This thesis discusses the dynamic response of a multi-storey building during an earthquake.
When a sudden movement of the ground occurs, buildings start to oscillate,
which can cause their collapse, so vibration damping systems such as tuned mass dampers
are added to them. This knowledge can help us prevent the dangerous consequences
of earthquakes. The introduction of the thesis explains the basics of seismology and
oscillations of structures. These are represented by the equation of motion, the solution
of which is the dynamic response obtained by numerical integration. The methodology
part of the thesis starts by validating the numerical integration in the programming
language Python for sinusoidal excitation of the ground and then apply the results on
the real seismic data. Responses are evaluated on the multi-storey building by adding a
tuned mass damper with different input parameters. The final results show the effectiveness
of adding a tuned mass damper only when the parameters are chosen correctly,
because incorrectly selected characteristics can also increase the response.
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