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A study of the effect of adding viscoelastic dampers between adjacent buildings to reduce pounding
| dc.creator | Antwiler, Douglas Dean | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:51:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:51:27Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1998 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1998-THESIS-A58 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 36-38). | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The addition of damper and beam elements between ographics. adjacent buildings is studied to determine if such connections help reduce the damage caused by structural pounding between these buildings. Each building is modeled using a two dimensional frame composed of non-linear beam elements capable of yielding at the end and midpoint of each span. Variations in connection stiffness, connection damping, and relative building heights are evaluated to determine their effect on the response of the adjacent structures. All connections are found to reduce the localized contact forces by a significant margin but, some of the connections cause noticeable damage to other parts of the structure. A connection with no stiffness and a relatively small damping value was found to produce the most promising reduction in both localized force and global damage to adjacent structures. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | civil engineering. | en |
| dc.subject | Major civil engineering. | en |
| dc.title | A study of the effect of adding viscoelastic dampers between adjacent buildings to reduce pounding | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | civil engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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