抄録
A simplified method to assess the seismic performance of structures with additional viscous or viscoelastic dampers is proposed. It is based on the momentary energy dissipated in structures with/without additional dampers and evaluates the reduction factor of maximum acceleration of earthquake ground motions. The changes in structural stiffness, damping factor and momentary induced seismic energy are considered to relate the proposed method to the maximum displacement response of damped structures. Extensive time history analyses on the single-degree-of-freedom system with additional viscous or viscoelastic dampers are performed and results have shown a good agreement with those predicted by the proposed method.
