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Seismic performance evaluation of a tall building with dual lateral system consisting of moment frames and tuned mass dampers

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This study aims to evaluate the seismic performance of a 30-story steel special moment frame equipped with tuned mass dampers (TMDs) using six different strategies, which include conventional TMD, multi-TMD, and high-mass-ratio TMDs. The primary steel moment frame is designed in accordance with the latest code provisions, ensuring the satisfaction of element strength requirements, while relying on TMDs to control drift limits. The building models are subjected to a set of 11 far-field ground motions scaled to the DBE level. The seismic responses of the models, including maximum inter-story drifts, maximum story displacements, maximum story accelerations, and maximum base shears, are compared to clarify the effectiveness of each TMD retrofitting method. The results indicates that structural responses decrease with an increase in the mass ratio of TMDs. High-mass-ratio TMDs are found to be more effective in reducing lateral drifts compared to conventional TMDs, although controlling displacements at the isolation level could pose challenges. Furthermore, multi-TMDs appears to be an efficient solution in mitigating detrimental seismic effects when compared to the other types of TMDs used in this study.

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Matinrad, P., Banazadeh, M. & Taslimi, A. Seismic performance evaluation of a tall building with dual lateral system consisting of moment frames and tuned mass dampers. Asian J Civ Eng 25, 1–17 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42107-023-00752-9

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