Iranian Researcher Designs Seismic Dampers to Increase Resistance of Buildings against Quakes
Ali Qamari, designer and producer of "earthquake damper" participated in Islamic Azad University’s Asreh Omid Event on the sidelines of which he sat down for an interview with the ANA correspondent.
“Earthquakes always cause damage to the buildings and also cause human and financial losses. We came up with the idea to design and make a device that is added to the structure and does not cost much, and with this part, damage to the building in earthquakes and floods can be prevented. The item is called ‘earthquake damper’,” Qamari added.
The designer and manufacturer of "seismic damper" also said that the project to produce the device was conducted in and sponsored by the Islamic Azad University, Ilam branch, and added, "We proposed the ‘seismic damper’ to ‘Inha’ University of South Korea and asked them to conduct a laboratory test of this idea, and the university confirmed the device we finally produced the device after passing the tests.”
“South Korea's Inha University supported us by paying $4,000 to conduct tests and studies of the idea and finally we made its parts and the result was what we predicted and now its performance is what we wanted and acceptable and the results of relevant studies were also published in three ISI papers,” the researcher further asserted.
Qamari stated the device is added to the structure of the building.
In response to the question whether the seismic damper has opponents in Iran, he said that there are other examples but they are not similar to this, and the cost of their production is very high. Another advantage of our work is that it can be easily made and installed.
“If producers and researchers are introduced to each other, it is expected the idea of ‘seismic damper’ will be welcomed,” the researcher said.
The national Asreh Omid Event was held in late May in Tehran’s Grand Mosalla with the participation of 3,000 knowledge-based companies, laboratories, research teams and startups.
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