Structural systems often fail at the cost of livelihood of their inhabitants due to their inability to properly dampen seismic forces. The objective of this research project is to discover the optimum ratio between the size of a structural system and that structure’s dampening equipment by utilizing a modeling tool created in MATLAB. The computer-generated
Faculty Mentor: Kristen Ward
Inducing Structural Stability by use of Dampeners on Structural Systems affected by Earthquakes
Modeling earthquake dampening methods will help optimize structural stability systems to prevent catastrophic failures.
