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Damping system for existing and new structures

 Damping system for existing and new structures
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010, published in , pp. 362-363
DOI: 10.2749/222137810796024916
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Several trends indicate that the design of structures is becoming more slender and filigree for esthetical and financial reasons. The innovative damping system offers new solutions for the contempo...
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Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010
Published in:
Page(s): 362-363 Total no. of pages: 6
Page(s): 362-363
Total no. of pages: 6
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.2749/222137810796024916
Abstract:

Several trends indicate that the design of structures is becoming more slender and filigree for esthetical and financial reasons. The innovative damping system offers new solutions for the contemporary construction with slender light-weight structures, higher strength materials and an increased awareness of earthquake risk. This paper describes how slender structures could be made more resistant against dynamical forces caused by wind and earthquake. On the structures dampers are mounted which are located parallel to the center line of the structure. The damping system can be implemented in different structure types like high rise buildings and bridges and in several ways along the structure. Experiments were carried out in the laboratory in order to show the efficiency of the new damping system. In order to predict the structural damping ratio of future structures several numerical models were elaborated and the results were compared to the laboratory experiments.

Keywords:
dynamic loads structural damping viscous damper slender structure