• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.683-693
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• 2019

In August 2012, during the passage of the typhoon Haikui (1211), large amplitude vibrations were observed on long hangers of the Xihoumen suspension Bridge, which destroyed a few viscoelastic dampers originally installed to connect a pair of hanger ropes transversely. The purpose of this study is to identify the cause of vibration and to develop countermeasures against vibration. Field measurements have been conducted in order to correlate the wind and vibration characteristics of hangers. Furthermore, a replica aeroelastic model of prototype hangers consisting of four parallel ropes was used to study the aeroelastic behavior of hanger ropes and to examine the effect of the rigid spacers on vibration mitigation. It is shown that the downstream hanger rope experiences the most violent elliptical vibration for certain wind direction, and the vibration is mainly attributed to wake interference of parallel hanger ropes. Based on wind tunnel tests and field validation, it is confirmed that four rigid spacers placed vertically at equal intervals are sufficient to suppress the wake-induced vibrations. Since the deployment of spacers on hangers, server hanger vibrations and clash of hanger ropes are never observed.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.195-208
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• 2016

Seismic isolation systems are essentially designed to preserve structural safety, prevent occupants injury and properties damage. An active saturated LMI-based control design is proposed to attenuate seismic disturbances in base-isolated structures under saturation actuators. Using a mathematical model of an eight-storied building structure, an active control algorithm is designed. Performance evaluation of the controller is carried out in a simplified model version of a benchmark building system, which is recognized as a state-of-the-art model for numerical experiments of structures under seismic perturbations. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is robust with respect to model and seismic perturbations. Finally, the performance indices show that the proposed controller behaves satisfactorily and with a reasonable control effort.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.417-432
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• 2011

The present paper is devoted to vibration canceling and shape control of piezoelastic slender beams. Taking into account the presence of electric networks, an extended electromechanically coupled Bernoulli-Euler beam theory for passive piezoelectric composite structures is shortly introduced in the first part of our contribution. The second part of the paper deals with the concept of passive shape control of beams using shaped piezoelectric layers and tuned inductive networks. It is shown that an impedance matching and a shaping condition must be fulfilled in order to perfectly cancel vibrations due to an arbitrary harmonic load for a specific frequency. As a main result of the present paper, the correctness of the theory of passive shape control is demonstrated for a harmonically excited piezoelelastic cantilever by a finite element calculation based on one-dimensional Bernoulli-Euler beam elements, as well as by the commercial finite element code of ANSYS using three-dimensional solid elements. Finally, an outlook for the practical importance of the passive shape control concept is given: It is shown that harmonic vibrations of a beam with properly shaped layers according to the presented passive shape control theory, which are attached to an resistor-inductive circuit (RL-circuit), can be significantly reduced over a large frequency range compared to a beam with uniformly distributed piezoelectric layers.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.355-363
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 ATmega기반의 스마트 제어보드를 이용하여, 지형의 경사로에 따라 실시간으로 전동휠체어의 시트를 제어하는 시스템을 제안한다. 스마트 제어보드에는 자이로 및 가속도 센서와 Tilt센서가 포함되어 있으며, 전동휠체어가 다양한 경사로 지형을 지나갈 때 실시간으로 2개의 센서를 이용하여, 지형을 파악할 수 있도록 구성되었다. 본 논문에서는 정확한 지형을 파악할 수 있도록 자이로 센서와 가속도 센서 기반에 상호보안 필터를 적용하여, 전동휠체어가 이동 중에 출력되는 센서 값의 노이즈를 해결하였다. 이를 기반으로 전동휠체어가 이동시 센서 출력 값의 노이즈로 인하여, 시트가 지속적으로 흔들리지 않고 안정적으로 시트 평행을 유지하는 것을 확인할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 사용자의 편의를 위해 전동휠체어에 익숙하지 않은 사람들이 쉽게 제어할 수 있도록 스마트 폰 기반의 제어 플랫폼을 제공한다. 스마트 폰의 제어플랫폼은 전동휠체어의 현재 상태를 실시간으로 모니터링 할 수 있으며, 욕창 방지와 관련하여, 시트의 기울기를 임의적으로 제어할 수 있도록 도와준다.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.71-80
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• 2012

Because a smart isolation system cannot be used as a base isolation system for tall buildings, top-story or mid-story isolation systems are required. In this study, adaptability of a smart top-story isolation system for reduction of seismic responses of tall buildings in regions of low-to-moderate seismicity has been investigated. To this end, 20-story example building structure was selected and an MR damper and low damping elastomeric bearings were used to compose a smart base isolation system. Artificial earthquakes generated based on design spectrum of low-to-moderate seismicity regions are used for structural analyses. Based on numerical simulation results, it has been shown that a smart top-story isolation system can effectively reduce both structural responses and isolation story drifts of the building structure in low-to-moderate seismicity regions in comparison with a passive top-story isolation system.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.281-303
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• 2014

In order to suppress the wind-induced vibrations of the Canton Tower, a pair of active mass driver (AMD) systems has been installed on the top of the main structure. The structural principal directions in which the bending modes of the structure are uncoupled are proposed and verified based on the orthogonal projection approach. For the vibration control design in the principal X direction, the simplified model of the structure is developed based on the finite element model and modified according to the field measurements under wind excitations. The AMD system driven by permanent magnet synchronous linear motors are adopted. The dynamical models of the AMD subsystems are determined according to the open-loop test results by using nonlinear least square fitting method. The continuous variable gain feedback (VGF) control strategy is adopted to make the AMD system adaptive to the variation in the intensity of wind excitations. Finally, the field tests of free vibration control are carried out. The field test results of AMD control show that the damping ratio of the first vibration mode increases up to 11 times of the original value without control.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2022

TMD는 다른 진동제어장치에 비해 구조가 단순하며, 구조물에 발생하는 정형화된 형태의 진동에 우수한 제어성능을 보인다. 그러나 다른 제어장치에 비하여 진동제어범위가 좁아 예상치 못한 외부하중으로 인하여 발생하는 진동주기에는 취약하다. 본 연구에서 개발된 ETMD는 Mass를 전자석으로 구성하여 전류를 공급할 때 자기장이 형성됨과 동시에 마찰판과의 마찰력을 상승시켜 Mass의 거동을 순간적으로 제어한다. 개발된 ETMD의 제어성능 평가를 위하여 모형 단순보 교량 중앙에 ETMD를 설치한 후 중앙부 최대 수직변위가 발생하는 3.02Hz 조건으로 강제 진동을 발생시켜 휨거동 제어실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과 ETMD는 중앙부 최대 수직변위가 발생하는 3.02Hz에서 변위 감쇠율이 57.51%로 우수한 제어성능을 발휘하며 그 외에 진동주기에도 안정적인 제어성능을 보이는 것을 확인하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.95-110
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• 2019

The semi-active impact damper (SAID) is proposed to improve the damping efficiency of traditional passive impact dampers. In order to investigate its damping mechanism and vibration control effects on realistic engineering structures, a 20-story nonlinear benchmark building is used as the main structure. The studies on system parameters, including the mass ratio, damping ratio, rigid coefficient, and the intensity of excitation are carried out, and their effects both on linear and nonlinear indexes are evaluated. The damping mechanism is herein further investigated and some suggestions for the design in high-rise buildings are also proposed. To validate the superiority of SAID, an optimal passive particle impact damper ($PID_{opt}$) is also investigated as a control group, in which the parameters of the SAID remain the same, and the optimal parameters of the $PID_{opt}$ are designed by differential evolution algorithm based on a reduced-order model. The numerical simulation shows that the SAID has better control effects than that of the optimized passive particle impact damper, not only for linear indexes (e.g., root mean square response), but also for nonlinear indexes (e.g., component energy consumption and hinge joint curvature).

• 한국공작기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국공작기계학회 2000년도 춘계학술대회논문집 - 한국공작기계학회
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• pp.204-209
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• 2000

It is the first step to establish the exact vibration model of the structure when constructing the smart structure with desired vibration scheme. In this paper, vibration model of beam with piezoelectric element boned on the surface is presented by considering the thickness effect of the bond layer. In contrast to the previous papers which neglect the effect of bond layer, the presented vibration model considers the effect of bond layer assuming the prefect bond condition. The perfect bond condition is tested by comparing the controllability of beams with three types of bond layer. An optimal vibration control of the beam can be performed when there exists perfect-bond condition between the piezoelectric element and the main structure.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.95-103
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• 2018

Active vibration control via inertial mass actuators has been shown as an effective tool to significantly reduce human-induced vertical vibrations, allowing structures to satisfy vibration serviceability limits. However, a lot of practical obstacles have to be solved before experimental implementations. This has motivated simple control techniques, such as direct velocity feedback control (DVFC), which is implemented in practice by integrating the signal of an accelerometer with a band-pass filter working as a lossy integrator. This work provides practical guidelines for the tuning of DVFC considering the damping performance, inertial mass actuator limitations, such as stroke and force saturation, as well as the stability margins of the closed-loop system. Experimental results on a full scale steel-concrete composite structure (behaves similar to a footbridge) with adjustable span are reported to illustrate the main conclusions of this work.