6.13 - Effect of Damping on Seismic Response
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What is damping?
💡 Hint: Think about how shaking can be lessened in a structure.
List two types of damping.
💡 Hint: Consider different energy dissipation mechanisms.
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What is the primary benefit of damping in earthquake engineering?
💡 Hint: Think about the motion of a building during an earthquake.
True or False: Hysteretic damping occurs due to elastic deformation of materials.
💡 Hint: Consider how materials behave under stress.
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Given a building with a damping ratio of 5% and subjected to an earthquake, discuss how increasing this ratio to 8% might alter its response.
💡 Hint: Consider the relationship between damping and oscillation.
Design an experiment using different materials to measure how hysteretic damping behaves under varying cyclic loading conditions.
💡 Hint: Think about how changes in material will impact their hysteretic behavior.
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