COMPOSITE DISC AXIAL DAMPENER FOR BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES

摘要

A seismic axial dampener device is constructed of a multitude of composite or metallic conical compression discs and an exo-structure capable of dampening both tension and compression cycles of a building structure due to a seismic, explosion, or wind event. The dampener reacts and dampens the loading in both tension and compression along the axis of the cross brace in linear-elastic bending, creating internal hoop stress, and not through shear of the dampener device.

主权项

1. A dampening device comprising:
a plurality of discs disposed coaxially to form a disc stack,
each disc having a concave surface and a substantially perpendicular convex surface,the discs disposed in pairs such that the convex surfaces of alternating pairs are oriented in substantially opposed directions.