A New Assessment in the Simultaneous Optimization of Friction Dampers in Plane and Spatial Civil Structures

Figure 10

Structural response for Cordoba earthquake without control (red curve) and with four optimal friction dampers (blue curve). (a) Displacement at Node 56. (b) Envelope diagrams of maximum displacement per storey. (c) Interstorey drift between first and second storey. (d) Maximum interstorey drift per storey.

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