• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1005-1028
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• 2016

Two novel semi-active control methods for a seismically excited nonlinear benchmark building equipped with magnetorheological dampers are presented and evaluated in this paper. While a primary controller is designed to estimate the optimal control force of a magnetorheological (MR) damper, the required voltage input for the damper to produce such desired control force is achieved using two different methods. The first technique uses an optimal compact Takagi-Sugeno-Kang (TSK) fuzzy inverse model of MR damper to predict the required voltage to actuate the MR dampers (TSKFInv). The other voltage regulator introduced here works based on the maximum and minimum capacities of MR damper at each time-step (MaxMin). Both semi-active algorithms developed here, use acceleration feedback only. The results demonstrate that both TSKFInv and MaxMin algorithms are quite effective in seismic response reduction for wide range of motions from moderate to severe seismic events, compared with the passive systems and performs better than original and Modified clipped optimal controller systems, known as COC and MCOC.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.152-158
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• 2006

The objective of this work is to develop the knee joint model for representing various pendulum motions and quantifying the spasticity. Knee joint model included the extension and flexion muscles. The joint moment consists of both the active moment from the stretch reflex and the passive moment from the viscoelastic joint properties. The stretch reflex was modeled as nonlinear feedback of muscle length and the muscle lengthening velocity, which is Physiologically-feasible. Moreover, we modeled the spastic reflex as having dynamic threshold to account far the various pendulum trajectories of spastic patients. We determined the model parameters of three patients who showed different pendulum trajectories through minimization of error between experimental and simulated trajectories. The simulated joint trajectories closely matched with the experimental ones, which show the proposed model can predict pendulum motions of patients with different spastic severities. The predicted muscle force from spastic reflex appeared more frequently in the severe spastic patient, which indicates the dynamic threshold relaxes slowly in this patient as is manifested by the variation coefficient of dynamic threshold. The proposed method provides prediction of muscle force and intuitive and objective evaluation of spasticity and it is expected to be useful in quantitative assessment of spasticity.

• Computational Structural Engineering : An International Journal
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2003

A recently developed semi-active control system employing magneto-rheological (MR) fluid dampers is applied to vibration control of a wind excited tall building. The semi-active control system with MR fluid dampers appears to have the reliability of passive control devices and the adaptability of fully active control systems. The system requires only small power source, which is critical during severe events, when the main power source may fail. Numerical simulation studies are performed to demonstrate the efficiency of the MR dampers on the third ASCE benchmark problem. Multiple MR dampers are assumed to be installed in the 76-story building. Genetic algorithm is applied to determine the optimal locations and capacities of the MR dampers. Clipped optimal controller is designed to control the MR dampers based on the acceleration feedback. To verify the robustness with respect to the variation of the external wind force, several cases with different wind forces are considered in the numerical simulation. Simulation results show that the semi-actively controlled MR dampers can effectively reduce both the peak and RMS responses the tall building under various wind force conditions. The control performance of the MR dampers for wind is found to be fairly similar to the performance of an active tuned mass damper.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.85-94
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 구조적으로 유연한 특성을 갖는 교량 구조물을 대상으로 외력에 의해 발생되는 진동을 실시간으로 제어하고자 준능동형 실시간 피드백 진동제어시스템을 구성하고, 이를 실험적으로 평가하였다. 여기서 진동제어를 위한 대상 교량 구조물은 서해대교를 약 1/200 크기로 규모화 하여 설계/제작한 모형 교량 구조물을 사용하였고, 실험실 여건을 고려해 규모화 된 El-centro 지진파형으로 구조물을 가진하였다. 또한, 교량 상판 중앙지점에는 전자석이 채용된 전단형 MR 댐퍼를 수직방향으로 설치하여 발생된 진동을 제어하도록 하였고, 동시에 변위계 및 가속도계를 설치하여 구조물의 응답(변위, 가속도)을 획득하였다. 이때 진동제어의 실험은 크게 비-제어, 수동 on/off 제어, Lyapunov 안정론 기반 제어 그리고, Clipped-optimal 제어조건으로 구분하여 실시간 피드백 진동제어실험을 수행하였고, 이때 진동제어의 효과는 상판 중앙지점에 대하여 각 실험방법 별 절대최대변위와 절대최대가속도 그리고, 인가전원의 소모량 등을 성능지수를 이용해 정량적으로 평가하였다. 진동제어실험의 결과로부터, Lyapunov 제어 및 Clipped-optimal 제어방법 모두 구조물의 발생 변위 및 가속도를 효과적으로 감소시켰으며, 특히 진동제어 시 요구되는 외부 인가전원의 소비를 크게 감소시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다. 최종적으로, 본 논문에서 구성한 준능동형 실시간 피드백 진동제어시스템은 교량 구조물에 발생된 진동을 제어 관리하기 위한 적극 효율적인 방법으로 활용될 가능성이 있음을 확인하였다.