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Investigation Of Ribbed Dome Including Tuned Mass Damper, Ali Parva Jan 2018

Investigation Of Ribbed Dome Including Tuned Mass Damper, Ali Parva

Civil & Environmental Engineering Master's Projects

This research report presents the outcome of an investigation of lightweight ribbed steel dome structure. The proposed ribbed dome structure is studied both numerically and experimentally under static, natural vibration, and base excitation conditions. The base excitation is considered in the form of a sinusoidal as well as seismic loading in the form of a scaled-down 1940 El Centro earthquake. A numerical study of the ribbed dome is also conducted including a tuned mass damper (TMD). The performance of the dome is also compared with that of a hexagonal vertical structure showing a superior response of the dome under seismic …