TY  - JOUR
AU  - Takeuchi, Toru 
AU  - Kinouchi, Yusuke 
AU  - Matsui, Ryota 
AU  - Ogawa, Toshiyuki 
PY  - 2015
TI  - Optimal Arrangement of Energy-Dissipating Members for Seismic Retrofitting of Truss Structures
JF  - American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
DO  - 10.3844/ajeassp.2015.455.464
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajeassp.2015.455.464
AB  - Although passive response control design is a popular method, an arrangement methodology for energy-dissipating devices in spatial structures has not been established yet. In this study, optimization techniques are applied to arrangements of energy-dissipating devices in truss tower structures. First, a response prediction rule using the response spectrum and the equivalent linearization method is proposed. Then, a genetic algorithm is applied to select the optimal arrangement of viscoelastic damper devices in truss tower structures. Additionally, the device arrangements determined by empirical design methods are compared with the optimal solutions.