Part 1 – Problem 06: If the retrofitting scheme includes structural dampers, do we need to provide a method of proof as to how we could have built a scaled damping members with the properties we input to the SAP model? The main problem being the confirmation that our proposed member design would have the properties we suggest.

If your retrofit scheme includes dampers, then yes, please provide information about the properties of the dampers that you input into the ETABS/SAP model and how those properties relate to dampers that could be constructed in a physical balsa wood tower and/or how the dampers are similar to dampers that are implemented in real structures.