scholarly journals Effect of Soil and Structure Nonlinear Interaction on the Efficiency of Tuned Mass Damper

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 2474
Author(s):  
Hamid Masaeli ◽  
Mehdi Panahi

In this paper, three 10, 15, and 20-story two-dimensional concrete structures have been used with a moment frame bearing system as models under analysis. First, using various time history analyses by the OpenSees software, the optimal parameters of the tuned mass damper (TMD), including frequency and mass, were obtained. Structures controlled with and without TMD were modelled on three soft, moderate, and hard soil types classified according to Code 2800. The models were analyzed in terms of time history by 7 ground motions. In order to take into account the nonlinear interaction of soil and structure, the model of the beam on nonlinear Winkler foundation has been used. The results show that nonlinear interaction in most cases reduces the efficiency of TMD. Moreover, as the soil becomes softer, the efficiency reduction of the mass damper increases.

2021 ◽  
pp. 107754632110004
Author(s):  
Sanjukta Chakraborty ◽  
Aparna (Dey) Ghosh ◽  
Samit Ray-Chaudhuri

This article presents the design of a tuned mass damper with a conical spring to enable tuning to the natural frequency of the system at multiple values, as may be convenient in case of a system with fluctuations in the mass. The principle and design procedure of the conical spring in the context of a varying mass system are presented. A passive feedback control mechanism based on a simple pulley-mass system is devised to cater to the multi-tuning requirements. A design example of an elevated water tank with fluctuating water content, subjected to ground excitation, is considered to numerically illustrate the efficiency of such a tuned mass damper associated with the conical spring. The conical spring is designed based on the tuning requirements at different mass conditions of the elevated water tank by satisfying the allowable load bearing capacity of the spring. Comparisons are made with the conventional passive tuned mass damper with a linear spring tuned to the full tank condition. Results from time history analysis reveal that the conical spring-tuned mass damper can be successfully designed to remain tuned and thereby achieve significant response reductions under stiffening conditions of the primary structure, whereas the linear spring-tuned mass damper suffers performance degradation because of detuning, whenever there is any fluctuation in the system mass.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3425
Author(s):  
Marco Zucca ◽  
Nicola Longarini ◽  
Marco Simoncelli ◽  
Aly Mousaad Aly

The paper presents a proposed framework to optimize the tuned mass damper (TMD) design, useful for seismic improvement of slender masonry structures. A historical masonry chimney located in northern Italy was considered to illustrate the proposed TMD design procedure and to evaluate the seismic performance of the system. The optimization process was subdivided into two fundamental phases. In the first phase, the main TMD parameters were defined starting from the dynamic behavior of the chimney by finite element modeling (FEM). A series of linear time-history analyses were carried out to point out the structural improvements in terms of top displacement, base shear, and bending moment. In the second phase, masonry's nonlinear behavior was considered, and a fiber model of the chimney was implemented. Pushover analyses were performed to obtain the capacity curve of the structure and to evaluate the performance of the TMD. The results of the linear and nonlinear analysis reveal the effectiveness of the proposed TMD design procedure for slender masonry structures.


Author(s):  
Duy-Chinh Nguyen

In this paper, an analytical method is presented to determine the optimal parameters of the symmetric tuned mass damper, such as the ratio between natural frequency of tuned mass damper and shaft (tuning ratio) and the ratio of the viscous coefficient of tuned mass damper (damping ratio). The optimal parameters of tuned mass damper are applied to reduce the torsional vibration of the shaft based on consideration of the vibration duration and stability criterion. The dynamic equations of the shaft are provided via Lagrangian equations, and the optimal parameters of tuned mass damper are derived by using the principle of minimum kinetic energy. Analytical and numerical examples are implemented to verify the reliability of the proposed method. The analytical and numerical results indicate that the optimal parameters of tuned mass damper have significant effects in the torsional vibration reduction of the shaft.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohan Wu ◽  
Jun Wang ◽  
Jiangyong Zhou

A high four-tower structure is interconnected with a long sky corridor bridge on the top floor. To reduce the earthquake responses and member forces of the towers and sky corridor bridge, a passive control strategy with a friction pendulum tuned mass damper (FPTMD) was adopted. The sky corridor bridge was as the mass of FPTMD. The connection between the towers and the sky corridor bridge was designed as flexible links, where friction pendulum bearings (FPBs) and viscous dampers were installed. Elastoplastic time-history analysis was conducted by using Perform-3D model to look into its seismic behavior under intensive seismic excitation. The optimal design of the FPTMD with varying friction coefficients and radius of friction pendulum bearing (FPB) under seismic excitations was carried out, and the seismic behavior of the structure was also investigated at the same time.Results show that, for this four-tower connected structure, the friction pendulum tuned mass damper (FPTMD) has very well effect on seismic reduction. The structure can meet the seismic resistance design requirements.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 2263-2269

Latest trend in the development high rise structure demanding taller and lighter structures, which are progressively adaptable with very low damping ratio. As the structures developing vertically, they are ending up all the more affecting by powerful excitation forces, for example, wind and seismic forces. For the more safety of structure and inhabitant's solace, the vibrations of the tall structures become a major issue for both structural designers. So as to control the vibration, various methodologies are proposed out of the few systems accessible for vibration control. Out of numerous methods, TMD has been observed to be increasingly powerful in controlling the dynamic forces caused due to seismic and wind excitations. In this paper, the adequacy of TMD in controlling the dynamic reaction of structures and the impact of different ground movement parameters on the seismic viability of TMD is researched. Essentially, a TMD is a vibratory subsystem appended to a bigger scale host structure so as to lessen the dynamic reactions. The frequency of damper will tuned to essential structure's frequency, so when frequency is high, the damper will results to resonate out of phase along with structural movement. The objective of this work is to study the impact of TMD on the dynamic forces brought about by seismic tremor and wind excitations in standard just as unpredictable in tall RC building structures. For that three 22 story RC building structures are considered with a similar arrangement out of which one ordinary regular structure and the other two are irregular RC structures are demonstrated in Etabs. In irregular RC structures, Stiffness irregularity and torsional irregularity are considered. For assessing seismic and wind reactions of structures, time history analysis, and static analysis used, with and without the tuned mass damper in ETABS. The outcomes acquired from the investigation of three 22 story RC structures with and without tuned mass damper are compared


2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 2626-2641
Author(s):  
Seyed Hossein Hosseini Lavasani ◽  
Hamed Alizadeh ◽  
Rouzbeh Doroudi ◽  
Peyman Homami

Suspension bridges due to their long span can experience large displacement response under dynamic loading like earthquakes. Unlike other structures, their vertical vibration may make remarkable difficulty that a control strategy seems to be essential. Tuned mass damper is a passive control system that can be changed to active one by adding an external source producing the active control force called active tuned mass damper. Unlike passive systems, active ones need a controller system affecting the performance of them considerably. In this study, the efficiency of tuned mass damper and active tuned mass damper are investigated in the bridges. Two controllers, fuzzy type 2 and fuzzy type 1, are used to estimate control force of active tuned mass damper. Tuned mass damper’s parameters are optimized under wide range of ground motions. Also, fuzzy type 2 and fuzzy type 1’s parameters are optimized under the influence of three different conditions containing far-field and near-field ground motions and also combination of them. In addition, Lion Pride Optimization Algorithm is selected for optimizing section. Numerical analysis indicates that active tuned mass damper is more effective than tuned mass damper, and also active tuned mass damper does not make any instability matter of concern in active control systems. Furthermore, performance of fuzzy type 2 is better than fuzzy type 1.


2019 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Afham Zulhusmi Ahmad ◽  
Aminudin Abu ◽  
Lee Kee Quen ◽  
Nor A’zizi Othman ◽  
Faridah Che In

The Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) is generally as a passive vibration control device consisting of added auxiliary mass with functioning spring and damping elements. TMD is basically designed to be tuned to the dominant frequency of a structure which the excitation of frequency will resonate the structural motion out of phase to reduce unwanted vibration. However, a single unit TMD is only capable of suppressing the fundamental structural mode. In order to control multimode vibrations and to cater wide band seismic frequency, more than one TMD is required to improve the effectiveness of a control mechanism. For the purpose of this study, a 3-storey benchmark reinforced structural building subjected to El Centro seismic ground motion is modelled as uncontrolled Primary Structure (PS) by considering appropriate structural properties such as stiffness and damping. Mathematical modelling of uncontrolled PS is developed and further evaluated numerically by assuming the PS as an equivalent lumped system. For the case of controlled PS which the passive mechanism is included to the system, optimum parameters of both TMD and Multiple TMD (MTMD) are designed to be tuned to the dedicated structural modes where the performance is dependent on specified parameters such as auxiliary mass ratio, optimum damping ratio, and optimum frequency ratio. The eigen value analysis is carried out by assuming that the structure is a linear time-invariant system. The input and output components of structural system arrangements are then characterized in the transfer function manner and then converted into state space function. To enhance structural control effectiveness, the adaptive system is incorporated by the attachment of Magneto-Rheological (MR) damper to both single TMD and MTMD passive system. The response analysis of the control system arrangements is executed using both time history and frequency response analysis. The main objectives of the design are to minimize both structural peak and Root Mean Square (RMS) displacements. From the analysis, the designed control mechanisms are concluded as highly effective in reducing all structural floor displacements for the semi-active cases with 99% displacement reduction for the third and second floors, and 98% for the first floor, compared to the uncontrolled case. It is concluded that the MR damper significantly contributed to the enhancement of the passive system to mitigate structural seismic vibration.


Author(s):  
M. H. Chey ◽  
Geoffrey W. Rodgers ◽  
J. Geoffrey Chase ◽  
John B. Mander

This paper presents an exploratory case study based analysis of the seismic performance of multi-storey passive and semi-active tuned mass damper (PTMD and SATMD) building systems are investigated for 12-storey moment resisting frames modelled as ‘10+2’ storey and ‘8+4’ storey. Segmented upper stories of the structure are isolated as a tuned mass, and a passive viscous damper or semi-active resetable device is adopted for energy dissipation. Optimum TMD control parameters and appropriate matching SATMD configurations are adopted from a companion study on a simplified two degree of freedom (2-DOF) system. Log-normal statistical performance results are presented for 30 probabilistically scaled earthquake records. The time history analysis and normalised reduction factor results show the response reductions for all seismic hazards. Thus, large SATMD systems can effectively manage seismic response for multi degree of freedom (MDOF) systems across a broad range of ground motions in comparison to passive solutions. This research demonstrates the validity of the TMD building systems for consideration in future design and construction. It also provides a template for the design and analysis of passive or semi-active TMD buildings utilising large masses, or more efficiently, added storys, for improving seismic response performance.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoxiang He ◽  
Wentao Wang ◽  
Honggang Xu

Due to the eccentric characteristics and the torsional excitation of multidimensional earthquakes, the dynamic response of asymmetry structure involves the translation-torsion coupling vibration and it is adverse to structural performance. Although the traditional tuned mass damper (TMD) is effective for decreasing the translational vibration when the structure is subjected to earthquake, its translation-torsion coupled damping capacity is still deficient. In order to simultaneously control the translational responses and the torsional angle of asymmetry structures, a new type of tuned mass damper with tuned mass blocks, orthogonal poles, and torsional pendulums (TMDPP) is proposed. The translation-torsion coupled vibration is tuned by the movement of the mass blocks and the torsional pendulums. According to the composition and the motion mechanism of the TMDPP, the dynamic equation for the total system considering eccentric torsion effect is established. The damping capacity of the TMDPP is verified by the time history analysis of an eccentric structure, and multidimensional earthquake excitations are considered. The damping effect of the traditional TMD and the TMDPP is compared, and the results show that the performance of TMDPP is superior to the traditional TMD. Moreover, the occasional amplitude amplification in TMD control does not appear in the TMDPP control. The main design parameters which affect the damping performance of TMDPP are analyzed.


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