A Study on the Structural Performance of Steel Plate Damper

Abstract

A Study on the Structural Performance of Steel Plate Damper Seismic design;Steel damper;Experimental study;FEM analysis study;Structural characteristics; The earthquake which was recently occurred in Kyeongju area caused serious damage to several structures. It is needed to improve capacity against seismic of existing structures constructed before providing seismic design code. This paper is to verify the structural characteristics proposed diagonal steel dampers for existing structures to enhance the seismic resist capacity. The experimental and analysis study were undertaken to obtain the load-displacement relationships of diagonal steel dampers. The valuables were angels and spaces of strut. As a result, it is verified that the proposed steel damper is effective in the seismic reinforcement of existing structures.