Paper Topic

ADVANCED EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES

K.Rama Raju

Senior Assistant Director Head, Vibration Control Group, Structural Engineering Research Center Chennai - 600113

Group Civil Engineering

Category Earthquake resisting Structures

Author 1) Hardik Kaku

(final year civil Engg.)

2) Yusuf Sk. Shoaib Izzy

(Final Year Civil Engg.)

Students of : College of Engg. and Tech., Babhulgaon , Akola (MH)

Advanced

earthquake

response

reduction

techniques
Introduction
Civil engineering structures, such as bridges, buildings and other infrastructural facilities normally rely on their ability to dissipate energy to resist dynamic forces such as strong seismic events and extreme winds. Consequently, depending on the extent of design, damage in part or full may occur. With the trend toward taller, longer and more flexible structures, undesirable vibration, deformation, acceleration levels could be reached under large environmental loads such as strong wind, large waves and strong earthquakes, thus adversely effecting human comfort and even structural safety, vibrations can be controlled by three different ways, namely, 1. Vibration control at source (the cause of the vibration is identified and rectified at the source level itself). The examples are balancing of inertia forces in rotating and reciprocating machinery, and smoothening of fluid to reduce the vibration level. 2. System modification by modification of structural parameters such as inertia, damping and stiffness are properly chosen or modified to reduce the vibration to a specified level. The use of energy dissipation systems i.e. supplemental damping devices belongs to this type.
3.

Modification of vibration transmission path from source to the structure. In this

method the transmission path of vibration is modified by means of isolators or suspension system located in the path of vibration transmission from source to structure. Among the three ways of vibration controlling technique, the most efficient way of controlling structural vibration is the use of energy dissipation system (system modification) in civil engineering structures. The four major classes of vibration control system are passive, active, semi-active and hybrid vibration control systems. The schematic diagram of conventional structure without any passive and active vibration control devices is shown in fig.1. FIG.1. RESPONSE
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