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Effect of Viscous Damping Devices on the Response of Seismically Isolated Structures
(Wiley, 2015) Wolff, E. D.; Ipek, C.; Constantinou, M. C.; Tapan, M.
Viscous and other damping devices are often used as elements of seismic isolation systems. Despite the widespread application of nonlinear viscous systems particularly in Japan (with fewer applications in the USA and Taiwan), the application of viscous damping devices in isolation systems in the USA progressed intentionally toward the use of supplementary linear viscous devices due to the advantages offered by these devices. This paper presents experimental results on the behavior of seismically isolated structures with low damping elastomeric (LDE) and single friction pendulum (SFP) bearings with and without linear and nonlinear viscous dampers. The isolation systems are tested within a six-story structure configured as moment frame and then again as braced frame. Emphasis is placed both on the acquisition of data related to the structural system (drifts, story shear forces, and isolator displacements) and on non-structural systems (floor accelerations, floor spectral accelerations, and floor velocities). Moreover, the accuracy of analytical prediction of response is investigated based on the results of a total of 227 experiments, using 14 historic ground motions of far-fault and near-fault characteristics, on flexible moment frame and stiff braced frame structures isolated with LDE or SFP bearings and linear or nonlinear viscous dampers. It is concluded that when damping is needed to reduce displacement demands in the isolation system, linear viscous damping results in the least detrimental effect on the isolated structure. Moreover, the study concludes that the analytical prediction of peak floor accelerations and floor response spectra may contain errors that need to be considered when designing secondary systems. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Performance of a Seismically Isolated Building in the Earthquakes of February 6, 2023, in Türkiye
(American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2025) Kim, H.-M.; Ipek, C.; Tapan, M.; Constantinou, M.C.
On February 6, 2023, a devastating earthquake of M7.8 struck Türkiye with an epicenter to the east of the city of Gaziantep. Within hours, it was followed by a M7.5 earthquake some 107 km to the north. The focus of this paper is the performance of a seismically isolated hospital in Adana at distance of 158 km to the east of the epicenter of the M7.8 earthquake. Despite the large distance from the epicenter, the ground shaking was large enough to activate the triple friction pendulum isolators of the building, resulting in a beneficial reduction of accelerations directly above the isolators and avoidance of any structural or nonstructural damage. After baseline correction and filtering of the raw data of the instruments at the hospital, we obtained, by integration of acceleration records, estimates the isolator displacement histories. We performed analysis of the building using properties of the isolators obtained from the production tests on all 1,512 isolators and then adjusting the properties for their 8-year age. Based on comparison of the analysis results and processed records of the building's acceleration and displacement histories, we obtained estimates of isolator properties and confirmed that the isolators primarily responded with motion of the first pendulum (or in Regime I), which is characterized by high stiffness and low friction, leading to some reduction of response in weak seismic ground motion. © 2025 American Society of Civil Engineers.