Effect of Prestressing Level on a Lead Damper with Straight Shaft: An Experimental Investigation

Cihan Soydan*, Furkan Çalım, Ahmet Güllü, Ercan Yüksel

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Abstract

The prestressed lead damper is an energy-dissipative device with a high damping capacity and is used for seismic response control in the earthquake-resistant design of structures. The device works as a friction damper and utilizes the friction losses between lead and a moving shaft while prestressing on the lead controls the behavior. This study experimentally investigates the effect of prestressing level on the characteristics of a lead damper. After producing the lead damper with a straight shaft, different prestressing levels were applied to the lead, i.e., 0.0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0%, 3.0% and 4.0%. The dampers were experimentally tested by applying a three-step displacement protocol to the shaft: five cycles of 5.0 mm target displacement with a rate of 0.5 mm/s, five cycles of 10.0 mm target displacement with a rate of 1.0 mm/s, and ten cycles of 20.0 mm target displacement with a rate of 2.0 mm/s. The cyclic tests showed that the lead damper’s characteristics, e.g., damper force, initial stiffness, hysteretic behavior, and damping properties, were considerably affected by the amount of prestressing on lead. Increasing the lead prestressing levels resulted in more stable hysteretic curves. In addition, the damper force and, consequently, the damping properties were significantly improved.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSeismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Active Vibration Control of Structures - 18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation 18WCSI
EditorsAni Natali Sigaher, Fatih Sutcu, Cem Yenidogan
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages85-94
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783031710476
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation, and Active Vibration Control of Structures, WCSI 2023 - Antalya, Turkey
Duration: 6 Nov 202310 Nov 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume412 LNCE
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

Conference18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation, and Active Vibration Control of Structures, WCSI 2023
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityAntalya
Period6/11/2310/11/23

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.

Keywords

  • Cyclic Test
  • Energy Dissipative Device
  • Experimental Study
  • High Force-to-Volume Device
  • Prestressed Lead Damper

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