In this study,the structural control strategy utilizing a passive tuned mass damper(TMD)system as a seismic damping device is outlined,highlighting the parametric optimization approach for displacement and acceleratio...In this study,the structural control strategy utilizing a passive tuned mass damper(TMD)system as a seismic damping device is outlined,highlighting the parametric optimization approach for displacement and acceleration control.The theory of stationary random processes and complex frequency response functions are explained and adopted.For the vibration control of an undamped structure,the optimal parameters of a TMD,such as the optimal tuning frequency and optimal damping ratio,to stationary Gaussian white noise acceleration are investigated by using a parametric optimization procedure.For damped structures,a numerical searching technique is used to obtain the optimal parameters of the TMD,and then the explicit formulae for these optimal parameters are derived through a sequence of curve-fitting schemes.Using these specified optimal parameters,several different controlled responses are examined,and then the displacement and acceleration based control effectiveness indices of the TMD are examined from the view point of RMS values.From the viewpoint of the RMS values of displacement and acceleration,the optimal TMDs adopted in this study shows clear performance improvements for the simplified model examined,and this means that the effective optimization of the TMD has a good potential as a customized target response-based structural strategy.展开更多
For real-time dynamic substructure testing(RTDST),the influence of the inertia force of fluid specimens on the stability and accuracy of the integration algorithms has never been investigated.Therefore,this study prop...For real-time dynamic substructure testing(RTDST),the influence of the inertia force of fluid specimens on the stability and accuracy of the integration algorithms has never been investigated.Therefore,this study proposes to investigate the stability and accuracy of the central difference method(CDM)for RTDST considering the specimen mass participation coefficient.First,the theory of the CDM for RTDST is presented.Next,the stability and accuracy of the CDM for RTDST considering the specimen mass participation coefficient are investigated.Finally,numerical simulations and experimental tests are conducted for verifying the effectiveness of the method.The study indicates that the stability of the algorithm is affected by the mass participation coefficient of the specimen,and the stability limit first increases and then decreases as the mass participation coefficient increases.In most cases,the mass participation coefficient will increase the stability limit of the algorithm,but in specific circumstances,the algorithm may lose its stability.The stability and accuracy of the CDM considering the mass participation coefficient are verified by numerical simulations and experimental tests on a three-story frame structure with a tuned liquid damper.展开更多
Liquid sloshing in tanks is a very complex nonlinear free surface fluid flow problem,which must be considered in most of the marine engineering problems such as naval architecture,offshore engineering and so on.Violen...Liquid sloshing in tanks is a very complex nonlinear free surface fluid flow problem,which must be considered in most of the marine engineering problems such as naval architecture,offshore engineering and so on.Violent liquid sloshing in large containers can damage the tank structure due to the direct liquid impacting action.Sloshing also affects the capsizing process of the liquid cargo ship.Some works on mitigating sloshing by using all kinds of the baffles were thus followed with interests.Oil layers with thinner thickness were shown to reduce the sloshing load of water in tanks.The sloshing characteristics in tanks with different sizes were different,therefore,scaling effect of sloshing should also be considered.Sloshing in a tank can also be used as tuned liquid dampers(TLDs)to dampen wind,wave and flow-induced motions of floating or fixed marine platforms.This paper present an overview on recent advances of liquid sloshing hydrodynamics including sloshing mitigation by using anti-sloshing baffle,layered fluids sloshing,scaling effect of sloshing and TLDs.展开更多
Dynamic impacts such as wind and earthquakes cause loss of life and economic damage.To ensure safety against these effects,various measures have been taken from past to present and solutions have been developed using ...Dynamic impacts such as wind and earthquakes cause loss of life and economic damage.To ensure safety against these effects,various measures have been taken from past to present and solutions have been developed using different technologies.Tall buildings are more susceptible to vibrations such as wind and earthquakes.Therefore,vibration control has become an important issue in civil engineering.This study optimizes tuned mass damper inerter(TMDI)using far-fault ground motion records.This study derives the optimum parameters of TMDI using the Adaptive Harmony Search algorithm.Structure displacement and total acceleration against earthquake load are analyzed to assess the performance of the TMDI system.The effect of the inerter when connected to different floors is observed,and the results are compared to the conventional tuned mass damper(TMD).It is indicated that the case of connecting the inerter force to the 5th floor gives better results.As a result,TMD and TMDI systems reduce the displacement by 21.87%and 25.45%,respectively,and the total acceleration by 25.45%and 19.59%,respectively.These percentage reductions indicated that the structure resilience against dynamic loads can be increased using control systems.展开更多
With the rapid development of large megawatt wind turbines,the operation environment of wind turbine towers(WTTs)has become increasingly complex.In particular,seismic excitation can create a resonance response and cau...With the rapid development of large megawatt wind turbines,the operation environment of wind turbine towers(WTTs)has become increasingly complex.In particular,seismic excitation can create a resonance response and cause excessive vibration of the WTT.To investigate the vibration attenuation performance of the WTT under seismic excitations,a novel passive vibration control device,called a prestressed tuned mass damper(PS-TMD),is presented in this study.First,a mathematical model is established based on structural dynamics under seismic excitation.Then,the mathematical analytical expression of the dynamic coefficient is deduced,and the parameter design method is obtained by system tuning optimization.Next,based on a theoretical analysis and parameter design,the numerical results showed that the PS-TMD was able to effectively mitigate the resonance under the harmonic basal acceleration.Finally,the time-history analysis method is used to verify the effectiveness of the traditional pendulum tuned mass damper(PTMD)and the novel PS-TMD device,and the results indicate that the vibration attenuation performance of the PS-TMD is better than the PTMD.In addition,the PS-TMD avoids the nonlinear effect due to the large oscillation angle,and has the potential to dissipate hysteretic energy under seismic excitation.展开更多
In order to improve the seismic performance of adjacent buildings,two types of tuned inerter damper(TID)damping systems for adjacent buildings are proposed,which are composed of springs,inerter devices and dampers in ...In order to improve the seismic performance of adjacent buildings,two types of tuned inerter damper(TID)damping systems for adjacent buildings are proposed,which are composed of springs,inerter devices and dampers in serial or in parallel.The dynamic equations of TID adjacent building damping systems were derived,and the H2 norm criterion was used to optimize and adjust them,so that the system had the optimum damping performance under white noise random excitation.Taking TID frequency ratio and damping ratio as optimization parameters,the optimum analytical solutions of the displacement frequency response of the undamped structure under white noise excitation were obtained.The results showed that compared with the classic TMD,TID could obtain a better damping effect in the adjacent buildings.Comparing the TIDs composed of serial or parallel,it was found that the parallel TIDs had more significant advantages in controlling the peak displacement frequency response,while the H2 norm of the displacement frequency response of the damping system under the coupling of serial TID was smaller.Taking the adjacent building composed of two ten-story frame structures as an example,the displacement and energy collection time history analysis of the adjacent building coupled with the optimum design parameter TIDs were carried out.It was found that TID had a better damping effect in the full-time range compared with the classic TMD.This paper also studied the potential power of TID in adjacent buildings,which can be converted into available power resources during earthquakes.展开更多
Tuned Mass Dampers(TMDs)are often attached to a main structure to reduce vibration,and the TMDs’positions are important to affect the structural dynamic performance.However,the TMDs’positions and the material layout...Tuned Mass Dampers(TMDs)are often attached to a main structure to reduce vibration,and the TMDs’positions are important to affect the structural dynamic performance.However,the TMDs’positions and the material layout of the structure act on each other.This paper suggests a design optimization method by combining the topology optimization of the main structure and the layout of the attached TMDs under harmonic excitations.The main structure with the attached TMDs are modeled by the continuum FEA method to consider the change of TMDs’locations.Then they are optimized simultaneously by introducing a multi-level optimization frame,which includes the structural topology optimization and the optimal tuning of TMDs.The locations and damping parameters of TMDs are optimized in every step of the SIMP-based topology optimization of the main structure,so as to fully consider the interactions between each other to improve the dynamic performance.Numerical examples of cantilever structures are studied,and the results show that when the main structure and TMDs are optimized simultaneously,the modal strain energy is more concentrated compared with that obtained by the non-simultaneous optimization approach.Therefore,the dynamic compliance of the target mode is dramatically reduced.展开更多
Most of modern tall buildings using lighter construction materials with high strength and less stiffness are more flexible, which occurs excessive wind-induced vibration, resulting in occupant discomfort and structura...Most of modern tall buildings using lighter construction materials with high strength and less stiffness are more flexible, which occurs excessive wind-induced vibration, resulting in occupant discomfort and structural unsafety. It is necessary to predict wind-induced vibration response and find out a method to mitigate such an excessive wind-induced vibration at the preliminary design stage. Recently, many studies have been conducted in using actuator control force based on the linear quadratic optimum control algorithm. It was accepted as a common knowledge that the performance of passive tuned mass damper(TMD) could increase by incorporating a feedback active control force in the design of TMD, which is called active tuned mass damper(ATMD). However, the fact that ATMD is superior to TMD to reduce wind-induced vibration of a tall building is still a question. The effectiveness of TMD for mitigating the along-wind vibration of a tall building was investigated. Optimum parameters of tuning frequency and damping ratio for TMD under a random load which has a white noise spectra were used. Fluctuating along-wind load acting on a tall building treated as a stationary Gaussian random process was simulated numerically using the along-wind load spectra. And using this simulated along-wind load, along-wind responses of a tall building with and without TMD were calculated and the effectiveness of TMD in mitigating the along-wind response of a tall building was found out.展开更多
A novel electro-hydrostatic actuator （EHA） for active vibration isolation has been designed, modelled and tested. The EHA consists of a brushless DC motor running in oil and integrated with a bidirectional gear pu...A novel electro-hydrostatic actuator （EHA） for active vibration isolation has been designed, modelled and tested. The EHA consists of a brushless DC motor running in oil and integrated with a bidirectional gear pump, driving a hydraulic cylinder. The actuator is designed to be integrated into a flexible strut connecting a helicopter rotor hub and fuselage, to provide isolation at the dominant rotor vibration frequency of around 20 Hz. The resonant frequency of the EHA is tuned to provide some passive vibration isolation. Active control increases the isolation performance by compensating for damping losses, and provides isolation over a broader range of frequencies. Tests on a prototype demonstrated a four-fold reduction of the root-mean-square transmitted force and a near elimination at the fundamental frequency. The advantages of the resonant EHA are a wider range of operating frequencies than a purely passive system, and lower power consumption than a purely active system.展开更多
This study investigates the effect of nonlinear inertia on the dynamic response of an asymmetric building equipped with Tuned Mass Dampers(TMDs).In the field of structural engineering,many researchers have developed m...This study investigates the effect of nonlinear inertia on the dynamic response of an asymmetric building equipped with Tuned Mass Dampers(TMDs).In the field of structural engineering,many researchers have developed models to study the behavior of nonlinear TMDs,but the effect of nonlinear inertia has not received as much attention for asymmetric buildings.To consider nonlinear inertia,the equations of motion are derived in a local rotary coordinates system.The displacements and rotations of the modeled building and TMDs are defined by five-degree-of-freedom(5-DOFs).The equations of motion are derived by using the Lagrangian method.Also in the proposed nonlinear model,the equations of motion are different from a conventional linear model.In order to compare the response of the proposed nonlinear model and a conventional linear model,numerical examples are presented and the response of the modeled buildings are derived under harmonic and earthquake excitations.It is shown that if the nonlinear inertia is considered,the response of the modeled structures changes and the conventional linear approach cannot adequately model the dynamic behavior of the asymmetric buildings which are equipped with TMDs.展开更多
Due to the shortage of land in cities and population growth,the significance of high rise buildings has risen.Controlling lateral displacement of structures under different loading such as an earthquake is an importan...Due to the shortage of land in cities and population growth,the significance of high rise buildings has risen.Controlling lateral displacement of structures under different loading such as an earthquake is an important issue for designers.One of the best systems is the diagrid method which is built with diagonal elements with no columns for manufacturing tall buildings.In this study,the effect of the distribution of the tuned mass damper(TMD)on the structural responses of diagrid tall buildings was investigated using a new dynamic method.So,a diagrid structural systems with variable height with TMDs was solved as an example of structure.The reason for the selection of the diagrid system was the formation of a stiffness matrix for the diagonal and angular elements.Therefore,the effect of TMDs distribution on the story drift,base shear and structural behaviour were studied.The obtained outcomes showed that the TMDs distribution does not significantly affect on improving the behaviour of the diagrid structural system during an earthquake.Furthermore,the new dynamic scheme represented in this study has good performance for analyzing different systems.Abbreviation:TMD-tuned mass damper;SATMD-semiactive-tuned mass dampers;MDOF-multiple degrees of freedom;m_(i)-mass of ith story of the building;c_(i)-damping coefficient of the ith story of the building;k_(i)-stiffness of ith story of the building;x_(i)-displacement of the ith story of the building;md-mass of damper;c_(d)-damping coefficient of the damper;k_(d)-stiffness of damper;x_(d)-displacement of TMD;M_(i)-generalized mass of the ith normal mode;C_(i)-generalized damping of the ith normal mode;K_(i)-generalized stiffness of the ith normal mode;K_(i)(t)-generalized load of the ith normal mode;Y_(i)(t)-generalized displacement of the ith normal mode;[M]-matrices of mass;[C]-matrices of damping;{P(t)}-consequence external forces;N_(i)(τ)-interpolation functions;[Ai]-mechanical properties of the structure.展开更多
The seismic performance of“added stories isolation”(ASI)systems are investigated for 12-story moment resisting frames.The newly added and isolated upper stories on the top of the existing structure are rolled to act...The seismic performance of“added stories isolation”(ASI)systems are investigated for 12-story moment resisting frames.The newly added and isolated upper stories on the top of the existing structure are rolled to act as a large tuned mass damper(TMD)to overcome the limitation of the size of tuned mass,resulting to“12+2”and“12+4”stories building configurations.The isolation layer,as a core design strategy,is optimally designed based on optimal TMD design principle,entailing the insertion of passive flexible laminated rubber bearings to segregate two or four upper stories from a conventionally constructed lower superstructure system.Statistical performance metrics are presented for 30 earthquake records from the 3 suites of the SAC project.Time history analyses are used to compute various response performances and reduction factors across a wide range of seismic hazard intensities.Results show that ASI systems can effectively manage seismic response for multi-degree-of freedom(MDOF)systems across a broader range of ground motions without requiring burdensome extra mass.Specific results include the identification of differences in the number of added story by which the suggested isolation systems remove energy.展开更多
This research proposes a novel type of variable stiffness tuned particle damper(TPD)for reducing vibrations in boring bars.The TPD integrates the developments of particle damping and dynamical vibration absorber,whose...This research proposes a novel type of variable stiffness tuned particle damper(TPD)for reducing vibrations in boring bars.The TPD integrates the developments of particle damping and dynamical vibration absorber,whose frequency tuning principle is established through an equivalent theoretical model.Based on the multiphase flow theory of gas-solid,it is effective to obtain the equivalent damping and stiffness of the particle damping.The dynamic equations of the coupled system,consisting of a boring bar with the TPD,are built by Hamilton’s principle.The vibration suppression of the TPD is assessed by calculating the amplitude responses of the boring bar both with and without the TPD by the Newmark-beta algorithm.Moreover,an improvement is proposed to the existing gas-solid flow theory,and a comparative analysis of introducing the stiffness term on the damping effect is presented.The parameters of the TPD are optimized by the genetic algorithm,and the results indicate that the optimized TPD effectively reduces the peak response of the boring bar system.展开更多
文摘In this study,the structural control strategy utilizing a passive tuned mass damper(TMD)system as a seismic damping device is outlined,highlighting the parametric optimization approach for displacement and acceleration control.The theory of stationary random processes and complex frequency response functions are explained and adopted.For the vibration control of an undamped structure,the optimal parameters of a TMD,such as the optimal tuning frequency and optimal damping ratio,to stationary Gaussian white noise acceleration are investigated by using a parametric optimization procedure.For damped structures,a numerical searching technique is used to obtain the optimal parameters of the TMD,and then the explicit formulae for these optimal parameters are derived through a sequence of curve-fitting schemes.Using these specified optimal parameters,several different controlled responses are examined,and then the displacement and acceleration based control effectiveness indices of the TMD are examined from the view point of RMS values.From the viewpoint of the RMS values of displacement and acceleration,the optimal TMDs adopted in this study shows clear performance improvements for the simplified model examined,and this means that the effective optimization of the TMD has a good potential as a customized target response-based structural strategy.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.51978213 and 51778190the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant Nos.2017YFC0703605 and 2016YFC0701106。
文摘For real-time dynamic substructure testing(RTDST),the influence of the inertia force of fluid specimens on the stability and accuracy of the integration algorithms has never been investigated.Therefore,this study proposes to investigate the stability and accuracy of the central difference method(CDM)for RTDST considering the specimen mass participation coefficient.First,the theory of the CDM for RTDST is presented.Next,the stability and accuracy of the CDM for RTDST considering the specimen mass participation coefficient are investigated.Finally,numerical simulations and experimental tests are conducted for verifying the effectiveness of the method.The study indicates that the stability of the algorithm is affected by the mass participation coefficient of the specimen,and the stability limit first increases and then decreases as the mass participation coefficient increases.In most cases,the mass participation coefficient will increase the stability limit of the algorithm,but in specific circumstances,the algorithm may lose its stability.The stability and accuracy of the CDM considering the mass participation coefficient are verified by numerical simulations and experimental tests on a three-story frame structure with a tuned liquid damper.
基金Projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52171256).
文摘Liquid sloshing in tanks is a very complex nonlinear free surface fluid flow problem,which must be considered in most of the marine engineering problems such as naval architecture,offshore engineering and so on.Violent liquid sloshing in large containers can damage the tank structure due to the direct liquid impacting action.Sloshing also affects the capsizing process of the liquid cargo ship.Some works on mitigating sloshing by using all kinds of the baffles were thus followed with interests.Oil layers with thinner thickness were shown to reduce the sloshing load of water in tanks.The sloshing characteristics in tanks with different sizes were different,therefore,scaling effect of sloshing should also be considered.Sloshing in a tank can also be used as tuned liquid dampers(TLDs)to dampen wind,wave and flow-induced motions of floating or fixed marine platforms.This paper present an overview on recent advances of liquid sloshing hydrodynamics including sloshing mitigation by using anti-sloshing baffle,layered fluids sloshing,scaling effect of sloshing and TLDs.
基金supported by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP)and the Ministry of Trade,Industry&Energy,Republic of Korea (RS-2024-00441420RS-2024-00442817).
文摘Dynamic impacts such as wind and earthquakes cause loss of life and economic damage.To ensure safety against these effects,various measures have been taken from past to present and solutions have been developed using different technologies.Tall buildings are more susceptible to vibrations such as wind and earthquakes.Therefore,vibration control has become an important issue in civil engineering.This study optimizes tuned mass damper inerter(TMDI)using far-fault ground motion records.This study derives the optimum parameters of TMDI using the Adaptive Harmony Search algorithm.Structure displacement and total acceleration against earthquake load are analyzed to assess the performance of the TMDI system.The effect of the inerter when connected to different floors is observed,and the results are compared to the conventional tuned mass damper(TMD).It is indicated that the case of connecting the inerter force to the 5th floor gives better results.As a result,TMD and TMDI systems reduce the displacement by 21.87%and 25.45%,respectively,and the total acceleration by 25.45%and 19.59%,respectively.These percentage reductions indicated that the structure resilience against dynamic loads can be increased using control systems.
基金Fundamental Research Funds for the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.52078084the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (cstc2021jcyj-msxmX0623)+2 种基金the 111 project of the Ministry of Educationthe Bureau of Foreign Experts of China under Grant No.B18062China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant No.2021M690838。
文摘With the rapid development of large megawatt wind turbines,the operation environment of wind turbine towers(WTTs)has become increasingly complex.In particular,seismic excitation can create a resonance response and cause excessive vibration of the WTT.To investigate the vibration attenuation performance of the WTT under seismic excitations,a novel passive vibration control device,called a prestressed tuned mass damper(PS-TMD),is presented in this study.First,a mathematical model is established based on structural dynamics under seismic excitation.Then,the mathematical analytical expression of the dynamic coefficient is deduced,and the parameter design method is obtained by system tuning optimization.Next,based on a theoretical analysis and parameter design,the numerical results showed that the PS-TMD was able to effectively mitigate the resonance under the harmonic basal acceleration.Finally,the time-history analysis method is used to verify the effectiveness of the traditional pendulum tuned mass damper(PTMD)and the novel PS-TMD device,and the results indicate that the vibration attenuation performance of the PS-TMD is better than the PTMD.In addition,the PS-TMD avoids the nonlinear effect due to the large oscillation angle,and has the potential to dissipate hysteretic energy under seismic excitation.
基金This research was funded by the Natural Science Research Project of Higher Education Institutions in Anhui Province(Grant No.2022AH040045)the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.2008085QE245)the Project of Science and Technology Plan of Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of Anhui Province(Grant No.2021-YF22).
文摘In order to improve the seismic performance of adjacent buildings,two types of tuned inerter damper(TID)damping systems for adjacent buildings are proposed,which are composed of springs,inerter devices and dampers in serial or in parallel.The dynamic equations of TID adjacent building damping systems were derived,and the H2 norm criterion was used to optimize and adjust them,so that the system had the optimum damping performance under white noise random excitation.Taking TID frequency ratio and damping ratio as optimization parameters,the optimum analytical solutions of the displacement frequency response of the undamped structure under white noise excitation were obtained.The results showed that compared with the classic TMD,TID could obtain a better damping effect in the adjacent buildings.Comparing the TIDs composed of serial or parallel,it was found that the parallel TIDs had more significant advantages in controlling the peak displacement frequency response,while the H2 norm of the displacement frequency response of the damping system under the coupling of serial TID was smaller.Taking the adjacent building composed of two ten-story frame structures as an example,the displacement and energy collection time history analysis of the adjacent building coupled with the optimum design parameter TIDs were carried out.It was found that TID had a better damping effect in the full-time range compared with the classic TMD.This paper also studied the potential power of TID in adjacent buildings,which can be converted into available power resources during earthquakes.
基金co-supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51975380 and 52005377)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation,China(No.2020M681346)。
文摘Tuned Mass Dampers(TMDs)are often attached to a main structure to reduce vibration,and the TMDs’positions are important to affect the structural dynamic performance.However,the TMDs’positions and the material layout of the structure act on each other.This paper suggests a design optimization method by combining the topology optimization of the main structure and the layout of the attached TMDs under harmonic excitations.The main structure with the attached TMDs are modeled by the continuum FEA method to consider the change of TMDs’locations.Then they are optimized simultaneously by introducing a multi-level optimization frame,which includes the structural topology optimization and the optimal tuning of TMDs.The locations and damping parameters of TMDs are optimized in every step of the SIMP-based topology optimization of the main structure,so as to fully consider the interactions between each other to improve the dynamic performance.Numerical examples of cantilever structures are studied,and the results show that when the main structure and TMDs are optimized simultaneously,the modal strain energy is more concentrated compared with that obtained by the non-simultaneous optimization approach.Therefore,the dynamic compliance of the target mode is dramatically reduced.
基金Project(2011-0028567)supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea
文摘Most of modern tall buildings using lighter construction materials with high strength and less stiffness are more flexible, which occurs excessive wind-induced vibration, resulting in occupant discomfort and structural unsafety. It is necessary to predict wind-induced vibration response and find out a method to mitigate such an excessive wind-induced vibration at the preliminary design stage. Recently, many studies have been conducted in using actuator control force based on the linear quadratic optimum control algorithm. It was accepted as a common knowledge that the performance of passive tuned mass damper(TMD) could increase by incorporating a feedback active control force in the design of TMD, which is called active tuned mass damper(ATMD). However, the fact that ATMD is superior to TMD to reduce wind-induced vibration of a tall building is still a question. The effectiveness of TMD for mitigating the along-wind vibration of a tall building was investigated. Optimum parameters of tuning frequency and damping ratio for TMD under a random load which has a white noise spectra were used. Fluctuating along-wind load acting on a tall building treated as a stationary Gaussian random process was simulated numerically using the along-wind load spectra. And using this simulated along-wind load, along-wind responses of a tall building with and without TMD were calculated and the effectiveness of TMD in mitigating the along-wind response of a tall building was found out.
文摘A novel electro-hydrostatic actuator （EHA） for active vibration isolation has been designed, modelled and tested. The EHA consists of a brushless DC motor running in oil and integrated with a bidirectional gear pump, driving a hydraulic cylinder. The actuator is designed to be integrated into a flexible strut connecting a helicopter rotor hub and fuselage, to provide isolation at the dominant rotor vibration frequency of around 20 Hz. The resonant frequency of the EHA is tuned to provide some passive vibration isolation. Active control increases the isolation performance by compensating for damping losses, and provides isolation over a broader range of frequencies. Tests on a prototype demonstrated a four-fold reduction of the root-mean-square transmitted force and a near elimination at the fundamental frequency. The advantages of the resonant EHA are a wider range of operating frequencies than a purely passive system, and lower power consumption than a purely active system.
文摘This study investigates the effect of nonlinear inertia on the dynamic response of an asymmetric building equipped with Tuned Mass Dampers(TMDs).In the field of structural engineering,many researchers have developed models to study the behavior of nonlinear TMDs,but the effect of nonlinear inertia has not received as much attention for asymmetric buildings.To consider nonlinear inertia,the equations of motion are derived in a local rotary coordinates system.The displacements and rotations of the modeled building and TMDs are defined by five-degree-of-freedom(5-DOFs).The equations of motion are derived by using the Lagrangian method.Also in the proposed nonlinear model,the equations of motion are different from a conventional linear model.In order to compare the response of the proposed nonlinear model and a conventional linear model,numerical examples are presented and the response of the modeled buildings are derived under harmonic and earthquake excitations.It is shown that if the nonlinear inertia is considered,the response of the modeled structures changes and the conventional linear approach cannot adequately model the dynamic behavior of the asymmetric buildings which are equipped with TMDs.
文摘Due to the shortage of land in cities and population growth,the significance of high rise buildings has risen.Controlling lateral displacement of structures under different loading such as an earthquake is an important issue for designers.One of the best systems is the diagrid method which is built with diagonal elements with no columns for manufacturing tall buildings.In this study,the effect of the distribution of the tuned mass damper(TMD)on the structural responses of diagrid tall buildings was investigated using a new dynamic method.So,a diagrid structural systems with variable height with TMDs was solved as an example of structure.The reason for the selection of the diagrid system was the formation of a stiffness matrix for the diagonal and angular elements.Therefore,the effect of TMDs distribution on the story drift,base shear and structural behaviour were studied.The obtained outcomes showed that the TMDs distribution does not significantly affect on improving the behaviour of the diagrid structural system during an earthquake.Furthermore,the new dynamic scheme represented in this study has good performance for analyzing different systems.Abbreviation:TMD-tuned mass damper;SATMD-semiactive-tuned mass dampers;MDOF-multiple degrees of freedom;m_(i)-mass of ith story of the building;c_(i)-damping coefficient of the ith story of the building;k_(i)-stiffness of ith story of the building;x_(i)-displacement of the ith story of the building;md-mass of damper;c_(d)-damping coefficient of the damper;k_(d)-stiffness of damper;x_(d)-displacement of TMD;M_(i)-generalized mass of the ith normal mode;C_(i)-generalized damping of the ith normal mode;K_(i)-generalized stiffness of the ith normal mode;K_(i)(t)-generalized load of the ith normal mode;Y_(i)(t)-generalized displacement of the ith normal mode;[M]-matrices of mass;[C]-matrices of damping;{P(t)}-consequence external forces;N_(i)(τ)-interpolation functions;[Ai]-mechanical properties of the structure.
文摘The seismic performance of“added stories isolation”(ASI)systems are investigated for 12-story moment resisting frames.The newly added and isolated upper stories on the top of the existing structure are rolled to act as a large tuned mass damper(TMD)to overcome the limitation of the size of tuned mass,resulting to“12+2”and“12+4”stories building configurations.The isolation layer,as a core design strategy,is optimally designed based on optimal TMD design principle,entailing the insertion of passive flexible laminated rubber bearings to segregate two or four upper stories from a conventionally constructed lower superstructure system.Statistical performance metrics are presented for 30 earthquake records from the 3 suites of the SAC project.Time history analyses are used to compute various response performances and reduction factors across a wide range of seismic hazard intensities.Results show that ASI systems can effectively manage seismic response for multi-degree-of freedom(MDOF)systems across a broader range of ground motions without requiring burdensome extra mass.Specific results include the identification of differences in the number of added story by which the suggested isolation systems remove energy.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12172014 and 11972050)。
文摘This research proposes a novel type of variable stiffness tuned particle damper(TPD)for reducing vibrations in boring bars.The TPD integrates the developments of particle damping and dynamical vibration absorber,whose frequency tuning principle is established through an equivalent theoretical model.Based on the multiphase flow theory of gas-solid,it is effective to obtain the equivalent damping and stiffness of the particle damping.The dynamic equations of the coupled system,consisting of a boring bar with the TPD,are built by Hamilton’s principle.The vibration suppression of the TPD is assessed by calculating the amplitude responses of the boring bar both with and without the TPD by the Newmark-beta algorithm.Moreover,an improvement is proposed to the existing gas-solid flow theory,and a comparative analysis of introducing the stiffness term on the damping effect is presented.The parameters of the TPD are optimized by the genetic algorithm,and the results indicate that the optimized TPD effectively reduces the peak response of the boring bar system.
