• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.481-496
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• 2015

A Lead Extrusion Damper (LED) is experimentally studied under various frequencies and displacement amplitudes. Experimental results show that the force-displacement hysteresis loops of the LED are close to rectangular and the force-velocity hysteresis loops exhibit nonlinear hysteretic characteristic. Also, the LED can provide consistent energy dissipation without any stiffness degradation. Based on the experimental results, a mathematical model is then proposed to describe the effects of frequency and displacement on property of LED. It can be proved from the comparison between experimental and numerical results that the mathematical model can accurately describe the mechanical behavior of LED. Subsequently, the seismic responses of the Schwedler reticulated shell structure with LEDs are analyzed by ANSYS software, in which three different installation forms of LEDs are considered. It can be concluded that the LED can effectively reduce the displacement and acceleration responses of this type of structures.

• Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.482-489
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• 2000

The cyclic extrusion damper, Lead Extrusion Damper, was invented by the W H Robinson in order to produce the isolated buildings and bridges the damping force. Recently, LED was applied to reduce the vibration of the tall building. In this study, to verify the dynamic characteristics of LED, the tests to find out the dependences on the velocity, displacement, repeated cycle, and temperature were performed at structural lab of Unison Industrial Co. Ltd. Through the result of the dynamic characteristics. we`ll define the design parameters and apply the appropriate parts.