• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.243-259
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• 2020

This study aims to optimize, design, and predict the MTMDs performance in SDOF systems using spectral analysis, and then apply their results to MDOF structures. Given the importance of spectral analysis in the design of new engineering structures, achieving a method for designing TMDs based on this theory can be of great importance for structural designers. In this study, several convenient combinations of MTMDs in an SDOF system are first considered to minimize the maximum displacement. For calculating the frequency ratios of dampers, an innovative technique is adopted in which the values of different modal responses obtained from the spectral analysis are approached together. This procedure is done using a harmony search (HS) algorithm. Also, using the random vibration theory, the damping ratio of the dampers is obtained. Then, an equation is presented for predicting the performance of MTMDs. For evaluating this equation, three structures with different stories are designed. Some of the presented combinations of dampers are added to them. The time history analyses are employed to analyze the structures under 30 different accelerograms. The findings indicated that the proposed equation could efficiently predict the performance of the MTMDs. Furthermore, four different patterns of damper distribution along the height of the structures are defined. The effect of them on the maximum deformation of the structures in time history analyses is discussed, and an equation is presented to estimate this effect. The results indicated that the average and maximum error percentages of the proposed equations are about three and seven percent, respectively, compared to the time history analyses results, which are negligible values.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.48-54
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 수평변위와 횡력의 저감을 위해서 빌딩외부의 빌딩간 변형차이와 단면2차 모멘트의 최대화를 이용하여 다수의 빌딩으로 구성된 빌딩시스템의 빌딩간 협업제어 방식의 횡력분배 및 변위감소를 제안하였다. 제안된 복합빌딩 시스템의 안전설계를 위한 방안으로 케이블 파단시의 연속붕괴방지를 위한 연결부 정착판의 추가배치와 대공간구조 자체의 질량과 강성 및 공간을 활용한 동조질량감쇠장치의 설계에 대하여 제안하였다. 도심지 인구집중과 지가상승의 필연적 결과에 대한 해결방안으로 제안된 초고밀도 복합빌딩 시스템의 설계 최적화를 위하여, 3차원 빌딩구조시스템의 2축 대칭조건과 경계조건을 이용하여 2차원 모델을 구성하고 1차부정정구조를 이루는 2차원 모델의 중요설계변수를 검토하였다. 제안된 복합빌딩구조 시스템은 인구밀도와 지가가 상승하는 도심내 최대밀도구역에서 토지이용의 효율성을 극대화시키고, 새로운 빌딩 또는 기존빌딩구조의 안전성을 증대할 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 지진하중을 받는 대공간 구조물의 지진응답을 저감시키기 위하여 준능등 동조질량제어장치(STMD)를 이용한 제어기법의 가능성을 검토하여 보았다. 이를 위하여 대공간구조물의 기본적인 동적특성을 가지고 있으며 동시에 가장 간단한 구조이기도 한 아치 구조물에 일반적인 TMD 및 STMD를 설치하여 지진응답 제어성능을 평가하였다. STMD의 감쇠력을 조절하기 위해서 널리 사용되고 있는 준능동 제어알고리즘인 그라운드혹(groundhook) 제어기법을 이용하였다. STMD 및 수동 TMD의 성능검토를 위하여 조화지반가속도와 El Centro (1940) 및 Northridge (1994) 지진하중을 사용하였다. 해석결과 수동 TMD에 의해서 아치구조물의 지진응답을 효과적으로 저감시킬 수 있었으며 STMD를 사용하면 수통 TMD 보다 더욱 우수한 응답저감효과를 얻을 수 있는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 비틀림 거동을 일으키는 편심구조물의 효율적인 제어를 위한 비틀림 강성을 가지는 동조질량감쇠기의 제어성능을 검토하고자 한다. 이를 위하여 지진하중을 받는 편심구조물에 동조질량감쇠기의 설치위치와 비틀림강성에 따른 제어성능을 평가한다. 반복되는 시간이력해석시 소요되는 해석시간을 줄이기 위하여 등가해석 모델을 사용하였고 비비례감쇠시스템인 동조질량감쇠가 설치된 구조물의 해석을 효율적으로 수행할 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통하여 일반적인 동조질량감쇠기에서 무시되어온 동조질량감쇠기의 비틀림 속성이 비틀림 거동이 발생하는 편심구조물에서는 효과적일 수 있음을 검증하였다. 그리고 편심구조물의 경우에는 동조질량감쇠기의 최적 설치 위치가 구조물 평면의 중심이 아닐 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.287-303
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• 2018

Applications of energy harvesting from mechanical vibrations is becoming popular but the full potential of such applications is yet to be explored. This paper addresses this issue by considering an application of energy harvesting for the dual objective of serving as an indicator of structural health monitoring (SHM) and extent of control. Variation of harvested energy from an undamaged baseline is employed for this purpose and the concept is illustrated by implementing it for active vibrations of a pipe structure. Theoretical and experimental analyses are carried out to determine the energy harvesting potential from undamaged and damaged conditions. The use of energy harvesting as indicator for control is subsequently investigated, considering the effect of the introduction of a tuned mass damper (TMD). It is found that energy harvesting can be used for the detection and monitoring of the location and magnitude of damage occurring within a pipe structure. Additionally, the harvested energy acts as an indicator of the extent of reduction of vibration of pipes when a TMD is attached. This paper extends the range of applications of energy harvesting devices for the monitoring of built infrastructure and illustrates the vast potential of energy harvesters as smart sensors.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.40-48
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• 2016

관측위성의 고 해상도 임무요구조건 충족을 위해 기계적 구동부를 갖는 탑재장비로부터의 미소진동은 항상 차폐의 대상으로 존재하였다. 본 연구에서는 차폐의 대상이던 미소진동에 주목하여, 전기에너지 재생이 가능하고 동시에 진동절연이 가능한 복합 시스템 구현을 목표로 동조질량 흡진기 형태의 전자기 하베스터와 결합된 수동형 진동절연 시스템을 제안하였다. 아울러 하베스터의 기본특성 측정시험 결과에 기인한 수치해석과 미소진동시험 및 생성전력 측정시험을 통해 본 연구에서 제안한 복합시스템은 미소진동 절연과 동시에 전기에너지 재생에 유효함을 입증하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.177-201
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• 2014

With the increased size and flexibility of the tower and blades, structural vibrations are becoming a limiting factor towards the design of even larger and more powerful wind turbines. Research into the use of vibration mitigation devices in the turbine tower has been carried out but the use of dampers in the blades has yet to be investigated in detail. Mitigating vibrations will increase the design life and hence economic viability of the turbine blades and allow for continual operation with decreased downtime. The aim of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of Semi-Active Tuned Mass Dampers (STMDs) in reducing the edgewise vibrations in the turbine blades. A frequency tracking algorithm based on the Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT) technique is used to tune the damper. A theoretical model has been developed to capture the dynamic behaviour of the blades including the coupling with the tower to accurately model the dynamics of the entire turbine structure. The resulting model consists of time dependent equations of motion and negative damping terms due to the coupling present in the system. The performances of the STMDs based vibration controller have been tested under different loading and operating conditions. Numerical analysis has shown that variation in certain parameters of the system, along with the time varying nature of the system matrices has led to the need for STMDs to allow for real-time tuning to the resonant frequencies of the system.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.134-140
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• 2022

Ship local structure sometimes experiences severe vibration due to the resonance with an excitation force generated by the propulsion system. In that case, the installation of dynamic vibration absorber such as Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) on the structure can be considered as an effective alternative countermeasure to reduce the troublesome vibration if structural modification or change of excitation frequencies is difficult. Meanwhile, the conventional optimal design method of TMD premises the target structure exposed on an excitation force without the constraint of its magnitude and frequency range. However, the frequencies of major ship excitation forces due to propulsion system are normally bounded and its magnitude is varied according to its operation speed. Hence, the optimal design of TMD to reduce the resonant vibration of ship local structure should be differently approached compared with the conventional ones. For the purpose, this paper proposes an optimal design method of TMD considering maximum frequency and magnitude variation of a target harmonic excitation component. It is done by both lowering the resonant response at the 1st natural frequency and locating the 2nd natural frequency over maximum excitation frequency for the idealized 2 degree of freedom system consisted of the structure and the TMD. For the validation of the proposed method, a numerical design case of TMD for a ship local structure exposed on resonant vibration due to a propeller excitation force is introduced and its performance is compared with the conventionally designed one.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.385-394
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• 2022

Recently, an increasing number of cutting-edged studies have shown that designing a smart active control for real-time implementation requires piles of hard-work criteria in the design process, including performance controllers to reduce the tracking errors and tolerance to external interference and measure system disturbed perturbations. This article proposes an effective artificial-intelligence method using these rigorous criteria, which can be translated into general control plants for the management of civil engineering installations. To facilitate the calculation, an efficient solution process based on linear matrix (LMI) inequality has been introduced to verify the relevance of the proposed method, and extensive simulators have been carried out for the numerical constructive model in the seismic stimulation of the active rigidity. Additionally, a fuzzy model of the neural network based system (NN) is developed using an interconnected method for LDI (linear differential) representation determined for arbitrary dynamics. This expression is constructed with a nonlinear sector which converts the nonlinear model into a multiple linear deformation of the linear model and a new state sufficient to guarantee the asymptomatic stability of the Lyapunov function of the linear matrix inequality. In the control design, we incorporated H Infinity optimized development algorithm and performance analysis stability. Finally, there is a numerical practical example with simulations to show the results. The implication results in the RMS response with as well as without tuned mass damper (TMD) of the benchmark building under the external excitation, the El-Centro Earthquake, in which it also showed the simulation using evolved bat algorithmic LMI fuzzy controllers in term of RMS in acceleration and displacement of the building.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2024

In order to enhance the seismic performance of base-isolated structures on soft foundations, the hybrid system of base-isolated system (BIS) and shape memory alloy inerter (SMAI), referred to as BIS+SMAI, is for the first time here proposed. Considering the nonlinear hysteretic relationships of both the isolation layer and SMA, and soil-structure interaction (SSI), the equivalent linearized state space equation is established of the structure-BIS+SMAI system. The displacement variance based on the H₂ norm is then formulated for the structure with BIS+SMAI. Employing the particle swarm optimization, the optimization design methodology of BIS+SMAI is presented in the frequency domain. The evolvement rules of BIS+SMAI in the effectiveness, robustness, SMA driving force, inertia force, stroke, and damping enhancement effect are revealed in the frequency domain through changing the inerter-mass ratio, structural height, aspect ratio, and relative stiffness ratio between the soil and structure. Meanwhile, the validation of BIS+SMAI is conducted using real earthquake records. Results demonstrate that BIS+SMAI can effectively reduce the isolation layer displacement. The inerter can significantly increase the hysteretic displacement of SMA and thus enhance its energy dissipation capacity, implying that BIS+SMAI has better effectiveness than BIS+SMA. Although BIS+SMAI and BIS+ tuned inerter damper (TID) have practically the same effectiveness, BIS+SMAI has the lower optimum damping, significantly smaller inertia force, and higher robustness to perturbations of the optimum parameters. Therefore, BIS+SMAI can be used as a more engineering realizable hybrid system for enhancing the performance of base-isolated structures in soft soil areas.