Development of a new hexagonal honeycomb steel damper

• Main Authors: Javanmardi, Ahad, Ghaedi, Khaled, Ibrahim, Zainah, Huang, Fuyun, Xu, Pu
• Format: Article
• Published: Springernature 2020
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36679/

This paper presents a new metallic damper called hexagonal honeycomb steel damper (HHSD) for damage mitigation in structures subjected to earthquake excitations. The HHSD is composed of steel plates having several hexagonal and welded to the top and bottom anchor plates. The damper takes the advanta...