Periodic Material-Based Passive Control Systems for Engineering Structures

Author(s):  
Witarto Witarto ◽  
Shiang-Jung Wang ◽  
Cho-Yen Yang ◽  
Xin Nie ◽  
Y. L. Mo ◽  
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Author(s):  
Apaer Mubuli ◽  
Sinan Melih Nigdeli ◽  
Gebrail Bekdaş

Structural control techniques are widely used to reduce the maximum values of the vibrations caused by strong earthquakes and winds and to rapidly dampen them. Among them, passive control systems have been used effectively to protect structural and non-structural elements from the destructive effects of earthquakes in the past quarter-century. Tuned mass dampers (TMD) that are part of passive control systems have been widely used in civil structures with their alternative benefits. In this study, the optimal adjustment of the parameters of a passive TMD placed on the top floor of the 10-story symmetrical structure was performed by a metaheuristic method called Jaya algorithm. The structural model was modeled in the SAP2000 finite element analysis software to obtain mass and stiffness properties. The results of the numerical analysis showed that the optimization of the TMD parameters is highly effective in reducing the total shear forces of the base of the full-size frame structures and reducing displacement in the event of seismic loads.


2019 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 07001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Fedorov ◽  
Vladimir Badenko ◽  
Alexander Chusov ◽  
Vladimir Maslikov

Many floodplains are excluded from development because the floods cause considerable damage to people’s lives and properties. Systems of hydraulic engineering structures for flood protection working with hydropower facilities are analysed to solve the problem of reducing the flood control volume of hydropower station. Methods of reducing the risk of flooding in the river basin by means of a distributed system of detention self-regulated dams are discussed. A geoinformation method used to justify the selection of parameters of such dams, primarily location of dam that minimize impact on the environment (ecological factor), is presented. In the present study, a system of multipurpose flood protection self-regulated dams is analysed as the measures for mitigation of flash floods in the Far Eastern region of Russia.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Jesús U. Liceaga-Castro ◽  
Irma I. Siller-Alcalá ◽  
Eduardo Liceaga-Castro ◽  
Luis A. Amézquita-Brooks

Via several cases of study it is shown that a passive multivariable linear control system, contrary to its single input single output counterpart, may not be robust. Moreover, it is shown that lack of robustness can be exposed via the multivariable structure function.


2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongnan Li ◽  
Linsheng Huo

In the recent years, much attention has been paid to the research and development of structural control techniques with particular emphasis on alleviation of wind and seismic responses of buildings and bridges in China. Structural control in civil engineering has been developed from the concept into a workable technology and applied into practical engineering structures. The aim of this paper is to review a state of the art of researches and applications of structural control in civil engineering in China. It includes the passive control, active control, hybrid controland semiactive control. Finally, the possible future directions of structural control in civil engineering in China are presented.


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