• 1Shaik Qamaruddin

Damping plays an important role in design of earthquake resistant structures. It reduces the response of the structure when they are subjected to lateral loads. There are many different types of dampers in use. In the present study Fluid Viscous Dampers (FVD) are used to evaluate the response of RC buildings. One of the important properties of structure is to receive the effect of lateral loads and transfer it to the foundation. Since the lateral loads acting on a structure due to earthquake are dynamic in nature, they cause vibrations in it. In order to handle these vibrations, fluid viscous dampers are used in the design of earthquake resistant structures. In this study, structures of square and rectangular shaped floor plan with columns of square and rectangular shaped cross- sections are analyzed. ETABS 2015 software is used for finding the response of the structures with and without FVD by performing push over and time history analyses. It is observed that the performance of the structures with square columns is better in terms of response when compared to the structures with rectangular columns irrespective of the shape of floor plan. In Time History analysis, up to 90% decrease in the time period is observed when FVD’s are used. FVD-250 reduced the base shear of the structures by 70%. Displacements of top storey are minimized by 90% with the use of FVD’s. Hence FVD’s can be used in RC multistoried structures to reduce the response effectively

Earthquake resistant structures, Fluid Viscous dampers (FVD), ETABS, push over analysis and time history analysis

"Seismic Response Study of Multi-Storied Reinforced Concrete Building with Fluid Viscous Dampers", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no.78-86, February-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR18MG016.pdf

"Seismic Response Study of Multi-Storied Reinforced Concrete Building with Fluid Viscous Dampers", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no. pp78-86, February-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR18MG016.pdf