Browsing by Author "Ceballos, Victor"

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    Analytical and experimental response of asymmetric structures with frictional and viscoelastic dampers
    (2004) Llera Martin, Juan Carlos de la; Almazán Campillay, José Luis; Vial, Ignacio; Ceballos, Victor; García, Marcos
    This article summarizes analytical and experimental results of linear asymmetric structures with frictional and viscoelastic dampers. Such energy dissipation devices may prove useful in controlling the uneven deformation demand occurring in structural members of torsionally unbalanced structures. Torsional balance is defined as a property of an asymmetric structure that leads to similar deformation demand in structural members equidistant from the geometric center of the building plan. It can be defined in a strong or a weak form. The latter, which allows for rotation of the building plan, only implies an equal norm of the displacement demand at resisting planes symmetric with respect to the geometric center. In general, it can be achieved by the use of energy dissipation devices by making the so-called empirical center of balance of the structure to lie on top of the geometric center. Shaking table results conducted on a mass and stiffness asymmetric six-story model with frictional dampers support the analytical results and the concept of weak torsional balance. Similar results may be extended to the use of viscoelastic dampers as well as for inelastic multistory asymmetric structures.
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    Torsional balance of plan-asymmetric structures with frictional dampers: Experimental results
    (WILEY, 2006) Vial, Ignacio J.; de la Llera, Juan C.; Almazan, Jose L.; Ceballos, Victor
    This investigation deals with the measured seismic response of a six-storey asymmetric structural model with frictional dampers. Its main objective is to experimentally prove the concept of weak torsional balance for mass- and stiffness-eccentric model configurations. The goal is to control the torsional response of these asymmetric structures and to achieve, if possible, a weak form of torsional balance by placing the so-called empirical centre of balance (ECB) of the structure at equal distance from the edges of the building plan. The control of the dynamic response of asymmetric structures is investigated herein by using steel-teflon frictional dampers. As expected from theory, experimental results show that the mean-square and peak displacement demand at the flexible and stiff edges of the plan may be similar in magnitude if the dampers are optimally placed. Frictional dampers have proven equally effective in controlling lateral-torsional coupling of torsionally flexible as well as stiff structures. On the other hand, it is shown that impulsive ground motions require larger frictional capacities to achieve weak torsional balance. Copyright (C) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.