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Tuned liquid dampers simulation for earthquake response control of buildings

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This paper is focused on the study of an earthquake protection system, the tuned liquid damper (TLD), which can, if adequately designed, reduce earthquake demands on buildings. This positive effect is accomplished taking into account the oscillation of the free surface of a fluid inside a tank (sloshing). The behaviour of an isolated TLD, subjected to a sinusoidal excitation at its base, with different displacement amplitudes, was studied by finite element analysis. The efficiency of the TLD in improving the seismic response of an existing building, representative of modern architecture buildings in southern European countries was also evaluated based on linear dynamic analyses.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    T. Novo, H. Varum & H. Rodrigues

  2. Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, The King’s Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JL, UK

    F. Teixeira-Dias

  3. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Centre, Structures Department, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal

    M. Falcao Silva & A. Campos Costa

  4. Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    L. Guerreiro

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Novo, T., Varum, H., Teixeira-Dias, F. et al. Tuned liquid dampers simulation for earthquake response control of buildings. Bull Earthquake Eng 12, 1007–1024 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-013-9528-2

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