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Vibration control of asymmetric structures using MR dampers

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Resumo:This paper is devoted to study the effectiveness of semi-active control systems with MR dampers to reduce lateral-torsional responses of irregular structures, in particular plan asymmetric building structures. Basic concepts and the analytical formulation of asymmetric structural systems are initially provided. Then, several numerical simulations comprising a two-story, one bay building structure excited by an earthquake ground motion will be used to demonstrate the effectiveness of a non-collocated passive and semi-active control systems in mitigating seismic-induced vibrations. The passive configurations are accomplished using the MR damper as passive energy dissipation devices while the semi-active configurations make use of the controllable nature of this type of actuators. The numerical results achieved with uncontrolled and passive configurations are compared with those of several semi-active controllers to evaluate the performance of each control scheme in reducing the coupled lateral-torsional response of the plan asymmetric structure due to seismic loading.
Autores principais:Braz-César, Manuel
Outros Autores:Barros, Rui
Assunto:Vibration Asymmetric structures Semi-active control MR dampers Seismic response Dynamics
Ano:2015
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:comunicação em conferência
Tipo de acesso:acesso restrito
Instituição associada:Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Biblioteca Digital do IPB
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Resumo:This paper is devoted to study the effectiveness of semi-active control systems with MR dampers to reduce lateral-torsional responses of irregular structures, in particular plan asymmetric building structures. Basic concepts and the analytical formulation of asymmetric structural systems are initially provided. Then, several numerical simulations comprising a two-story, one bay building structure excited by an earthquake ground motion will be used to demonstrate the effectiveness of a non-collocated passive and semi-active control systems in mitigating seismic-induced vibrations. The passive configurations are accomplished using the MR damper as passive energy dissipation devices while the semi-active configurations make use of the controllable nature of this type of actuators. The numerical results achieved with uncontrolled and passive configurations are compared with those of several semi-active controllers to evaluate the performance of each control scheme in reducing the coupled lateral-torsional response of the plan asymmetric structure due to seismic loading.