Adaptive Negative Stiffness: New Structural Modification Approach for Seismic Protection
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- 1 July 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Journal of Structural Engineering
- Vol. 139 (7), 1112-1123
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0000615
Abstract
Yielding can be emulated in a structural system by adding an adaptive negative stiffness device (NSD) and shifting the yielding away from the main structural system, leading to the new idea of apparent weakening that occurs, ensuring structural stability at all displacement amplitudes. This is achieved through an adaptive negative stiffness system (ANSS), a combination of NSD and a viscous damper. By engaging the NSD at an appropriate displacement (apparent yield displacement that is well below the actual yield displacement of the structural system) the composite structure-device assembly behaves like a yielding structure. The combined NSD-structure system presented in this study has a recentering mechanism that avoids permanent deformation in the composite structure-device assembly unless the main structure itself yields. Essentially, a yielding-structure is mimicked with no, or with minimal, permanent deformation or yielding in the main structure. As a result, the main structural system suffers less acceleration, less displacement, and less base shear, while the ANSS absorbs these effects. This paper presents comprehensive details on development and study of the ANSS/NSD. Through numerical simulations, the effectiveness and the superior performance of the ANSS/NSD as compared with a structural system with supplemental passive dampers is presented. A companion paper presents the NSD and its mechanics in detail.Keywords
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