Automatic Directing System for Controlling the Vibration of Frame Structures in Any Horizontal Direction Using a Hybrid Mass Damper

AbstractThis paper presents a hybrid system for controlling wind-induced flexural vibration of a frame structure in any vertical plan. The system was implemented and tested in a prototype reduced-scale two-floor building, which had steel decks supported by four columns of aluminum. The actuator cons...

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Published in:Journal of engineering mechanics 2012-08, Vol.138 (8), p.915-922
Main Authors: Mendonça, Giovanni Loureiro França de, Silva, Simplício Arnaud da, Pimentel, Roberto Leal, Souto, Cícero da Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actuators
Aluminum
Applied sciences
Building structure
Buildings. Public works
Columns (structural)
Construction (buildings and works)
Control systems
Displacement
Exact sciences and technology
Frame structures
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Motors
Physics
Solid mechanics
Structural and continuum mechanics
Technical Papers
Vibration
Vibration, mechanical wave, dynamic stability (aeroelasticity, vibration control...)
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Summary:AbstractThis paper presents a hybrid system for controlling wind-induced flexural vibration of a frame structure in any vertical plan. The system was implemented and tested in a prototype reduced-scale two-floor building, which had steel decks supported by four columns of aluminum. The actuator consisted of a direct current motor that slid on a rail placed on top of the structure. The displacement of the motor was synchronized with lateral displacements of the structure obtained from the deformations of the columns, which, in turn, were measured by strain gages. A proposed system to automatically adjust direction was incorporated to the actuator to position it at the plan in which the structure oscillates, thus enabling a single mass to be used to absorb vibration in any vertical plan. The fuzzy control technique was employed in this control system, which was shown to be adequate for attenuating vibration.
ISSN:0733-9399
1943-7889
DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000368