College - Author 1
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Department - Author 1
Architectural Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Architectural Engineering
College - Author 2
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Department - Author 2
Architectural Engineering Department
Degree - Author 2
BS in Architectural Engineering
College - Author 3
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Department - Author 3
Architectural Engineering Department
Degree - Author 3
BS in Architectural Engineering
College - Author 4
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Department - Author 4
Architectural Engineering Department
Degree - Author 4
BS in Architectural Engineering
Date
3-2024
Primary Advisor
Anahid Behrouzi, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Architectural Engineering Department
Abstract/Summary
The authors of this report were a part of the 2023 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) student chapter for California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly). With thirteen other team members, they traveled to San Francisco, CA to compete in the Seismic Design Competition (SDC) hosted by EERI. The team was tasked with preparing a written proposal, design and computer analysis of the structural system, construction of two physical models, as well as creation of a poster and a presentation for a proposed mid-rise building located in the competition host city. The goal of the design of Cal Poly building “Lucid Towers” was to achieve seismic resiliency while integrating characteristic elements of San Francisco architecture.
The senior project group was specifically responsible for the design, implementation, and analysis of supplementary dampers in the structural system. These efforts were to improve the structure’s performance during the two competition earthquake ground motions and therefore reduce the seismic cost of the building. This report serves as an important team record, since there is no existing Cal Poly team documentation from past years on the process of selecting, testing, and implementing a damping system. Therefore, the report outlines both the overall process of implementing dampers into the structural system for the 2023 EERI SDC competition, as well as details on physical testing methods and calculation approaches used to quantify the dynamic response of the dampers.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/arcesp/203
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