Damping Technologies for Tall Buildings provides practical advice on the selection, design, installation and testing of damping systems. Richly illustrated with images and schematics, this book presents expert commentary on different damping systems, giving readers a way to accurately compare between different device categories and gain and understand the advantages and disadvantages of each. In addition, the book covers their economical and sustainability implications. Case studies are included to provide a direct understanding on the possible applications of each device category.
Damping Technologies for Tall Buildings provides practical advice on the selection, design, installation and testing of damping systems. Richly illustrated with images and schematics, this book presents expert commentary on different damping systems, giving readers a way to accurately compare between different device categories and gain and understand the advantages and disadvantages of each. In addition, the book covers their economical and sustainability implications. Case studies are included to provide a direct understanding on the possible applications of each device category.
Part 1: Need for Supplementary Damping Devices in Tall Buildings1.
Effect of Damping on Building Response2. Inherent Damping of Tall
Buildings3. Improved Resiliency Through damping4. Wind-Excited
Motion and Performance Objectives5. Earthquake-Excited Motion and
Performance Objectives6. Practical and Economic Considerations7.
Damping System Sustainability8. Alternative to Damping Devices
Part 2: Introduction to Supplementary Damping Devices9. Passive
Damping Systems10. Active, Semi-Active, and Hybrid Systems11.
Multiple Damping Strategies12. Comparison of Dampers in Tall
Buildings
Part 3: Design Procedures of Buildings with Damping Devices13.
Available Codes and Design Tools14. Passive Damping Systems15.
Active, Semi-Active and Hybrid Systems16. Tall Building Retrofit17.
Damper Strategy Optimization
Part 4: Building System Interaction18. Architectural Appearance19.
Elevators20. Mechanical Systems21. Façade
Part 5: Testing, Inspection and Maintenance21. Pre Installation
Tests22. Commissioning and System Tuning23. Fatigue of Dampers24.
Building Health Monitoring25. Ongoing Maintenance26. Post Extreme
Event Inspections27. Transportation, Construction and Care of
Works28. USRC Rating System
Part 6: Case Studies29. Distributed Damping Systems30. Isolated
Damping Systems
Part 6: Future of Damped Systems31. Wind Design32. Seismic
Design33. Future Design
Part 7: Conclusions34. Trend Data for Tall Buildings with Damped
Devices35. Design Considerations36. Design Optimization
Dr. Lago is involved in the research on “A study on the Damping
Technologies available for Tall Buildings: Comfort and Safety
sponsored by Bouygues Construction. His background is in
Architectural/Engineering with a bachelor/master degree from the
University of Padua. He additionally completed a master in Civil
Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr.
Trabucco is involved in teaching and research activities related to
tall buildings, including the LCA analysis of tall buildings,
service core design and issues pertaining the
renovation/refurbishment of tall buildings. Antony Wood has been
Executive Director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban
Habitat since 2006, responsible for the day-to-day running of the
Council and steering in conjunction with the Board of Trustees, of
which he is an ex-officio member.
Professor Wood is also a Research Professor in the College of
Architecture at IIT, at the Illinois Institute of Technology,
Chicago, and a visiting professor of tall buildings at Tongji
University Shanghai. A UK architect by training, his field of
specialty is the design, and the sustainable design, of tall
buildings. Prior to joining the Council and IIT, Antony was an
Associate Professor/Lecturer in Architecture at the University of
Nottingham in the UK from 2001–2006, where he ran the third and
fifth year programs respectively.
Antony worked as an architect in practice in Hong Kong, Bangkok,
Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and the UK, between 1991–2001. Some of the
projects he has been involved in these countries include the 11 No.
mixed office/residential tower project of SV City, Bangkok
(completed 1995), the 4 No. 44-story condominia project of Kuningan
Persada, Jakarta (1997) and the prestigious Kuala Lumpur Central
International Railway Terminal, Malaysia (completed 2001).
He is associate editor of the CTBUH Journal and is an editorial
board member of several journals. He is the author of numerous
books and papers in the fields of tall buildings, sustainability
and related areas.
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