EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON UNIDIRECTION ENERGY DISSIPATION PERFORMANCE OF NEW STIFFENED MILD STEEL DAMPER

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunpeng Gao ◽  
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Ming Zhao ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Mild Steel ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Steel Damper

Finite Element Analysis of Corrugated Mild Steel Damper

2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 678-683
Author(s):  
Wen Long Shi ◽  
Jin Man Yan ◽  
Xuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Mild Steel ◽  
Steel Plate ◽  
Thickness Ratio ◽  
Parameter Study ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
New Type ◽  
Steel Damper ◽  
Different Thickness

A new kind of mild steel damper which use corrugated plate as energy-intensive steel plate is proposed in this paper. The structures and energy dissipation principles of the new type damper are presented. The hysteretic performances of corrugated mild steel damper with different height-thickness ratio, or with the same height-thickness ratio but with different thickness are analysed by numerical simulation with ABAQUS platform and then parameter study on this kind of damper in detail. The results show that the corrugated steel damper has good and stable energy dissipation performance. The performance of energy consumption increases with the decreasing of height-thickness ratio. When at the same height-thickness ratio, the performance of energy consumption increases with the thickness of energy-intensive steel plate.

scholarly journals Experimental Evaluation of Hysteretic Behavior of Rhombic Steel Plate Dampers

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 185629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Han ◽  
Junfeng Jia ◽  
Zigang Xu ◽  
Yulei Bai ◽  
Nianhua Song
Keyword(s):  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Yield Strength ◽  
Mild Steel ◽  
Steel Plate ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Hysteretic Behavior ◽  
Loading Test ◽  
Hysteretic Energy ◽  
Steel Material ◽  
Energy Dissipation Capacity

Rhombic mild-steel plate damper (also named rhombic added damping and Stiffness (RADAS)) is a newly proposed and developed bending energy dissipation damper in recent years, and its mechanical properties, seismic behavior, and engineering application still need further investigations. In order to determine the basic mechanical performance of RADAS, fundamental material properties tests of three types of mild-steel specimen including domestically developed mild-steel material with low yield strength were carried out. Then, a quasistatic loading test was performed to evaluate the mechanical performance and hysteretic energy dissipation capacity of these rhombic mild-steel dampers manufactured by aforementioned three types of steel materials. Test results show that yield strength of domestically developed low yield strength steel (LYS) is remarkably lower than that of regular mild steel and its ultimate strain is also 1/3 larger than that of regular mild steel, indicating that the low yield strength steel has a favorable plastic deformation capability. The rhombic mild-steel plate damper with low yield strength steel material possesses smaller yield force and superior hysteretic energy dissipation capacity; thus they can be used to reduce engineering structural vibration and damage during strong earthquakes.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Structural Behavior of Hysteretic Steel Dampers under Cyclic Loading

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 8264
Author(s):  
Sang-Woo Kim ◽  
Kil-Hee Kim
Keyword(s):  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Shear Force ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Steel Plates ◽  
Structural Performance ◽  
Cyclic Shear ◽  
Energy Dissipation Capacity ◽  
Steel Damper ◽  
Ductile Behavior ◽  
High Energy Dissipation

This study proposes a relatively simple steel damper with high energy dissipation capacity. Three types of steel dampers were evaluated for structural performance. The first damper with U-shape had two vertical members and a semicircular connecting member for energy dissipation. The second damper with an angled U-shape replaced the connecting member with a horizontal steel member. The last damper with D-shape had a horizontal member added to the U-shaped damper. All the dampers were designed with steel plates on both sides that transmitted external shear force to the energy-dissipating members. To evaluate the structural performance of the dampers, an in-plane cyclic shear force was applied to the specimens. The D-shaped damper showed ductile behavior with excellent energy dissipation capacity after yielding without decreasing in strength during cyclic load. In other words, the D-shaped specimen showed excellent performance, with about 3.5 times the strength of the U-shaped specimen and about 3.8 times the energy dissipation capacity due to the additional horizontal member. Furthermore, the efficient energy dissipation of the proposed D-shaped steel damper was confirmed from the finite element (FE) analytical and experimental results.

Energy Consumption Performance Study of New Box-Shaped Hysteretic Damper

2014 ◽  
Vol 937 ◽  
pp. 531-536
Author(s):  
Chao Xu ◽  
Yong Feng Niu ◽  
Yong Xie Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Yield Strength ◽  
Mild Steel ◽  
Angular Size ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Performance Study ◽  
Initial Stiffness ◽  
Web Openings ◽  
Yield Displacement ◽  
Steel Damper ◽  
The Stability

To the H-shaped Mild steel damper which has been applied to the market, this paper proposes the opening box dampers were made in material Q235 steel. Studied the influence of the angular size between Webs and vertical direction to the box-shaped Mild steel damper by FEM ABAQUS. The results indicated that under the same rate in the web openings, box dampers has the same yield displacement and hysteresis curves were fuller than H-shaped dampers. With the increase of web and vertical angles, the initial stiffness of the damper box steel and yield strength and yield stiffness of the damper would reduced, but all of these are larger than H-shaped steel dampers; Meanwhile, moment of inertia of box dampers’ two webs to Y-axis is larger , which greatly enhancing the stability of the outside plane to the damper, the larger Web angles, the stronger yield strength and the stability of the outside plane.

scholarly journals RESEARCH ON THE INFLUENCE OF MILD STEEL DAMPERS ON SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF SELF-RESETTING PIER

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengqiang Guo ◽  
Yanli Shen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Yield Strength ◽  
Mild Steel ◽  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Axial Compression ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Compression Ratio ◽  
Axial Compression Ratio ◽  
Steel Damper ◽  
The Impact

In order to improve the energy consumption capacity of the assembled self-resetting pier, the mild steel damper is added to the prefabricated self-resetting pier to form a prefabricated self- resetting pier with an external mild steel damper. Two sets of pier models were established by numerical simulation. On the basis of verifying the correctness of the traditional prefabricated self- resetting pier model, the two sets of pier models were subjected to low-cycle reciprocating loading to study the influence of the mild steel damper yield strength parameters and the pier axial compression ratio parameters on the seismic performance of the pier structure. The results show that compared with traditional prefabricated self-resetting piers, the hysteresis curve of self-resetting piers with mild steel dampers is fuller, and energy consumption and bearing capacity are greatly improved. With the increase of the yield strength of the mild steel damper, the energy consumption capacity will decrease when the loading displacement is less than 25mm, but the overall energy consumption capacity will increase. As the axial compression ratio of the pier column increases, the bearing capacity and energy consumption capacity of the structure increase significantly, but the impact is not obvious when the axial compression ratio exceeds 0.052.

Finite Element Analysis to Determine Stiffness, Strength, and Energy Dissipation of U-Shaped Steel Damper under Quasi-Static Loading

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 9042-9050
Author(s):  
E. Satria ◽  
L. Son ◽  
M. Bur ◽  
M. Dzul Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Static Analysis ◽  
Seismic Energy ◽  
Elastic Stiffness ◽  
Hysteresis Curve ◽  
Problem Solver ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Lateral Direction ◽  
Steel Damper

In seismic areas, the application of structural dampers becomes compulsory in the design of buildings. There are various types of dampers, such as viscous elastic dampers, viscous fluid dampers, friction dampers, tune mass dampers, yielding/ metallic dampers, and magnetic dampers. All damper systems are designed to protect structural integrities, control damages, prevent injuries by absorbing earthquake energy, and reduce deformation. This paper is a part of research investigating the behaviour of the U-shaped steel damper (as one type of metallic damper) that can be applied to the buildings in seismic areas. The dampers are used as connections between the roof and supporting structure, with the two general purposes. The first is to control the displacement of roof under an earthquake, and the second is to absorb seismic energy through the plasticity of some parts in dampers. If a strong earthquake occurs, the plasticity will absorb the seismic energy; therefore, heavy damage could be avoided from the roof’s mainframes. In this paper, several models of U-shaped steel dampers are introduced. Several parameters, such as elastic stiffness, maximum strength, and energy dissipation, are determined under two conditions. Firstly, static analysis of the proposed damper under variation of U-steel plate configurations, searching the model with more significant energy dissipation. Secondly, static analysis of the unsymmetrical and symmetrical damper under different loading directions. An in-house finite element program that involves both geometrical and material nonlinearities is developed as a problem solver. A quasi-static lateral loading is given to each model until one cycle of the hysteresis curve is reached (in the displacement range between -20 mm to +20 mm). The above parameters are calculated from the hysteresis curve. From the results, the behaviour of the U-steel damper can be described as follows. Firstly, increasing the energy dissipation in the lateral direction can be done by increasing the lateral stiffness of the damper. However, it can reduce the maximum elastic deformation of the damper. Secondly, under the random direction of loading, a symmetrical shape can increase the energy dissipation of the damper.

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