Steel panel dampers are very economical, easy to maintain and widely used as vibration control devices for building structure. However, this dampers are fractured in the center part under repeated loading so that the strength degrades after attaining the maximum resisting capacity. This issue and other many problems had been pointed out by many researchers. In this paper, the performance of steel panel damper has been enhanced by introducing cover plates on the panel on both side so that the lateral out of plane buckling of panel was protected. Thus, the deformation behavior as well as its hysteretic characteristics of a newly proposed Out-of-plan buckling resisting steel damper (BRSD) were studied

• 양경석(학생회원, 조선대학교 건축공학과 석사과정) | Yang Kyeong Seok
• 박은수(학생회원, 조선대학교 건축공학과 석사과정) | Park Eun Soo
• 전태인(학생회원, 조선대학교 건축학부(건축공학전공) 학사과정) | Jeon Tae In
• 고재두(학생회원, 조선대학교 건축학부(건축공학전공) 학사과정) | Ko Jae Doo
• 안진훈(학생회원, 조선대학교 건축학부(건축공학전공) 학사과정) | An Jin Hun
• 최재혁(정회원, 조선대학교 건축학부(건축공학전공) 부교수, 공학박사) | Choi Jae Hyouk