• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.219-224
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• 2016

The vibration control performance of a semi-active damper connected to adjacent buildings subjected to seismic loads was investigated. The MR damper was used as a semi-active control device. A fuzzy logic control algorithm was used for effective control of the adjacent buildings connected to the MR damper. In the buildings control coupled with a MR damper, the response reduction of one building results in an increase in the response in another building. Because of these conflict characteristics, multi-objective optimization is required. Therefore, a fuzzy logic control algorithm for the control of a MR damper was optimized using a multi-objective genetic algorithm. Based on numerical analyses, the semi-active fuzzy control of MR damper for adjacent coupled buildings can provide good control performance.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.13 no.2 s.54
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• pp.165-171
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• 2009

This research developed two semi-active MR dampers whose gaps in the orifice area were different from each other, and evaluated their damping performance by loading tests. The Damping performance of MR dampers characteristically depends on various factors like their material and mechanical ones, but most importantly on the size of gap in the orifice area. For this research, we designed the orifice gaps of two dampers as each 1.0mm and 2.0mm, both with the 80mm outer diameter of the orifice. We also designed two loading test sets with different input currents, and acquired different control ability from them. The acquired test results were analyzed and evaluated with their maximum and minimum damping force and also their dynamic range from the force-displacement hysteresis loops and the force-input current relationship curve. This research clearly proved how the damping performance of control devices depends on the gap effect, and also presented a possibility that the two dampers developed in this research could be used for the smart control of construction structures by effectively adapting the input current and the number of coil turns.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.13 no.2 s.54
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• pp.172-180
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• 2009

Normally in order to build a semi-active control system equipped with MR damper, the dynamic modeling of the damper is required to numerically predict its dynamic damping force and also its behavioral characteristics. For the dynamic modeling of the MR damper, this paper attempts to predict and evaluate its dynamic behavior by applying specifically both a power model and a Bingham model. Dynamic loading tests were performed on the squeeze type of damper specially designed for this research, and force-displacement hysteresis loops confirmed the effectiveness of the damper as a semi-active control device. In the meantime, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of each model applied, the model parameter for each model was identified. On the basis of the parameter, we derived the error ratio of the force-velocity relationship curve and the dynamic damping force, which was contrasted and compared with the experimental results of the squeeze type of damper. Finally, the squeeze type of MR damper developed in this research was proved to be valid as a semi-active control device, and also the evaluation of the two dynamic models showed they were working fine so that they were likely to be easily utilized to numerically predict the dynamic characteristics of any dampers with MR fluid as well as the squeeze type of MR damper.

• Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.403-410
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• 2001

고층 빌딩의 풍하중에 의한 진동을 제어하기 위하여 MR 유체감쇠기를 이용한 반능동 제어 시스템의 설계에 대하여 연구하였다. 제안된 설계기법의 효율성을 검증하기 위하여 3차 ASCE benchma가 구조물을 대상으로 수치 모의 해석을 수행하였다. 유전자 알고리즘을 사용하여 MR 감쇠기의 76층 빌딩내에서의 최적위치와 용량을 결정하였으며, clipped optimal control 제어기법을 사용하여 가속도 되먹임 구조를 갖는 MR 감쇠기의 제어 알고리즘을 구성하였다. 수치 모의 해석 결과로부터 MR 감쇠기는 ATMD와 유사한 제어 성능을 가지고 있으며 매우 작은 규모의 파워 시스템만으로 운영이 가능한 효율적이고 안정적인 시스템임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.72-77
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• 2001

고층 빌딩의 풍하중에 의한 진동을 제어하기 위하여 MR 유체감쇠기를 이용한 반능동 제어 시스템의 설계에 대하여 연구하였다. 제안된 설계기법의 효율성을 검증하기 위하여 ASCE benchmark 구조물을 대상으로 수치 모의 해석을 수행하였다. 유전자 알고리즘을 사용하여 MR 감쇠기의 76층 빌딩 내에서의 최적위치와 용량을 결정하였으며, clipped optimal control 제어기법을 사용하여 가속도 되먹임 구조를 갖는 MR 감쇠기의 제어 알고리즘을 구성하였다, 수치 모의 해석 결과로부터 MR 감쇠기는 ATMD와 유상한 제어 성능을 가지고 있으며 매우 작은 규모의 파워 시스템만으로 운영이 가능한 효율적이고 안정적인 제어 시스템임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.61-69
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• 2013

This research is aimed to evaluate characteristics and dynamic modeling of MR damper for semi-active vibration control. A MR damper of semi-active type was designed and made for the purpose of controlling the vibration of a real-size model structure. Usually a semi-active control system equipped with a MR damper requires a dynamic model which expresses numerical data about the damping capacity and dynamic characteristics generated by a MR damper. To fulfil the requirement, a Power model and a Bingham model were particularly employed among many dynamic models of MR damper. Those models being contrasted with other ones, a dynamic test was carried out on the developed MR damper. In the test, excitation frequencies were conditioned to be 0.15 Hz, 1.0 Hz, and 2.0 Hz, and three different currents were adopted for each frequency. From these test results, it was found that displacement affected control capacity of the MR damper. The test results led to the identification of model variables for each dynamic model, on the basis of which a force-speed relation curve and expected damping force were derived and contrasted to those of the developed MR damper. Therefore, it was proven that the MR damper designed and made in this research was effective as a semi-active controller, and also that displacement of 2mm at minimum was found to be secured for vibration control, through the test using various displacements.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.450-456
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• 2009

Semi-active vibration control is one of the attractive control methods for space application due to its robustness as passive damping system and much higher damping performance than passive system. In this paper, performance investigation of semi-active damper considering a mass modeling of functional fluid inside of the damper has been performed. Numerical investigation results confirmed that the damper model considering the fluid mass is effective for vibration suppression performance at a relatively low viscosity range of functional fluid. Based on the analysis results, design method to enhance the performance of semi-active damper has been proposed.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.416-423
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• 2004

In this paper, an experimental verification of system identification technique for constructing finite element model is conducted for a three-story test structure equipped with an active mass driver (AMD). Twenty Gaussian white noises were used as the input for AMD, and the corresponding accelerations of each floor are measured. Then, the complex frequency response function (FRF) for the input, the force induced by the AMD, was obtained and subsequently, the Markov parameters and system matrices were estimated. The magnitudes as well as phase of experimentally obtained FRFs match well with those of analytically obtained FRFs.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.10 no.2 s.48
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• pp.83-90
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• 2006

In active vibration control of building, controller design considering both control input saturation of controller and parameter uncertainties of building is needed. In our previous research, we proposed a robust saturation controller which guarantees robust stability and control performance of the uncertain linear time-invariant system in the presence of control input saturation. In this paper, the availability of the robust saturation controller for the building with an active mass damper (AMD) system is verified through experimental tests. Experimental tests are carried oui using a two-story building model with a hydraulic-type AMD.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 1995.04a
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• pp.252-257
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• 1995

전자기력을 이용한 능동 진동제어는 1979년 Ellis 및 Mote가 원형 톱의 횡 진동의 감쇠에 관한 연구를 수행하였고, 1990년 Hong Su 및 T.S.Sankar등은 시스템의 절대 위치, 절대 속도 및 상대 위치 등의 제어 변수에 대하여 전자기 액튜에이터의 동적 특성이 진동 절연 성능에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구를 하였다. 본 연구는 상부질량과 하부질량이 스프링으로 연결된 2자유도 모델의 능동 진동제어에 대하여 이론해석과 실험해석을 수행하고 각각의 결과를 비교하였다. 실험모델은 직선운동 가이드에 설치된 2개의 질량과 하나의 전자기 액튜에이터를 이용하였다. 진동제어 방법으로서는 모우드 해석에 의한 제어, 스카이 훅 감쇠 제어, Viscous damping 제어 방법을 적용하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 이론해석 결과와 실험 결과를 비교하고 비슷한 제어효과에 대해서 에너지 소비가 작은 효율적인 제어방법을 찾는데 있다.