Seismic Performance Evaluation of RC Building Frame using Energy Dissipating Device at Different Locations

The vibrations produced by the earthquakes are due to seismic waves. Seismic waves are the most disastrous for multistoried building. The safety and serviceability of any structure is thus endangered with the increasing elevation. Energy dissipating devices has the capacity to absorb significant efforts without damaging the structure and ensuring the protection of human lives and property. The fluid viscous dampers are the more applied tools for controlling responses of the structures. These tools are applied based on different construction technologies in order to decrease the structural responses to the seismic excitation. The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of RC building frame using viscous dampers as energy dissipating device with and without dampers at different location by considering the floor displacement, story shear and story drift as seismic parameters by Response spectrum method. The building will be analyzed for different Model of RC G+8 building frame without Damper and with dampers near top and bottom at side face and corners. This study reveals that when number of damper is less, then effective location for placing the dampers is near base of the structure. This study also shows performance of RC multistoried building increases when the dampers are placed at faces rather than dampers placed at corners in terms of floor displacement, story shear and story drift.