Performance-Based Design and Real-Time Large-Scale Testing to Enable Implementation of Advanced Damping Systems (NEES-2008-0648)

<p><strong>Title:</strong> Performance-Based Design and Real-Time Large-Scale Testing to Enable Implementation of Advanced Damping Systems (NEES-2008-0648)</p> <p><strong>Year Of Curation: </strong>2013</p> <p><strong>Description: </strong>Advanced structural damping systems such as magnetorheological (MR) dampers have great potential improve our ability to achieve performance-based structural design (PBD) directed towards seismic resilience. However, developing methods for real-time hybrid (RTH) testing of these systems is essential to enable the validation of these approaches. In this NEESR project, large-scale structural models, controlled with MR devices are being tested at the Lehigh RTMD NEES Equipment Site using RTH techniques. </p> <p><strong>Award: </strong>http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1011534</p> <p><strong>PIs & CoPIs: </strong>Shirley Dyke, Anil Agrawal, Richard Christenson, James Ricles, Billie Spencer</p> <p><strong>Dates: </strong>September 01, 2008 - June 22, 2012</p> <p><strong>Organizations: --</strong></p> <p><strong>Facilities: </strong>Lehigh University, PA, United States,    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States</p> <p><strong>Sponsor: </strong>NSF - 1011534</p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Supplemental damping,Seismic protective system,Damping device,Large-scale validation testing,Structural response/behavior modification</p> <p><strong>Publications: </strong><br /> "Comparison of 200 KN MR Damper Models for use in Real-time Hybrid Simulation"<br /> "Development of a Large-Scale MR Damper Model for Seismic Hazard Mitigation Assessment of Structures"<br /> "Accommodating MR Damper Dynamics for Control of Large Scale Structural Systems"</p> <nb:citations></nb:citations>