Study on vertical restoring force device using disc springs; Examination of optimum combination of disc spring units and identification method of hysteresis loop

Fukasawa, Tsuyoshi*; Somaki, Takahiro*; Miyagawa, Takayuki*; Uchita, Masato*; Yamamoto, Tomohiko  ; Ishizuka, Futoshi*; Suzuno, Tetsuji*; Okamura, Shigeki*; Fujita, Satoshi*

The authors developed a three-dimensional seismic isolation system to ensure isolation performance in the vertical and horizontal directions. This isolation system is required for a large-scale disc spring to achieve both the support and isolation functions. This paper describes an optimal combination method of disc springs to absorb the variance caused by the manufacturing process by calibrating the combination using a metaheuristic algorithm. Moreover, a method to identify the variables of the hysteresis loops caused by the combined disc springs is proposed using the metaheuristic algorithm. The applicability of these methods is verified using the static loading tests data obtained by a large-scale disc spring that expands the dimensions defined by the JIS B 2706:2013 and the ISO 19690-1:2017. This paper demonstrates that the proposed method can control the restoring force and identify the variables required for hysteresis loops accurately and efficiently.