Investigation of the Effect of Tuned Mass Damper and Viscous Damper on Seismic Fragility of Performance-Optimized Steel Moment-Resisting Frames under Seismic Sequences

Subject Areas : Analysis of Structure and Earthquake

Ali Baghernia ¹ , Seyed Arash Mousavi Ghasemi ² , yousof zandi ³

1 - Department of Civil Engineering, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Department of Civil Engineering, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Department of Civil Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz Iran.

Received: 2025-05-16 Accepted : 2025-07-17 Published : 2025-09-17

Keywords: Performance-based optimization, center of mass algorithm, tuned mass damper, collapse capacity, seismic sequences, special steel moment-resisting frame, ,

Abstract :

The main objective of this research is to investigate the effect of tuned mass dampers (TMD) and viscous dampers on the seismic fragility of steel moment-resisting frames optimized based on performance with special ductility under seismic sequences. Therefore, the study includes two main phases. In the first phase, optimization within the framework of performance-based design of special steel moment-resisting frames has been conducted using a center of mass metaheuristic algorithm, with and without considering dampers, based on the ASCE41-13 code. In the final phase, the fragility of the optimized frames has been evaluated according to the criteria provided in FEMA P695, utilizing Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA). A 5-story frame is used as the numerical example in this study. OpenSees software was employed to obtain structural responses, and MATLAB was used to implement the performance-based design methodology. Based on the results, it was observed that increased weight does not necessarily lead to higher seismic safety or lower seismic fragility. Moreover, frames optimized with viscous dampers exhibited 10% and 13% less fragility compared to frames optimized with tuned mass dampers and frames without dampers, respectively, under seismic sequences in the 5-story frames studied.

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