Friction Damper with Coned disc springs

August, 2001
Obayashi Corporation
 Laminated Rubber Bearing

Lead plug

Natural Rubber Bearing Lead Rubber Bearing

High Damping Rubber Bearing

Damper Selection Line-up

Steel damper Oil damper

Lead damper Friction damper with

Coned disc springs
 Feature of Dampers

① Steel damper ③ Oil damper

Δ Energy Absorption ○ Energy Absorption
Δ Stroke limit Δ Stroke limit
Δ Directional operation X Directional operation (one direction)
X Load Support X Load Support

② Lead damper ④ Friction damper with

Δ Energy Absorption Coned disc springs
Δ Stroke limit ○ Energy Absorption
Δ Directional operation Δ Stroke limit
X Load Support ○ Directional operation
○ Load Support
Outline of Coned Disc Spring

2b=190
h=14.7

t=11.0

2a=420 Unit/mm
 Vertical Load-deflection Curves
of Coned disc spring
20
Vertical load (tonf)
[III]
15 [ II ]

10
Test
5 Analysis
FEM
[I]
0
0 5 10 15
Vertical Displacement (mm)

Sectional plan of Coned disc spring

[ II ] [III]
[I]
 Combination of Coned disc springs

Single Disc Two columns of single disc

40 40
30 30

[tonf]
[tonf]

20 20
10 10
0 0
0 10 20 30 40 0 10 20 30 40
[mm] [mm]
Double Discs Two columns of double discs

40 40
30 30
[tonf]

[tonf]
20 20
10 10
0 0
0 10 20 30 40 0 10 20 30 40
[mm] [mm]
 Feature of Coned disc spring

・Get big Resilient force by compact sized coned

disc spring

・Linear or nonlinear load-defection curve can be

gained by coned disc spring

・Get many kind of load-deflection curve by

combination coned disc springs

・Use semi-permanently under allowable stress

 Outline of Friction Damper
with Coned disc springs
560
Inner Guide
Height of Coned disc springs/ 240

Coned disc springs

460

Sliding material

Stainless Steel Plate

400 Unit / mm
 Principle of the Friction damper Friction force
of Coned disc Springs Movement

W : Weight

F : Friction force
Friction force
F=W  : Frictional coefficient
Superstructure
Coned
Resilient disc
Rubber Resilient force N
force N springs
bearing
Foundation Horizontal Friction Force F
Compress the multiple
Stainless steel plate coned disc springs to Sliding plate
occur resilient force (UHMWP)
Horizontal friction force F is occurred when
pressing down the sliding plate(UHMWP) by
multiple coned disc springs resilient force N
F  N  :Frictional coefficient
against stainless steel plate
 Independence of the height changes of rubber bearing
In the state of the rubber bearing In the state of the rubber bearing
height becomes short by low height becomes high by high
temperature and creep temperature

Up-lift : b
Go-down : a
Resilient
Initial heightResilientResilient Initial heightResilient force N2
force n1 force N1 force n2
Linear spring Nonlinear coned Linear spring Nonlinear coned
disc springs disc springs
[Linear spring] [Nonlinear coned disc springs]
Resilient Resilient
n1 force force Resilient variation force of
N1 nonlinear coned disc springs
n2 N2 is smaller than that of linear
Vertical Vertical
spring by change of rubber
displacement displacement
bearing height, and variation
b a b a of friction force is so.
 For supporting function of the friction damper
with coned disc springs

Normal time Emergent excessive earthquake

Weight 100%
Weight 100%

Superstructure
Superstructure
Support 75% Support 25% Support 10%
Rubber bearing

Foundation Stainless steel plate Foundation Support 90%

In normal time, most of superstructure In emergent excessive earthquake, rubber bearing

weight is supported by rubber bearing will have large horizontal displacement and
(ex. 75%) cannot support superstructure, then the friction
damper takes support it ins
 Horizontal hysteresis loops of the Friction
damper with coned disc springs
0.4

Frictional coefficient
0.2

[For Wind Load] 0

-0.2

-0.4
-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40
Horizontal displacement (mm)

0.4
Frictional coefficient

0.2

[For EQ Load] 0

-0.2

-0.4
-200 -150 -100 -50 0 50 100 150 200
Horizontal displacement (mm)
 Multi Function for the
friction damper with coned
disc springs
1. Restrain the movement by strong
wind
(Improvement for dwelling
ability)

2. Stable damper for earthquake

　 　 (Damper function)

3. Support load function

 New Base Isolation Building

Oil Damper

Friction damper with

The new base-isolation building in Nagoya
coned disc springs
The new base-isolation building
in Nagoya

Oil damper

Friction damper with

coned disc springs

Friction damper with

Oil damper coned disc springs
Rubber bearing

Rubber bearing

Elevation Plan
 40
Feature of the friction damper 35
with coned disc springs

Vertical force (tonf)

30
25
20
Inner Guide Available zone
15
10
5
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Vertical displacement (mm)
Vertical load-deflection curves
Friction force (tonf)
12
8
4
Multiple coned 0
disc springs Stainless steel plate -4
-8
Sliding Plate -12
Outline of the friction damper -200 -150 -100 -50 0 50 100 150 200
Horizontal displacement (mm)
with coned disc springs Horizontal hysteresis loops
 Feature of the friction damper
with coned disc springs
・Adjust the friction force by the combination coned disc

springs of the friction damper

・To operate in all direction, and stroke is limited by the

area of stainless steel plate

・Friction force is stable constant

・Friction damper can support the load

・Easy to set the friction damper with coned disc springs