IP Library Granted Patent US 12,442,183
Granted Patent B1
US 12,442,183 · App. 19/192,359 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Method for design of seismic-damping partition wall with variable friction energy dissipation

Inventors: Junxian Zhao (Guangzhou, CN); Hao Qin (Guangzhou, CN); Zhaoxun Yuan (Guangzhou, CN); Jinkun Wang (Guangzhou, CN)
Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
E04B1/98E04B2/74E04H9/021E04C2/30E04C2/44E04H9/022E04H9/028
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Patent No.
US 12,442,183
App. No.
19/192,359
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction-force energy dissipation provided by the present application includes the following steps: building a bare frame model without considering lateral resisting stiffness of a partition wall, and calculating an inter-story shear force and an inter-story displacement of a structure under action of an earthquake; calculating an elastic strain energy of the structure, and determining an expected additional damping ratio provided by a seismic-damping partition wall for the structure; determining a friction damping force-sliding displacement curve of a single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels, and establishing a relational expression between a total friction hysteretic energy and a friction damping force and a target sliding displacement of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels, and the seismic resilience of the partition wall and the structure can be synergistically improved.

Claims (578)

1. A method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation, wherein the seismic-damping partition wall comprises a peripheral frame and a single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels arranged in the peripheral frame, upper encased reinforcing boxes and lower encased reinforcing boxes are arranged at corners of a top end and a bottom end of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels, respectively, elastic members are arranged between the upper encased reinforcing boxes and the peripheral frame, partial backing plates are arranged at a bottom of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels and below the lower encased reinforcing boxes, the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels comprises a plurality of partition wall panels, and anti-shear connecting members are arranged between adjacent partition wall panels; and the method comprises following steps:

step 1: building a bare frame structure model without considering lateral resisting stiffness of a partition wall, and calculating an inter-story shear force and an inter-story displacement of a structure under action of an earthquake;

step 2: according to the inter-story shear force and the inter-story displacement obtained in step 1, calculating an elastic strain energy W e of the structure, and determining an expected additional damping ratio ξ a0 provided by a seismic-damping partition wall in the structure for the structure;

step 3: according to a friction damping force-sliding displacement curve of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels, establishing a relational expression between a total friction hysteretic energy W d of the seismic-damping partition wall in the structure and a first friction damping force F Hu1 , a second friction damping force F Hu2 and a target sliding displacement Δ H of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels, and calculating the total friction hysteretic energy W d :

W

d

=

W

d

,

i

=

(

2

F

H

0

,

i

+

F

Hu

1

,

i

+

F

Hu

2

,

i

)

Δ

H

,

i

F

H

0

,

i

=

n

F

H

0

F

Hu

1

,

i

=

n

F

H

u

1

F

Hu

2

,

i

=

n

F

H

u

2

where W d,i is a total friction hysteretic energy of all the single groups of seismic-damping partition wall panels of an ith story of the structure; n is a number of seismic-damping partition walls or seismic-damping partition wall groups of the ith story: Δ H,i is a target sliding displacement of a single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels of the 4 th story: F H0,i is a total sliding occurrence force of all the single groups of seismic-damping partition wall panels of the ith story; F H0 is a sliding occurrence force of a single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels of the ith story, calculated according to a sliding friction coefficient and a gravity of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; F Hu1,i is a sum of first friction damping forces of all the single groups of seismic-damping partition wall panels of the ith story; F Hu1 is a first friction damping force of a corresponding single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; F Hu2,i is a sum of second friction damping forces of all the single groups of seismic-damping partition wall panels of the ith story; and F Hu2 is a second friction damping force of a corresponding single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels;

wherein abscissas of the friction damping force-sliding displacement curve of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels represent a sliding displacement Δ w of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels, ordinates represent a friction damping force F H of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels, and the friction damping force-sliding displacement curve of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels is determined by means of a plurality of feature points in end-to-end connection closure on the friction damping force-sliding displacement curve of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels;

wherein a number of the feature points is 7, and the 7 feature points are defined as point 0 and point a to point f; the point 0 is coordinate point 0; the point a is a feature point when the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels slides just after overcoming a maximum static friction, and corresponding coordinates are (0, F H0 ), where F H0 is a sliding occurrence force of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; point b is a feature point where the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels slides from the point a to a positive target sliding displacement Δ H , and corresponding coordinates are (Δ H , F Hu1 ), where F Hu1 is a friction damping force of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels in this state; point c is a feature point where the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels just changes when sliding back from a positive target sliding displacement Δ H point to the point 0, and at this moment, it is considered that a sliding displacement of the partition wall remains unchanged, i.e., Δ w =Δ H , but a direction and a magnitude of the friction damping force change, and corresponding coordinates are (Δ H , −F Hu2 ), where −F Hu2 is a friction damping force of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels in this state; point d is a feature point where the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels slides back from the point c to the point 0, and corresponding coordinates are (0, −F H0 ), where −F H0 is a friction damping force of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels in this state; point e is a feature point where the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels slides from the point d to a negative target sliding displacement −Δ H , and corresponding coordinates are (group −Δ H , −F Hu1 ), where −F Hu1 is a friction damping force of the single of seismic-damping partition wall panels in this state; the point f is a feature point where the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels just changes when sliding back from a negative target sliding displacement −Δ H point to the point 0, and corresponding coordinates are (−Δ H , F Hu2 ), where F Hu2 is a friction damping force of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels in this state

step 4: solving a calculated additional damping ratio ξ a provided by the seismic-damping partition wall for the structure, and subjecting the calculated additional damping ratio ξ a and the expected additional damping ratio ξ a0 to simultaneous comparison; if an expected design target is satisfied, i.e., ξ a ≥ξ a0 , determining the first friction damping force F Hu1 and the second friction damping force F Hu2 of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; otherwise, continuing to adjust until the expected design target is satisfied, wherein a formula for the calculated additional damping ratio ξ a is:

ξ

a

=

W

d

4

π

W

e

ξ

a

0

step 5: according to vertical compression requirements and elastic deformation requirements of the elastic members in the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels, designing construction of the elastic members, wherein an actual vertical stiffness design value K B,d and an elastic deformation requirement Δ y of the elastic members need to simultaneously satisfy following formulas:

K

B

,

d

=

γ

K

B

=

γ

F

B

φ

L

B

λ

Δ

y

φ

L

B

λ

where γ is a design tolerance; K B is a theoretical required vertical stiffness value of the elastic members; F B is a vertical compression of the elastic members against the seismic-damping partition wall; φ is an inter-story displacement ratio of the peripheral frame where the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels is located; L B is a vertical distance from a down-press point of the elastic members to a central line of a column section; and λ is a coefficient of variation between a rigid body frame deformation mechanism and an actual frame deformation mechanism;

step 6: according to the first friction damping force F Hu1 of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels, calculating an anti-shear bearing force V s at a connection between the anti-shear connecting members, and designing a form and construction of connection between the anti-shear connecting members;

step 7: performing damage control check on concrete wall panels near the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; and

step 8: completing the design of the seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation.

2. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 1 , wherein a calculation formula for the elastic strain energy of the structure in step 2 is:

W

e

=

W

e

,

i

=

1

2

Q

i

Δ

i

where W e,i is an elastic strain energy of the ith story of the structure; Q i is an W inter-story shear force of the ith story of the structure; and Δ i is an inter-story displacement of the ith story of the structure.

3. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 1 , wherein the expected additional damping ratio ξ a0 provided by the seismic-damping partition wall for the structure in step 2 is determined according to the inter-story displacement ratio of the structure.

4. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 1 , wherein the first friction damping force F Hu1 and the second friction damping force F Hu2 are calculated by means of the following formula:

F

H

u

1

=

κ

1

-

κ

μ

2

S

(

F

B

+

G

w

)

F

H

u

2

=

κ

1

-

κ

μ

2

S

(

F

B

+

G

w

)

κ

=

μ

1

S

η

1

+

μ

1

S

η

2

+

μ

1

C

η

3

κ

=

μ

1

S

η

1

+

μ

1

S

η

2

+

μ

1

C

η

3

where F B is a vertical compression of the elastic members against the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; G w is a total gravity of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; μ 1S and μ 1C are a coefficient of friction between the lower encased reinforcing boxes in the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels and the partial backing plates, and a coefficient of friction between concrete-friction seismic-damping layers, respectively; μ 2S is a coefficient of friction between a top sliding driving point of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels and a horizontal force transmission member; η 1 and η 2 are coefficients of distribution of normal compressions at two corners of a bottom surface of the partition wall when the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels slides from the point 0 to a positive or negative target sliding displacement; η 3 is a coefficient of distribution of a normal compression in a middle of the bottom surface of the partition wall when the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels slides from the point 0 to the positive or negative target sliding displacement; n′ 1 and n′ 2 are coefficients of distribution of normal compressions at the two corners of the bottom surface of the partition wall when the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels slides back from the positive or negative target sliding displacement to the point 0; η′ 3 is a coefficient of distribution of a normal compression in the middle of the bottom surface of the partition wall when the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels slides back from the positive or negative target sliding displacement to the point 0; κ is a coefficient of calculation of the first friction damping force; and κ′ is a coefficient of calculation of the second friction damping force.

5. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 1 , wherein in step 4, according to actual engineering requirements, the inter-story shear force and the elastic strain energy of the structure are corrected by considering a friction damping force, then a relationship between a corrected calculated additional damping ratio ξ′ a and the expected additional damping ratio ξ a0 are checked, and the corrected calculated additional damping ratio ξ′ a is adjusted to satisfy a design target.

6. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic members in step 5 are constructed and designed according to requirements of the first friction damping force F Hu1 and the second friction damping force F Hu2 of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels and the elastic deformation requirements of the elastic members.

7. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-shear bearing force V s of the anti-shear connecting members in step 6 is proposed based on a control target in which the partition wall panels in the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels do not rock and a relative sliding deformation does not occur between the partition wall panels, and the anti-shear bearing force V s needs to satisfy

V

s

ψ

V

V

=

F

H

u

1

(

h

w

-

μ

2

S

b

w

)

-

F

B

x

-

G

w

1

b

w

/

2

μ

1

C

β

h

1

-

(

G

w

-

G

w

1

)

where ψ is a coefficient of adjustment of a shear force at a connection between single anti-shear connecting members; V is a maximum critical shear force expected to be borne by the connection between the anti-shear connecting members; h w is a distance from a bottom surface of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels to a top sliding driving point; μ 2S is a coefficient of friction between the top sliding driving point of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels and a horizontal force transmission member; b w is a width of a single partition wall panel in the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; F B is a vertical compression of the elastic members against the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; x is a distance from an acting point of a concentrated load of the elastic members to a right edge of a first partition wall panel; G w1 is a gravity of the first partition wall panel in the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; G w is a total gravity of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; μ 1C is a coefficient of friction between concrete-friction seismic-damping layers; β is a safety reserve factor; and h 1 is a distance from an acting point of a horizontal resistance force borne by the first partition wall panel to a bottom surface of the first partition wall panel.

8. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 1 , wherein a method for damage control check of the seismic-damping partition wall in step 7 is proposed on a premise that concrete in encased reinforcing boxes at corners of the seismic-damping partition wall is not broken prior to concrete outside the encased reinforcing boxes, and the method for check is:

σ

c

[

α

f

c

]

σ

c

=

μ

2

S

F

H

u

1

+

F

B

+

G

w

ω

A

c

where σ c is a compressive stress of concrete near the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; α is a safety factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; ƒ c is an axial compressive strength of a concrete material in the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels: μ 2S is a coefficient of friction between a top sliding driving point of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels and a horizontal force transmission member; F Hu1 is a first friction damping force of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels: ω is an area reduction factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; A c is a projection area of the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the seismic-damping partition wall; F B is vertical compression of the elastic members against the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; and G w is a total gravity of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels.

9. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 2 , wherein a method for damage control check of the seismic-damping partition wall in step 7 is proposed on a premise that concrete in encased reinforcing boxes at corners of the seismic-damping partition wall is not broken prior to concrete outside the encased reinforcing boxes, and the method for check is:

σ

c

[

α

f

c

]

σ

c

=

μ

2

S

F

H

u

1

+

F

B

+

G

w

ω

A

c

where σ c is a compressive stress of concrete near the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; α is a safety factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; ƒ c is an axial compressive strength of a concrete material in the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; μ 2S is a coefficient of friction between a top sliding driving point of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels and a horizontal force transmission member; F Hu1 is a first friction damping force of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; ω is an area reduction factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; A c is a projection area of the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the seismic-damping partition wall; F B is vertical compression of the elastic members against the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; and G w is a total gravity of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels.

10. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 3 , wherein a method for damage control check of the seismic-damping partition wall in step 7 is proposed on a premise that concrete in encased reinforcing boxes at corners of the seismic-damping partition wall is not broken prior to concrete outside the encased reinforcing boxes, and the method for check is:

σ

c

[

α

f

c

]

σ

c

=

μ

2

S

F

H

u

1

+

F

B

+

G

w

ω

A

c

where σ c is a compressive stress of concrete near the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; α is a safety factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; ƒ c is an axial compressive strength of a concrete material in the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; μ 2S is a coefficient of friction between a top sliding driving point of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels and a horizontal force transmission member; F Hu1 is a first friction damping force of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; ω is an area reduction factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; A c is a projection area of the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the seismic-damping partition wall; F B is vertical compression of the elastic members against the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; and G w is a total gravity of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels.

11. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 4 , wherein a method for damage control check of the seismic-damping partition wall in step 7 is proposed on a premise that concrete in encased reinforcing boxes at corners of the seismic-damping partition wall is not broken prior to concrete outside the encased reinforcing boxes, and the method for check is:

σ

c

[

α

f

c

]

σ

c

=

μ

2

S

F

H

u

1

+

F

B

+

G

w

ω

A

c

where σ c is a compressive stress of concrete near the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels: α is a safety factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; ƒ c is an axial compressive strength of a concrete material in the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; μ 2S is a coefficient of friction between a top sliding driving point of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels and a horizontal force transmission member; F Hu1 is a first friction damping force of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; ω is an area reduction factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; A c is a projection area of the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the seismic-damping partition wall; F B is vertical compression of the elastic members against the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; and G w is a total gravity of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels.

12. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 5 , wherein a method for damage control check of the seismic-damping partition wall in step 7 is proposed on a premise that concrete in encased reinforcing boxes at corners of the seismic-damping partition wall is not broken prior to concrete outside the encased reinforcing boxes, and the method for check is:

σ

c

[

α

f

c

]

σ

c

=

μ

2

S

F

H

u

1

+

F

B

+

G

w

ω

A

c

where σ c is a compressive stress of concrete near the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; α is a safety factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; ƒ c is an axial compressive strength of a concrete material in the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; μ 2S is a coefficient of friction between a top sliding driving point of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels and a horizontal force transmission member; F Hu1 is a first friction damping force of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; ω is an area reduction factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; A c is a projection area of the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the seismic-damping partition wall; F B is vertical compression of the elastic members against the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; and G w is a total gravity of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels.

13. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 6 , wherein a method for damage control check of the seismic-damping partition wall in step 7 is proposed on a premise that concrete in encased reinforcing boxes at corners of the seismic-damping partition wall is not broken prior to concrete outside the encased reinforcing boxes, and the method for check is:

σ

c

[

α

f

c

]

σ

c

=

μ

2

S

F

H

u

1

+

F

B

+

G

w

ω

A

c

where σ c is a compressive stress of concrete near the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; α is a safety factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; ƒ c is an axial compressive strength of a concrete material in the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; μ 2S is a coefficient of friction between a top sliding driving point of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels and a horizontal force transmission member; F Hu1 is a first friction damping force of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels: ω is an area reduction factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; A c is a projection area of the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the seismic-damping partition wall; F B is vertical compression of the elastic members against the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; and G w is a total gravity of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels.

14. The method for design of a seismic-damping partition wall with variable-friction energy dissipation according to claim 7 , wherein a method for damage control check of the seismic-damping partition wall in step 7 is proposed on a premise that concrete in encased reinforcing boxes at corners of the seismic-damping partition wall is not broken prior to concrete outside the encased reinforcing boxes, and the method for check is:

σ

c

[

α

f

c

]

σ

c

=

μ

2

S

F

H

u

1

+

F

B

+

G

w

ω

A

c

where σ c is a compressive stress of concrete near the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; α is a safety factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; ƒ c is an axial compressive strength of a concrete material in the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; μ 2S is a coefficient of friction between a top sliding driving point of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels and a horizontal force transmission member; F Hu1 is a first friction damping force of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; ω is an area reduction factor when the damage control check is performed on the concrete wall panels; A c is a projection area of the lower encased reinforcing boxes of the seismic-damping partition wall; F B is vertical compression of the elastic members against the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels; and G w is a total gravity of the single group of seismic-damping partition wall panels.

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From: ZHAO, JUNXIAN; QIN, HAO; YUAN, ZHAOXUN; WANG, JINKUN
To: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
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