Seismic Response Control of Buildings Using Friction Dampers

In the last decade, many energy dissipating systems have been proposed to raise the seismic design of structures beyond the conventional ductility design approach. Among these new systems, friction damping has shown some great potential. In a friction damped system, friction damping devices are inserted in a structure and slip at a predetermined optimum load during severe seismic excitations, before any yielding of the structural members has …