Optimal Arrangement of Energy-Dissipating Members for Seismic Retrofitting of Truss Structures

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.