed cracks patterns along with good performance with respect to energy dissipation capacity, stiffness deterioration, and strength degradation.

Rocking Behavior of Steel Dampers according to Strut Shapes and Heights of Steel dampers (강재 댐퍼의 스트럿 형상과 높이에 따른 록킹 거동)

  • Lee, Hyun-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 2019
  • In this study, the seismic strengthening technique considering the rocking behavior of the wall was developed. The rocking system rotates left and right around the vertical axis of the wall. The development system is a method of dissipating energy by installing a damper which was attached at a large displacement portion. The damper was made of a steel material, and the shape and height of the strut were selected as variables. Experimental results showed that in case of shorter strut make strength capacity increasement and in case of longer strut make deformation capacity increasement. As a result of comparing the abilities according to I and S type strut shapes, it was evaluated that S type has better seismic performance.

Numerical Study on the Effect of Damper Position on Characteristics of Thermal Flow at the Vestibules and Fire Door (댐퍼의 위치가 부속실 및 방화문에서의 열 유동 특성에 미치는 영향에 관한 수치해석 연구)

  • Moon, Hyo-Jun;Ko, Gwon-Hyun;Ryou, Hong-Sun
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2013
  • The pressurized smoke control system is important for fire safety in building because it is directly concerned with egress time of people. Even though the damper plays an essential role in the pressurized smoke control system, the phenomena of backflow smoke occurs for a certain the damper position. The research for a position of damper effects on distribution of air flow at the fire door is not performed. In this study, numerical simulation using FDS 5.5 was carried out to analyze the effect of the position of damper on flow distribution at the fire door. To simulate real situation, effects of opening and closing of fire door was considered. As a result, when HRR was between 200 kW and 400 kW, in the case which the damper was on the opposite wall of the fire door, the back flow to the vestibules was large compared to the two other cases of damper position. But when HRR was above 400 kW, Effect on damper position was not occurred.

Experimental study on hybrid FRP-steel RC shear wall with replaceable dampers

  • Shiying Xiao;Mengfu Wang
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.52 no.2
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    • pp.217-236
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    • 2024
  • The objective of this paper was to discuss the seismic performance of hybrid FRP-steel reinforced concrete shear wall with replaceable friction dampers at the feet of the wall. The hysteretic characteristics of five wall specimens were studied by pseudo-static loading tests. The results showed that the damage of the specimens was concentrated on the friction dampers, and the energy consumption capacity was increased while making up for the defect of low ductility of FRP reinforced wall specimens. And the repairability of the wall after earthquake was improved. Finally, a calculation method of initial stiffness of shear wall with replaceable dampers was proposed.