ABSTRACT

The field of earthquake has existed in our country for over 35 years now. Indian earthquake
engineers have made significant contributions to safety of several important structures in the
country. However, as the recent earthquakes have shown, the performance of normal
structures during past Indian earthquakes has been less satisfactory. This is mainly due to the
lack of awareness amongst most practising engineers of the special provisions that need to be
followed in earthquake resistant design and thereafter in construction.

Earth constitute one of the greatest hazards of life and property on the earth. Due to
suddenness of their occurrence, they are least understood and most dreaded. The earthquake
resistant construction is considered to be very important to mitigate their effects. This paper
presents the brief essentials of earthquake resistant construction using the technique of
“FLUID VISCOUS DAMPERS” to improve the resistance of building economically.

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 CONTENTS

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE NO.

Acknowledgement 3

Declaration 4

Abstract 5

Contents 6

CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTIONS

1.1 Introduction to earthquake resisting structures 9

1.2 Introduction to Fluid Viscous Dampers 9
1.3 Types of materials used for Dampers 9
1.4 Benefits of Fluid Viscous Dampers 10
1.5 Objective of this project 10

CHAPTER-2 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Literature review 11

2.2 Summary of literature review 12

CHAPTER -3 METHODOLOY
3.1 Introduction to methodology 13

3.2 Structural Properties and Modelling 13

CHAPTER 4 STORY DRIFTS AND DISPLACEMENTS

4.1 Story Drift 15

4.2 Story Displacements 18

CHAPTER-5 RESULTS AFTER ANALYSING

5.1 Maximum Story Drift 21

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CHAPTER-6 CONCLUSIONS 23

REFERENCES 24

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