Study on Floorslab Isolating and Energy Dissipated (SIED) Structure System

Abstract eng:
The Floorslab Isolating and Energy Dissipating (FIED) structure system is a new kind of structure system for buildings, which has been applied for the China patent by the first author. In this structure system, the floorslabs are isolated to the beams with high damping materials, and gaps must be left between the floorslabs and the columns so that the floorslabs can move relatively to the main structure when the building vibrates horizontally. The high damping materials under the floorslabs and inside the gaps can play the roles of seismic isolation and energy dissipation during the earthquakes and reduce the seismic reaction of the building. To study the damping effect of this new structure system, we developed the motion equation of the FIED structure, and carried out a series of shaking table tests for a single storey steel frame model in both the FIED structure system and the traditional structure system. The research shows that the FIED structure system can control the seismic response of building structures more effectively than the traditional one.

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