Passive Control of Structural Vibration in Base-Isolated Shear Structures

Author(s):  
R. Hussein

Abstract This paper presents three analytic models for predictions or structural response of oscillating systems with Coulomb and viscous friction. Numeric results were obtained from the models and compared to demonstrate the effects of friction on vibration amplification.

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waseem Sarwar ◽  
Rehan Sarwar

Abstract Retrofit and structural design with vibration control devices have been proven repeatedly to be feasible seismic hazard mitigation approach. To control the structural response; supplemental energy dissipation devices have been most commonly used for energy absorption. The passive control system has been successfully incorporated in mid to high rise buildings as an appropriate energy absorbing system to suppress seismic and wind-induced excitation. The considerable theses that are highlighted include vibration control devices, the dynamic behavior of devices; energy dissipation mechanism, devices installation approach and building guidelines for structural analysis and design employing vibration control devices also, design concern that is specific to building with vibration control devices. The following four types of supplemental damping devices have been investigated in this review: metallic devices, friction devices, viscous fluid devices, and viscoelastic devices. Although numerous devices installation techniques available, more precisely, devices installation approaches have been reviewed in this paper, including Analysis and Redesign approach (Lavan A/R), standard placement approach, simplified sequential search algorithm, and Takewaki approach.


2022 ◽  
pp. 1-47
Author(s):  
Kou Miyamoto ◽  
Satoshi Nakano ◽  
Jinhua She ◽  
Daiki Sato ◽  
Yinli Chen ◽  
...  

Abstract This paper presents a new design method based on a robust-control strategy in the form of a linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach for a passive tuned mass damper (TMD), which is one of the common passive-control devices for structural vibration control. To apply the robust control theory, we first present an equivalent expression that describes a passive TMD as an active TMD. Then, some LMI-based condition is derived that not only guarantees robust stability but also allows us to adjust the robust H¥ performance. In particular, this paper considers the transfer function from a seismic-wave input to structural responses. Unlike other methods, this method formulates the problem to be a convex optimization problem that ensures a global optimal solution and considers uncertainties of mass, damping, and stiffness of a structure for designing a TMD. Numerical example uses both a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) and 10DOF models, and seismic waves. The simulation results demonstrated that the TMD that is designed by the presented method has good control performance even if the structural model includes uncertainties, which are the modeling errors.


2013 ◽  
Vol 311 ◽  
pp. 105-110
Author(s):  
Shueei Muh Lin

In this study, the nonlinear vibration model of structure with cross support is established. The conventional structure without cross support is linear and easy to be investigated. Unfortunately, its dynamic stability and vibration due to earthquake excitation are usually not acceptable. For suppressing the structural vibration the cross support composed of the elastic connecting bar and damper is considered here. This is a passive control design. Beside, due to the supporting arrangement, the mathematical model of the structure is highly nonlinear. In this study, the analytical solution for this system is derived. Further, the effects of control parameters on the vibration response are investigated.


Complexity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Wang ◽  
Jianhui Wang ◽  
Xiaofang Huang ◽  
Li Zhang

Aiming at suppressing harmful effect for building structure by surface motion, semiactive nonsmooth control algorithm with Deep Learning is proposed. By finite-time stable theory, the building structure closed-loop system’s stability is discussed under the proposed control algorithm. It is found that the building structure closed-loop system is stable. Then the proposed control algorithm is applied on controlling the building structural vibration. The seismic action is chosen as El Centro seismic wave. Dynamic characteristics have comparative analysis between semiactive nonsmooth control and passive control in two simulation examples. They demonstrate that the designed control algorithm has great robustness and anti-interference. The proposed control algorithm is more effective than passive control in suppressing structural vibration.


Author(s):  
P. Cacciola ◽  
A. Tombari

A novel device, called vibrating barrier (ViBa), that aims to reduce the vibrations of adjacent structures subjected to ground motion waves is proposed. The ViBa is a structure buried in the soil and detached from surrounding buildings that is able to absorb a significant portion of the dynamic energy arising from the ground motion. The working principle exploits the dynamic interaction among vibrating structures due to the propagation of waves through the soil, namely the structure–soil–structure interaction. The underlying theoretical aspects of the novel control strategy are scrutinized along with its numerical modelling. Closed-form solutions are also derived to design the ViBa in the case of harmonic excitation. Numerical and experimental analyses are performed in order to investigate the efficiency of the device in mitigating the effects of ground motion waves on the structural response. A significant reduction in the maximum structural acceleration of 87% has been achieved experimentally.


2012 ◽  
Vol 204-208 ◽  
pp. 4097-4100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Ping Qin ◽  
Yuan Jun Yan

Intelligent control for structural vibration is the international research frontiers in vibration control. The intelligent material and intelligent adjustable dampers and smart material actuator has the advantages of simple structure, easy adjustment, small energy consumption, driving the rapid response, almost without delay, in active structural control, semi-active control and passive control, has broad application prospects. The actuator is setted on the structure as a control mechanism, the control mechanism and the structure resist the vibration dynamic loads together, reduce the dynamic response of structure, improve the shock resistance performance of the structure.


2009 ◽  
Vol 417-418 ◽  
pp. 229-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Zhou ◽  
Yan Ju Liu ◽  
Guang Ping Zou ◽  
Jin Song Leng

Shape memory alloy is a good candidate for realizing the passive control of structural vibration due to its excellent characteristic of energy dissipation. In this paper, the damping characteristic of shape memory alloy is quantitatively described based on Liang’s phase transformation model and thermo-mechanical constitutive equation for shape memory alloy. The vibration performances of a beam structure with shape memory alloy damper are investigated based on basic knowledge of vibration theorem. Numerical calculations show that the vibration of beam structure is well reduced by using the shape memory alloy damper.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linsheng Huo ◽  
Wenhe Shen ◽  
Hongnan Li ◽  
Yaowen Zhang

This paper focused on the optimal design of liquid dampers for the seismic response control of structures. TheH∞norm of the transfer function from the ground motion to the structural response is selected as the optimal objective. The optimization procedure is carried out by using Genetic Algorithms (GAs) in order to reach an optimal solution. The proposed method has the advantages that it is unnecessary to solve the equation of motion for the control system and that the obtained optimal parameters of dampers are not dependent on the ground motion records. The influences of weighted functions on the optimization results are analyzed. The generality and effeteness of the proposed method are verified by the time history analysis of a 3-story structure subjected to earthquake records in different sites. The results show that the structural responses can be effectively reduced subjected to earthquake excitation at different sites.


2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Salvi ◽  
Egidio Rizzi ◽  
Emiliano Rustighi ◽  
Neil S. Ferguson

Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are typically introduced and calibrated as natural passive control devices for the vibration mitigation of the steady-state response of primary structures subjected to persistent excitations. Otherwise, this work investigates the optimum tuning of TMDs toward minimizing the transient structural response. Specifically, a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) system is considered as a primary structure, with added TMD, subjected to pulse-like excitations. First, the system is analytically analyzed, within the time domain, for unit impulse base displacement, through Laplace transform. Then, the tuning process is numerically explored by an optimization procedure focused on an average response index, to extract the optimum condition toward best TMD calibration. The efficiency of the proposed control device is then assessed and demonstrated through further post-tuning numerical tests, by considering as dynamic loadings: first, a time unit impulse base displacement, coherent with the source description above; second, different pulse-like excitations, to detect the effectiveness of the so-conceived TMD for generic ideal shock actions; third, a set of nonstationary earthquake excitations, to enquire the achievable level of seismic isolation. It is shown that this leads to a consistent passive TMD in such a transient excitation context, apt to mitigate the average response. Additionally, the present tuning forms a necessary optimum background for a possible upgrade to a hybrid TMD, with the potential addition of an active controller to the so-optimized TMD, to achieve even further control performance, once turned on, specifically for abating the peak response, too.


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