• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.19 no.4 s.74
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• pp.419-427
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• 2006

In this paper, an experimental real-time hybrid method, which implements the earthquake response control of a building structure with a TLD(Tuned Liquid Damper) by using only a TLD as an experimental part, is proposed and is experimentally verified through a shaking table test. In the proposed methodology, the whole building structure with a TLD is divided into the upper TLD and the lower structural parts as experimental and numerical substructures, respectively. The control force acting between their interface is measured with a shear-type load-cell which is mounted on the shaking table. The shaking table vibrates the upper experimental TLD with the response calculated from the numerical substructure, which is subjected to the excitations of the measured interface control force at its top story and an earthquake input at its base. The experimental results show that the conventional method, in which both a TLD and a building structure model are physically manufactured and are tested, can be replaced by the proposed methodology with a simple experimental installation and a good accuracy for evaluating the control performance of a TLD.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.29-38
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• 2022

In this study, the shaking table tests were carried out on six types of non-structural elements installed on a full-scale two-story steel structure. The shaking table tests were performed for non-structural elements with and without seismic isolators. In this study, the seismic performance of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) specimens was tested and investigated. Non-seismic details were composed of conventional channel section steel beams, and the seismic isolators were composed of high damping rubber bearing (HDRB) and wire isolator. The input acceleration time histories were artificially generated to satisfy the requirements proposed by the ICC-ES AC156 code. Based on the test results, the damage and dynamic characteristics of the UPS with the seismic isolator were investigated in terms of the natural frequency, damping ratio, acceleration time history responses, dynamic amplification factors, and relative displacements. The results from the shaking table showed that the dynamic characteristics of the UPS including the acceleration response were significantly improved when using the seismic isolator.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.87-94
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• 1998

Increasing flexibility and lightness of recently built high-rise buildings make the structures susceptible to loads such as earthquakes and winds. Therefore, higher performance vibration control systems to reduce the vibration levels are demanded more than any time in the past. One of the typical active vibration control systems is the active mass driver (AMD). In this paper, an active vibration control system consisting of small shaking table, building model, sensors, signal processing board and AMD is constructed. The dynamic characteristics of these individual systems are investigated through the experimental study. The performance of the active vibration control system is verified through the El Centro earthquake(1940,NS) on the building model.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2013.04a
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• pp.668-669
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• 2013

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2010.03a
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• pp.755-758
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 토목구조물에 대하여 상사율을 고려한 1g 진동대실험(Shaking Table Test)과 전산해석을 수행하여, 실제 지진하중(단주기, 장주기, 인공지진)에 대한 토목구조물의 안정성을 분석 및 평가 하였다. 상사율에 따른 지표면 가속도 거동을 비교 분석하기 위하여 여러 가지 상사율을 적용한 실험을 수행하여 측정된 결과와 전산해석 결과를 상호 비교 분석하여 상사비에 따른 실험결과의 적절성을 평가하였다. 상사율을 1/50과 1/50보다 크게 조성하여 진동대실험과 전산해석 결과에 의하면, 지표면 가속도의 결과는 모두 유사한 결과를 보였다. 상사율 1:50 이상인 단면의 경우 진동대실험과 전산해석 결과 사이의 유사성이 떨어지는 것으로 볼 때, 1:50 이하인 상사단면이 실제 현장에서의 거동을 모사하는데 더 높은 신뢰성을 제공하는 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.117-124
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• 1993

본 연구에서는 공기스프링을 능동요소로 사용한 방진대를 1자유도 및 2자유도로 모델링하여 이론해석을 수행하였고, 이에 따른 컴퓨터시뮬레이션과 실험을 통하여 이론의 타당성을 검증하였다. 다음으로 공기스프링 방진대의 방진성능 향상을 위하여 비례제어밸브, 컴퓨터, 측정센서 등을 이용하여 공기 스프링내의 공기압력을 능동적으로 조절할 수 있는 제어계를 구성한 후, 최적제어 및 퍼지제어 알고리즘을 적용하여 상태귀환 제어를 실시하였다.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.33-43
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• 2010

This paper deals with the hybrid structural test technique which has been introduced and studied currently in Korea. In this study, a Mini-MOST system which was developed as a part of NEES research was modified and improved to reduce the total simulation time to half of the original system. Using the proposed system together with the 2 dimensional small steel frame specimen, the validity and efficiency of the hybrid test technique is investigated. Even though the hybrid test has been developed as an alternative to the shaking table test and has been studied and applied for a long time in several countries, no attempt has been made to compare it directly with the shaking table test. Therefore, in this study, the hybrid test results are compared with those of the shaking table test as well as with a numerical simulation for the verification of hybrid test. From the comparison and analysis of the test results, it is concluded that the hybrid test can simulate the actual seismic behavior of structural systems very accurately and it can be a good alternative to the shaking table test.

• Proceeding of KASS Symposium
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.139-144
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• 2008

Experimental studies using tuned liquid damper(TLD) and multiple tuned liquid damper(MTLD), which are passive control devices consisting of a rigid tank filed with liquid, are used to suppress vibration of structures. This TLD and MTLD are attributable to several potential advantage -low costs, easy; easy to install in existing structures: effective even for small amplitude vibrations. For this, we conducted shaking table experiments for two natural frequencies (0.44Hz, 0.55Hz) according to the excitation amplitude(1mm, 3mm, 5mm, 10mm, 20mm) So, the majority of studies suggested optimized natural frequence and excitation amplitude for control devices.(TLD and MTLD type : circle, rectangular) As the analysis result, we verified vibration reduction effects of a MTLD by analyzing the performance experiment of TLD and MTLD

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.396-397
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• 2009

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.321-322
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• 2011