Dynamic Analysis of High-Rise Structures with Combined Shear Wall, Bracing, and Damper Systems Under Lateral Loading: A Review

• Author(s): Alok Bhoyar; Dr. Rahul Kumar Satbhaiya
• Paper ID: 1719783
• Page: 1226-1238
• Published Date: 14-07-2026
• Published In: Iconic Research And Engineering Journals
• Publisher: IRE Journals
• e-ISSN: 2456-8880
• Volume/Issue: Volume 10 Issue 1 July-2026
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV10I1-1719783

Abstract

The growth of high-rise construction in seismically active regions has made the control of the lateral response of buildings a governing design concern. Reinforced-concrete (RC) shear walls, steel bracing, and supplemental dampers are the three dominant strategies used to resist earthquake and wind actions, and increasingly they are combined into hybrid systems whose behaviour is evaluated numerically in finite-element platforms such as ETABS.This paper reviews the state of the art on the dynamic analysis of high-rise structures that combine shear walls, bracing, and damper systems under lateral loading. It compares the working mechanisms, analysis methods, and reported performance of these systems, and identifies the technologies and design methods that currently dominate the field.Across the reviewed studies a consistent pattern emerges: stiffness-based devices (walls and bracing) shorten the fundamental period and reduce displacement but attract larger inertial forces, whereas velocity-dependent dampers reduce drift, member forces, and floor acceleration without a comparable increase in stiffness. Hybrid wall–brace–damper systems combine these benefits, and response-spectrum and non-linear time-history analysis, together with the P-Delta effect, are the standard evaluation tools. Recent work is moving from passive devices towards semi-active, adaptive, and machine-learning-assisted design.Priorities identified include soil–structure-interaction-aware design, optimal placement and sizing of dampers, life-cycle and resilience-based cost assessment, and data-driven optimisation of hybrid configurations. These directions frame the motivation for the detailed comparative study reported subsequently by the authors.

Keywords

High-Rise Buildings, Shear Wall, Steel Bracing, Fluid Viscous Damper, Lateral Load, Seismic Response, Energy Dissipation, ETABS, Response-Spectrum Analysis, Hybrid Lateral System

Citations

IRE Journals:
Alok Bhoyar, Dr. Rahul Kumar Satbhaiya "Dynamic Analysis of High-Rise Structures with Combined Shear Wall, Bracing, and Damper Systems Under Lateral Loading: A Review" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 10 Issue 1 2026 Page 1226-1238 https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV10I1-1719783

IEEE:
Alok Bhoyar, Dr. Rahul Kumar Satbhaiya "Dynamic Analysis of High-Rise Structures with Combined Shear Wall, Bracing, and Damper Systems Under Lateral Loading: A Review" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, vol. 10, no. 1, Jul. 2026, doi: https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV10I1-1719783

APA:
Alok Bhoyar, Dr. Rahul Kumar Satbhaiya (2026). Dynamic Analysis of High-Rise Structures with Combined Shear Wall, Bracing, and Damper Systems Under Lateral Loading: A Review. Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 10(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV10I1-1719783

MLA:
Alok Bhoyar, Dr. Rahul Kumar Satbhaiya "Dynamic Analysis of High-Rise Structures with Combined Shear Wall, Bracing, and Damper Systems Under Lateral Loading: A Review" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, vol. 10, no. 1, Jul. 2026. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV10I1-1719783

BibTeX

@article{1719783,
author = {Alok Bhoyar, Dr. Rahul Kumar Satbhaiya},
title = {Dynamic Analysis of High-Rise Structures with Combined Shear Wall, Bracing, and Damper Systems Under Lateral Loading: A Review},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2026},
volume = {10},
number = {1},
pages = {1226-1238},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1719783.pdf},
abstract = {The growth of high-rise construction in seismically active regions has made the control of the lateral response of buildings a governing design concern. Reinforced-concrete (RC) shear walls, steel bracing, and supplemental dampers are the three dominant strategies used to resist earthquake and wind actions, and increasingly they are combined into hybrid systems whose behaviour is evaluated numerically in finite-element platforms such as ETABS.This paper reviews the state of the art on the dynamic analysis of high-rise structures that combine shear walls, bracing, and damper systems under lateral loading. It compares the working mechanisms, analysis methods, and reported performance of these systems, and identifies the technologies and design methods that currently dominate the field.Across the reviewed studies a consistent pattern emerges: stiffness-based devices (walls and bracing) shorten the fundamental period and reduce displacement but attract larger inertial forces, whereas velocity-dependent dampers reduce drift, member forces, and floor acceleration without a comparable increase in stiffness. Hybrid wall–brace–damper systems combine these benefits, and response-spectrum and non-linear time-history analysis, together with the P-Delta effect, are the standard evaluation tools. Recent work is moving from passive devices towards semi-active, adaptive, and machine-learning-assisted design.Priorities identified include soil–structure-interaction-aware design, optimal placement and sizing of dampers, life-cycle and resilience-based cost assessment, and data-driven optimisation of hybrid configurations. These directions frame the motivation for the detailed comparative study reported subsequently by the authors.},
keywords = {High-Rise Buildings, Shear Wall, Steel Bracing, Fluid Viscous Damper, Lateral Load, Seismic Response, Energy Dissipation, ETABS, Response-Spectrum Analysis, Hybrid Lateral System},
month = {July}
}