Comparison of Types of Dampers and its application in Improving

the Seismic Behavior of Structures

1- Zahir Rezaee
2- Ali Reza Hakimi
3- Ali Haidar Rasheed
4- Muhammad Saber Sharifi
5- Shapoor Ahmadi
6- Ahmad Safa Alam Safa
Kateb University, Kabul, Afghanistan – Azad Islamic University, Mashhad, Iran
Precis
In history, Iran has experienced many earthquakes and has suffered financial
and human losses that sometimes its destructive effects remained for years. Importance
and complications of this natural phenomenon, demonstrates the need to be prepared
for earthquakes. So the structure designers by using the seismic codes tried to reduce
the earthquake hazards on vulnerable buildings and new structures. For designing
high-rise structures, as well as to strengthening and improving them, paying attention to
the levels of performance in building regulations and its updating is one of the key and
basic points. In high-rise structures, the main design parameter is the rate of
displacement. There for limiting of these displacement have a special importance. Also
to deal with wind and earthquake lateral loads in addition to conventional lateral bearing
systems such as shear walls, braces and their combinations. Modern methods of
energy dissipation are also used, and the use of dampers is one of the appropriate
options. There for, due to the significant development and expansion of different types
of dampers and its applications in the construction industry, the need for more attention
in this area is essential. In this paper, we introduce methods for controlling the vibration
of tall building, introduce control methods based on change and adjustment of dynamic
properties, system control methods based on change and adjustment of system
damping, classification of control techniques based on system performance, and then
discussed about the types of dampers and how the work, governing relationship
between types of dampers and their scientific application in building optimization as well
as the advantages and disadvantages of each one. It results from the comparison of
dampers that due to the increase of softness in bracing system, ease in modeling,
cheaper energy source in reducing slip force, the frictional dampers have more usage.
Also viscose damper is suitable against environmental conditions attacks.
Key words: strengthening, dampening, damper, structural response.