PERFORMANCE OF R.C. FRAMES COUPLED WITH EXPONENTIAL DAMPERS UNDER SEISMICALLY TRIGGERED CONDITION

Abstract

In the seismically activated areas and in seismically activated conditions, the structure is liable to many forces driving the structure into motion. These forces are large in magnitude and may cause dreadful harm to the structure. Some structural mechanism which reduces the forces acting in such condition and improves the response of these structures by dissipating the forces are called as dampers. In this study effects of use of exponential damping mechanism coupled with structure is studied. Also the response of various finite element models have been shown. It was seen that the response improved by the use of exponential dampers.