JP2013163891A - Brace damper - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a brace damper capable of increasing bearing force in a longitudinal direction while suppressing a manufacturing cost.SOLUTION: A brace damper 1 comprises: a main core material 10 which is formed in the shape of a plate, and in which the width of a central part 11 is smaller than the width of both ends in a longitudinal direction F; auxiliary core materials 20 each of which is arranged on one side of the main core material in the main core material thickness direction D, the auxiliary core materials 20 having ends in the longitudinal direction being fixed to the ends of the main core material, respectively, and having the width of a central part 21 being smaller than the width of both ends in a longitudinal direction; a pair of holding members 30 which are arranged so as to sandwich the main core material and the auxiliary core materials in the thickness direction, the pair of the holding members having ends in the longitudinal direction being fixed to the ends of the main core material, respectively; and a pair of connection members 40 which connect the ends of the main core material in the width direction to each other in respective holding members.

Description

  The present invention relates to a brace damper that is installed as a brace in a building and also functions as a damper that absorbs vibration energy of the building.

  In order to reduce the responsiveness of buildings to earthquakes and strong winds, dampers are installed at important points in the buildings. In recent earthquake damage to buildings, damage due to brace buckling is often seen. Therefore, for example, the use of a brace damper disclosed in Patent Document 1 has been widely studied.

The brace damper of Patent Document 1 includes a brace core made of a strip-shaped steel plate, a pair of groove steels (sandwich members) arranged so as to sandwich the brace core from both sides, and a flange of the groove steel And a cover plate (connecting member) for connecting the parts across the brace core.
A yielding portion formed so as to have a smaller cross-section than both end portions is formed at an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the brace core material. When the brace damper receives a force of a predetermined level or more in the longitudinal direction, the yielding portion yields a damping effect, and the vibration energy acting on the brace damper can be absorbed.

JP 2009-019425 A

  In general, since the proof strength of the brace damper is determined by the cross-sectional area of a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the core material, it is necessary to increase the cross-sectional area in order to increase the proof strength while using the same steel material. To increase the cross-sectional area of the core material, increase the plate thickness (length in the thickness direction of the core material), increase the width, or both main surfaces of the main flat steel There is a method of enlarging the above-mentioned cross section by welding other flat bars perpendicularly to the above. However, these methods have the following problems.

First, when the plate thickness of the core material is increased, the price of the core material becomes higher due to restrictions by the standards of the steel manufacturer. In particular, when low yield point steel is used for the core material, it is necessary to have a thickness of 40 mm or less in order to receive the approval of the minister, and it is not possible to cope with the case where the thickness exceeds 40 mm.
When the width of the core material is increased, the outer shape of the brace damper is increased. In addition, the grooved steel used to sandwich the core material to prevent buckling of the core material is also large, and it is difficult to prevent buckling of the core material at low cost by using a standard material for the grooved steel. Become.

On the other hand, if the cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the core material is a cruciform shape, it is necessary to weld to form the yield portion, and the fatigue performance of the core material will be reduced. In addition, as a method of restraining a core material for buckling prevention that has been put into practical use as a conventional technique, the above-mentioned cross section has a cross-shaped core material arranged with concrete, or the cross-shaped core material has a circumferential direction. There is a method of connecting a pair of adjacent protrusions with angle irons.
The former method of arranging concrete has a problem that the weight of the brace damper increases and the manufacturing cost increases. In the latter method using angle iron, the standard angle steel cannot be used or the manufacturing cost becomes high when the core material becomes large.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a problem, Comprising: It aims at providing the brace damper which can raise the yield strength of a longitudinal direction, suppressing manufacturing cost.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
A brace damper according to the present invention is formed in a plate shape, and a main core material in which a width of a central part in a longitudinal direction is formed narrower than a width of both end parts, and a thickness direction of the main core material with respect to the main core material An auxiliary core member disposed on one side and having an end portion in the longitudinal direction fixed to the end portion of the main core member, and a width of a central portion in the longitudinal direction narrower than a width of both end portions; A pair of holding members which are arranged so as to sandwich the main core material and the auxiliary core material in the thickness direction, and whose end portions in the longitudinal direction are respectively fixed to the end portions of the main core material, A pair of connecting members that connect ends in the width direction of the main core member of the holding member.

In the brace damper described above, it is more preferable that a pair of the auxiliary core members are disposed so as to sandwich the main core member in the thickness direction.
Further, the brace damper described above preferably includes an elastic member disposed between the auxiliary core member and the holding member.

Further, the brace damper described above preferably includes a reinforcing member provided on the side opposite to the auxiliary core member in the holding member.
In the brace damper, the length of the auxiliary core member in the thickness direction is more preferably set shorter than the length of the main core member in the thickness direction.

  According to the brace damper of the present invention, the yield strength in the longitudinal direction can be increased while suppressing the manufacturing cost.

It is a side view of the brace damper of one embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing of cutting line A1-A1 in FIG. It is a side view of the center member of the brace damper. It is sectional drawing of cutting line A2-A2 in FIG. It is a side view of the thickening member of the brace damper. It is a top view of the center member and thickening member in the brace damper. It is sectional drawing of cutting line A3-A3 in FIG. It is principal part sectional drawing of the brace damper in embodiment of the modification of this invention. It is principal part sectional drawing of the brace damper in embodiment of the modification of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a brace damper according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the brace damper 1 of the present embodiment sandwiches a central member (main core material) 10 formed in a plate shape and the central member 10 in the thickness direction D of the central member 10. A pair of thickening members (auxiliary core members) 20 disposed in the pair, and a pair of channel steel (nipping members) 30 disposed so as to sandwich the central member 10 and the thickening member 20 in the thickness direction D; A pair of cover plates (connecting members) 40 that connect the ends of the center member 10 in the width direction E of the channel steel 30 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, the center member 10 has a length in the width direction E (hereinafter simply referred to as “width”) of the center portion 11 in the longitudinal direction F of the center member 10. It is formed narrower than the width. In this example, the central portion 11 is formed by cutting out both sides in the width direction E in the central portion 11 in the longitudinal direction F of the central member 10. The central member 10 is a minimum cross-sectional portion having the smallest cross-sectional area in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction F in the central portion 11, that is, a yield portion that is easy to yield.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a main flange 13 is provided at each edge portion in the width direction E of the end portion 12 of the center member 10. The end 12 of the central member 10 provided with the main flange 13 is formed in an H shape when viewed in the longitudinal direction F. A fixing through hole 12a and a through hole 13a are formed in the end 12 of the center member 10 and the main flange 13, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the thickening member 20 is formed in a plate shape, and the width of the central portion 21 in the longitudinal direction F is narrower than the width of both end portions 22 in the longitudinal direction F. . In this example, the central portion 21 is formed by notching both sides in the width direction E in the central portion 21 in the longitudinal direction F of the thickening member 20.
The length of the thickening member 20 in the thickness direction D (hereinafter simply referred to as “thickness”) is set shorter (thinner) than the thickness of the central member 10. The thickness of the thickening member 20 is preferably set to 0.6 times or less the thickness of the central member 10. The thickening member 20 is arranged so that its own thickness direction is parallel to the thickness direction D of the central member 10. The thickening member 20 serves as a minimum cross-sectional portion having a smallest cross-sectional area by a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal direction F, that is, a yield portion, in the central portion 21.
As the center member 10 and the thickening member 20, for example, a low yield point steel for building structures such as LY100 and LY255, and a rolled steel material for building structures such as SN400 can be suitably used.

The thickening member 20 is fixed to the center member 10 by welding its end 22 to the end 12 of the center member 10. That is, the central member 10 and the pair of thickening members 20 are integrated at the end portions 12 and 22 of the central member 10 and the thickening member 20, and the core material of the brace damper 1 is configured by three plate-like members. . The central part 11 of the central member 10 and the central part 21 of the thickening member 20 are not connected by welding and are merely arranged adjacent to each other.
In FIG. 6, a welding portion 26 between the center member 10 and the thickening member 20 is shown. In the present embodiment, when the thickening member 20 is fixed to the central member 10, the central portion 11 of the central member 10 and the central portion 21 of the thickening member 20 overlap each other when viewed in the thickness direction D. Has been. That is, the widths of the central portion 11 of the central member 10 and the central portion 21 of the thickening member 20 are set equal.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, a rubber sheet (elastic member) 50 is disposed between the thickening member 20 and the channel steel 30. As the rubber sheet 50, a polymer material such as chloroprene rubber can be appropriately selected and used. The rubber sheet 50 is assembled, for example, in a state where it is affixed to the web portion 31 of the channel steel 30 in advance, and is disposed between the thickening member 20 and the web portion 31.

As shown in FIG. 1, the end portion 35 in the longitudinal direction F of the channel steel 30 is fixed to the end portion 12 of the center member 10 and the end portion 22 of the thickening member 20 by the above-described welded portion 26. As shown in FIG. 2, a through hole 32 a extending in the width direction E is formed in the flange portion 32 of the channel steel 30.
In this example, the grooved steel 30 is formed so as to protrude from the central member 10 and the thickening member 20 in the width direction E, so that the gap between the central member 10 and the thickening member 20 and the cover plate 40 is increased. A gap S is formed in the gap.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a reinforcing member 60 is provided on the opposite side of the web portion 31 from the rubber sheet 50. In the present embodiment, the reinforcing member 60 is configured in a lattice shape by a lateral rib 61 extending in the longitudinal direction F between the pair of flange portions 32 and a longitudinal rib 62 extending in the width direction E so as to be orthogonal to the lateral rib 61. Has been. The ribs 61 and 62 provided on the channel steel 30 are formed so as not to protrude to the outside from between a pair of flange portions 32 of the channel steel 30.
In this example, the lateral rib 61 is not provided in a range that becomes a part of the central portion 11 of the central member 10 in the longitudinal direction F. The horizontal rib 61 and the vertical rib 62 are connected to the grooved steel 30 by welding and are also connected to each other by welding.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cover plate 40 has a through hole 41 extending in the width direction E. The cover plate 40 is fixed to the channel steel 30 by high strength bolts 66 inserted through the through holes 32a and 41.

In the brace damper 1 configured as described above, the cross-sectional areas of the central member 10 and the thickening member 20 that determine the performance as the damper are the same as the section of the central portion 11 of the central member 10 and the central portion 21 of the thickening member 20. It becomes the area.
As with the conventional brace, the brace damper 1 is a bolt inserted into both ends of the brace damper 1 in the longitudinal direction F, that is, through the through holes 12a and 13a formed in the both ends 12 of the center member 10 and the main flange 13. Join the building body (not shown).
At this time, since the central member 10 and the pair of thickening members 20 are sandwiched between the grooved steels 30 in the thickness direction D, the grooved steel 30 effectively buckles the central member 10 and the pair of thickening members 20. Therefore, the buckling strength is excellent. Further, when the brace damper 1 receives a variable load of tension or compression in the longitudinal direction F, the central portions 11 and 21 of the center member 10 and the thickening member 20 are deformed in the longitudinal direction F and yield, thereby a damping effect. The central member 10 and the thickening member 20 function as a steel material damper.
At this time, since the rubber sheet 50 is disposed between the thickening member 20 and the grooved steel 30, the thickening member 20 moves relative to the grooved steel 30 so as to slide relative to the longitudinal direction F. Can do.

  Thus, the brace damper 1 has both a function as a brace and a function as a damper. By installing the brace damper 1 in the building, an excellent stiffening effect on the building and a vibration energy absorbing effect can be exhibited simultaneously.

As described above, according to the brace damper 1 of the present embodiment, the core member is constituted by the center member 10 and the pair of thickening members 20. In order to increase the proof stress in the longitudinal direction F of the core material, it is necessary to set the thickness of the core material thick. However, in the brace damper 1, the core material has a central member 10 and a pair of thickening members 20 in the thickness direction D. It is divided into For this reason, even if the thickness of the core material exceeds 40 mm, for example, the core material is divided into the central member 10 and the thickening member 20 so that each thickness is 40 mm or less. A standard low yield point steel can be used for the central member 10 and the thickening member 20. Thereby, the manufacturing cost of the brace damper 1 can be suppressed.
Since the proof stress in the longitudinal direction F of the core material is increased by overlapping a plurality of plate-like members in the thickness direction D, the width of the core material does not increase. For this reason, the width | variety of the grooved steel 30 does not become long, the standard goods similar to the past can be used as a grooved steel, and the manufacturing cost of the brace damper 1 can be suppressed. In this case, the ratio of the cost of the channel steel 30 to the manufacturing cost of the entire brace damper decreases.

The central part 11 of the central member 10 and the central part 21 of the thickening member 20 are not connected by welding. Therefore, the material and physical properties of the central portions 11 and 21 can be prevented from being locally changed by welding, and the fatigue performance of the brace damper 1 as a damper can be improved. Moreover, the proof stress of the brace damper 1 can be increased by ensuring a large cross-sectional area of the central portions 11 and 21 as yielding portions.
Since the brace damper 1 of this embodiment can be configured by simply welding the end portion 12 of the center member 10 and the end portion 22 of the thickening member 20 with respect to a conventional so-called CS damper, the strength of the brace damper is increased. An increase in manufacturing cost can be suppressed.

A pair of thickening members 20 are arranged so as to sandwich the central member 10 in the thickness direction D. For this reason, when the brace damper 1 receives a load in the longitudinal direction F, it is possible to suppress the core material from being bent eccentrically, that is, to bend in the thickness direction D.
A rubber sheet 50 is disposed between the thickening member 20 and the channel steel 30. Therefore, the thickening member 20 and the channel steel 30 can be easily moved relative to each other in the longitudinal direction F, and the core material can be stably yielded.

The grooved steel 30 is provided with a reinforcing member 60. Thereby, the cross-sectional secondary moment of the channel steel 30 provided with the reinforcing member 60 can be increased, and the bending rigidity of the brace damper 1 can be increased.
The ribs 61 and 62 are formed so as not to protrude to the outside from between a pair of flange portions 32 of the channel steel 30 provided with the ribs 61 and 62. Thereby, the external shape of the brace damper 1 provided with the reinforcing member 60 can be suppressed small.
Since the thickness of the thickening member 20 is set to be thinner than the thickness of the central member 10, the central portion 21 of the thickening member 20 is more likely to buckle than the central portion 11 of the central member 10. However, since the thickening member 20 is constrained in the thickness direction D by the central member 10 and the channel steel 30, the thickening member 20 is in a higher order mode even if the central portion 21 of the thickening member 20 buckles. Only by shifting (one wavelength of the thickening member 20 which becomes a waveform when the thickening member 20 buckles), the longitudinal strength F of the thickening member 20 does not decrease and the longitudinal direction F decreases. In addition, it has been confirmed that the central member 10 and the thickening member 20 can be integrated to resist the load.
In this way, even if the core material is divided in the thickness direction D and the thickness per sheet is reduced, if the performance of the channel steel 30 is sufficiently secured, the brace damper is caused by the buckling of the core material. The yield strength of 1 does not decrease.

A gap S is formed between the center member 10 and the thickening member 20 and the cover plate 40. Therefore, the central member 10 and the thickening member 20 can be moved relatively in the longitudinal direction F with respect to the cover plate 40, and the central portions 11 and 21 can be easily deformed to yield.
In the present embodiment, setting the thickness of the thickening member 20 to be not more than 0.6 times the thickness of the central member 10 is not essential as a design condition. However, with such a configuration, the length of the H-shaped cross section (joined portion) at both ends of the brace damper 1 and the flange thickness can be accommodated in a realistic size without being excessive.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the portion 61 a closer to the end 12 than the longitudinal rib 62 closest to the end 12 in the horizontal rib 61 may not be provided in the web portion 31.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the concrete structure is not restricted to this embodiment, The change of the structure of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, etc. are included.
For example, in the embodiment, the central member 10 and the thickening member 20 are formed of the same material. However, the center member 10 and the thickening member 20 may be formed of different materials as long as they are formed of low yield point steel or rolled steel for building structures.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, the reinforcement member 60 was comprised by the grid | lattice shape seeing in the thickness direction D. As shown in FIG. However, the shape of the reinforcing member is not limited to this. For example, a reinforcing member 70 may be provided instead of the reinforcing member 60 in the brace damper 1 of the above-described embodiment as in the brace damper 2 shown in FIG.
The reinforcing member 70 includes an angle member 71 disposed so as to extend in the longitudinal direction F and the above-described vertical rib 62. The angle member 71 has a V-shaped cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction F.
The end portion 71a of the angle member 71 is connected to the web portion 31 of the channel steel 30 by welding, and the angle member 71 and the vertical rib 62 are connected to each other by welding.
By configuring the reinforcing member 70 in this way, the cross-sectional secondary moment of the reinforcing member 70 can be increased, and the bending rigidity of the brace damper 2 can be further increased. Moreover, since the web part 31 of the channel steel 30 is restrained at two places in the width direction E by the angle member 71, it is possible to effectively prevent the buckling accompanying the rotational twist of the core member.

  In this modification, the cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the longitudinal direction F of the angle member is not limited to the V shape, and may be a shape in which a plurality of line segments such as a U shape are connected, an arc shape, or the like.

Further, as in the brace damper 3 shown in FIG. 9, a rib member 81 provided on the cover plate 40 may be provided instead of the lateral rib 61 of the reinforcing member 60 in the brace damper 1 of the above embodiment. The rib members 81 are formed so as to extend in the longitudinal direction F, and are disposed at both ends of the cover plate 40 in the thickness direction D. The rib member 81 is connected to the cover plate 40 by welding or the like.
Also by configuring the brace damper 3 in this way, the bending rigidity of the brace damper 3 can be further increased.
Instead of the cover plate 40 and the rib member 81, a grooved steel having a cross-sectional shape that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction F may be provided.

In the embodiment, the core material of the brace damper 1 is configured by integrating the center member 10 and the pair of thickening members 20. However, the number of plate-like members constituting the core material of the brace damper 1 is not limited, and the core material may be constituted by the central member 10 and one or more thickening members 20. When the number of the thickening member 20 is one, the thickening member 20 is disposed only in one of the width directions E with respect to the central member 10.
The end 12 of the central member 10 joined to the building body in the brace damper 1 is formed in an H shape when viewed in the longitudinal direction F in the embodiment. It is preferable to adjust the mounting position of the main flange so that the shape of the end portion of the brace damper is, for example, a cross shape in the longitudinal direction F according to the building body and the joint strength.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, when the frictional force between the thickening member 20 and the channel steel 30 is small, the rubber sheet 50 does not need to be provided in the brace damper 1. FIG.
When the load acting on the brace damper 1 is relatively small, the brace damper 1 may not be provided with the reinforcing member 60.

1, 2, 3 Brace damper 10 Central member (main core material)
11, 21 Central part 12, 22, 35 End part 20 Thickening member (auxiliary core material)
30 Channel steel (clamping member)
40 Cover plate (connection member)
50 Rubber sheet (elastic member)
60, 70 Reinforcement member D Thickness direction E Width direction F Longitudinal direction

Claims (5)

A main core material formed in a plate shape, the width of the central portion in the longitudinal direction being narrower than the width of both ends;
It is arranged on one side of the main core material in the thickness direction of the main core material, the end in the longitudinal direction is fixed to the end of the main core material, and the width of the central portion in the longitudinal direction is An auxiliary core formed narrower than the width of both ends,
A pair of sandwiching members disposed so as to sandwich the main core material and the auxiliary core material in the thickness direction, wherein the end portions in the longitudinal direction are respectively fixed to the end portions of the main core material;
A pair of connecting members that connect the ends of the main core member in the width direction of each of the holding members;
Brace damper characterized by comprising.   The brace damper according to claim 1, wherein a pair of the auxiliary core members are arranged so as to sandwich the main core member in the thickness direction.   The brace damper according to claim 1, further comprising an elastic member disposed between the auxiliary core member and the holding member.   The brace damper according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a reinforcing member provided on a side opposite to the auxiliary core member in the holding member.   The brace according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a length of the auxiliary core member in the thickness direction is set shorter than a length of the main core member in the thickness direction. Damper.

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