scholarly journals Optimization of VEDs for Vibration Control of Transmission Line Tower

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Guoping Huang ◽  
Jianhua Hu ◽  
Yuzhu He ◽  
Haibo Liu ◽  
Xiugui Sun

This paper investigates the optimization of viscoelastic dampers (VEDs) for vibration control of a transmission line tower. Considering the stiffness of the steel brace connected to a VED, the mechanical model of the VED-brace system was established. Subsequently, the additional modal damping ratio of the transmission line tower attached with VEDs was obtained analytically. Furthermore, the finite element model of a two-circuit transmission line tower with VEDs was built in ANSYS software, and the influences of installation positions and parameters of VEDs on the additional modal damping ratio were clarified. In addition, the control performance of VEDs on the transmission line tower subjected to wind excitations was emphatically illustrated. The results show that the stiffness of the steel brace connected to a VED has a significant effect on the maximum additional modal damping ratio of the VED-brace system provided for the transmission line tower and the optimal parameters of the VED. Meanwhile, the installation positions of VEDs dramatically influence the additional modal damping ratio. Moreover, the increase of the brace stiffness and the loss factor is beneficial to improve the control performance of VEDs. Besides that, the VEDs present superior control performance on the top displacement of the transmission line tower as well as the transverse bending vibration energy.

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Wang ◽  
Weixing Shi

Slender steel footbridges suffer excessive human-induced vibrations due to their low damping nature and their frequency being located in the range of human-induced excitations. Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are usually used to solve the serviceability problem of footbridges. A multiple TMD (MTMD) system, which consists of several TMDs with different frequencies, has a wide application in the vibration control of footbridges. An MTMD system with well-designed parameters will have a satisfactory effect for vibration control. This study firstly discusses the relationship between the acceleration dynamic amplification factor and important parameters of an MTMD system, i.e., the frequency bandwidth, TMD damping ratio, central frequency ratio, mass ratio and the number of TMDs. Then, the frequency bandwidth and damping ratio optimal formulas are proposed according to the parametric study. At last, an in-service slender footbridge is proposed as a case study. The footbridge is analyzed through a finite element model and an in situ test, and then, an MTMD system is designed based on the proposed optimal design formulas. The vibration control effect of the MTMD system is verified through a series of in situ comparison tests. Results show that under walking, running and jumping excitations with different frequency, the MTMD system always has an excellent vibration control effect. Under a crowd-induced excitation with the resonance frequency, the footbridge with an MTMD system can meet the acceleration limit requirement. It is also found that the analysis result agrees well with the in situ test.


2016 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 138-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da Tang ◽  
Ran Ju ◽  
Qianjin Yue ◽  
Shisheng Wang

1998 ◽  
Vol 5 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 337-341
Author(s):  
F. Pourroy ◽  
S. Shakhesi ◽  
P. Trompette

In dynamics, the effect of varying the constitutive materials’ thickness of a two-layered beam is investigated. Resonance frequencies and damping variations are determined. It is shown that for specific thicknesses the coupling of longitudinal and flexural vibrations influences the global modal damping ratio significantly.


2013 ◽  
Vol 437 ◽  
pp. 257-260
Author(s):  
Li Zhang ◽  
Guang Yuan Nie

By using ODS (Operating Deflection Shapes) technology, the modal parameters of the rack of a batching system mixer under operating condition are identified and the modal shape and modal damping ratio of the rack in a few working frequencies are obtained. The results show that, the batching machine rack on working condition has a significant effect on some frequency and the work principal modes that appear as before and after exercise of two beams above the rack and swaying motion of the brackets of the two side surface. This paper provides a valuable reference for the structure vibration optimization of batching system mixer.


2012 ◽  
Vol 238 ◽  
pp. 648-651
Author(s):  
Zhi Hao Wang

The classical outrigger in frame-core tube structure cantilevering from the core tube or shear wall connected to the perimeter columns directly, which can effectively improve the lateral stiffness of the structure. A new energy-dissipation system for such structural system is studied, where the outrigger and perimeter columns are separate and vertical viscous dampers are equipped between the outrigger and perimeter columns to make full use of the relative big displacement of two components. The effectiveness of proposed system is evaluated by means of the modal damping ratio based on the proposed simplified model. The mathematic models of the structural system are obtained with both the assumed mode shape method and finite element method according to the simplified calculation diagram. Based on the modal damping ratio, the optimal damping coefficients of linear viscous dampers are determined, and effectiveness of proposed system is confirmed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 221-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Ling ◽  
Xie Ronglu ◽  
Wang Yi ◽  
Adel El-Sabbagh

Damping treatments have been extensively used as a powerful means to damp out structural resonant vibrations. Usually, damping materials are fully covered on the surface of plates. The drawbacks of this conventional treatment are also obvious due to an added mass and excess material consumption. Therefore, it is not always economical and effective from an optimization design view. In this paper, a topology optimization approach is presented to maximize the modal damping ratio of the plate with constrained layer damping treatment. The governing equation of motion of the plate is derived on the basis of energy approach. A finite element model to describe dynamic performances of the plate is developed and used along with an optimization algorithm in order to determine the optimal topologies of constrained layer damping layout on the plate. The damping of visco-elastic layer is modeled by the complex modulus formula. Considering the vibration and energy dissipation mode of the plate with constrained layer damping treatment, damping material density and volume factor are considered as design variable and constraint respectively. Meantime, the modal damping ratio of the plate is assigned as the objective function in the topology optimization approach. The sensitivity of modal damping ratio to design variable is further derived and Method of Moving Asymptote (MMA) is adopted to search the optimized topologies of constrained layer damping layout on the plate. Numerical examples are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed topology optimization approach. The results show that vibration energy dissipation of the plates can be enhanced by the optimal constrained layer damping layout. This optimal technology can be further extended to vibration attenuation of sandwich cylindrical shells which constitute the major building block of many critical structures such as cabins of aircrafts, hulls of submarines and bodies of rockets and missiles as an invaluable design tool.


2009 ◽  
Vol 419-420 ◽  
pp. 173-176
Author(s):  
Wei Yuan Wang ◽  
Kai Xue ◽  
Dong Yan Shi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the optimal placement of piezoelectric actuator for active vibration control of smart structure. The structures can be described in the modal space based on the independent modal space control method and dynamic equations derived from finite element model. The modal damping ratios are derived from modal equations and an optimal target is given by maximizing the modal damping ratios. Accumulation method is adopted to the optimization calculation. Simulations are carried out for active vibration control of a conical shell with distributed piezoelectric actuators. Control effects proved the validity of the optimal method above by compared with the non-optimal results. The optimal method in this paper gives a useful guide for quantity optimization of actuators to piezoelectric structures.


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