Research Article

Effectiveness of Friction Dampers in Seismic and Wind Response Control of Connected Adjacent Steel Buildings

Table 1

Modeling properties of the elastic-plastic friction damper (FD).

Properties of friction damperValues

Effective stiffness0
Stiffness5000k, k is the stiffness of each storey
Yield strength0.3 W, W is the storey weight
Postyield stiffness ratio1 × 10−6
Yielding coefficient20