• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.385-403
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• 2007

The effectiveness of the newly developed smart passive control system employing a magnetorheological (MR) damper and an electromagnetic induction (EMI) part for seismic protection of base isolated structures is numerically investigated. An EMI part in the system consists of a permanent magnet and a coil, which changes the kinetic energy of the deformation of an MR damper into the electric energy (i.e. the induced current) according to the Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction. In the smart passive control system, the damping characteristics of an MR damper are varied with the current input generated from an EMI part. Hence, it does not need any control system consisting of sensors, a controller and an external power source. This makes the system much simpler as well as more economic. To verify the efficacy of the smart passive control system, a series of numerical simulations are carried out by considering the benchmark base isolated structure control problems. The numerical simulation results show that the smart passive control system has the comparable control performance to the conventional MR damper-based semiactive control system. Therefore, the smart passive control system could be considered as one of the promising control devices for seismic protection of seismically excited base isolated structures.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 면진 건물의 내진 성능을 개선하기 위하여 최근 개발된 스마트 수동 제어 시스템을 적용하고 이의 효용성을 수치 모의실험을 통해 검증하였다. 스마트 수동 제어 시스템은 효과적인 반능동 제어 장치로 알려진 MR 감쇠기에 전자기 유도부를 도입하여 응답 변화에 따라 MR 감쇠기로 입력되는 전류를 변화시킴으로써 MR 감쇠기의 감쇠 특성을 조절하는 새로운 개념의 스마트 제진 시스템이다. 스마트 수동 제어 시스템에서 전자기 유도부는 영구자석과 솔레노이드 코일로 구성되며, 기존 스마트 제진 시스템의 계측기, 제어기, 외부 전원장치를 한꺼번에 대체할 수 있다. 면진 건물에 대한 스마트 수동 제어 시스템의 내진 성능을 수치적으로 검증하기 위하여 미국토목학회에서 제시한 면진 건물에 대한 벤치마크 제어 문제를 활용하였다. 스마트 수동 제어 시스템의 제진 성능을 MR 감쇠기를 이용한 기존 스마트 제어 시스템의 성능과 비교하였다. 수치 모의실험 결과를 통해 스마트 수동 제어 시스템이 면진 건물의 내진 성능을 개선하는 데 매우 유용함을 확인하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.495-514
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• 2014

The performance of passive control system for the seismic protection of a multi-tower cable-stayed bridge with the application of partially longitudinal constraint system is investigated. The seismic responses of the Jiashao Bridge, a six-tower cable-stayed bridge using the partially longitudinal constraint system are studied under real earthquake ground motions. The effects of the passive control devices including the viscous fluid dampers and elastic cables on the seismic responses of the bridge are examined by taking different values of parameters of the devices. Further, the optimization design principle of passive control system using viscous fluid dampers is presented to determine the optimized parameters of the viscous fluid dampers. The results of the investigations show that the control objective of the multi-tower cable-stayed bridge with the partially longitudinal constraint system is to reduce the base shears and moments of bridge towers longitudinally restricted with the bridge deck. The viscous fluid dampers are found to be more effective than elastic cables in controlling the seismic responses. The optimized parameters for the viscous fluid dampers are determined following the principle that the peak displacement at the end of bridge deck reaches to the maximum value, which can yield maximum reductions in the base shears and moments of bridge towers longitudinally restricted with the bridge deck, with slight increases in the base shears and moments of bridge towers longitudinally unrestricted with the bridge deck.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2017

This study deals with the optimal design of a hybrid control system composed of a combination of active control system and passive control system for effective seismic performance improvement of two adjacent structures. The proposed hybrid control system adopts a configuration of installing an active control device in one building and connecting two adjacent structures with a passive control device so that the one-side active control force can be bi-directionally applied to both buildings through the passive connecting devices. In order to derive the optimal performance of the proposed system, the design parameters of the passive and active control systems were searched using the genetic algorithm. Numerical simulations of 10-story and 8-story buildings have been performed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed technique. For the purpose of comparison, the conventional independent control system with two identical active control systems being installed separately for each structure was also optimally designed and its seismic response has been evaluated as well. From the comparative results of the two control systems, it is demonstrated that the proposed hybrid control system requires larger control force for its one-side active control device than the conventional independent control system does for each of both-side active devices, but quite less than the total control force required for both-side devices of the independent control system, while maintaining similar seismic performance. Therefore, the proposed system is more economical and reliable than the conventional independent control system with two identical active devices.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.807-833
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• 2015

While tuned mass dampers are found to be effective in suppressing vibration in a tall building, integrating it with a semi-active control system enables it to perform more efficiently. In this paper a forty-story tall steel-frame building designed according to the Canadian standard, has been studied with and without semi-active and passive tuned mass dampers. The building is assumed to be located in the Vancouver, Canada. A magneto-rheological fluid based semi-active tuned mass damper has been optimally designed to suppress the vibration of the structure against seismic excitation, and an appropriate control procedure has been implemented to optimize the building's semi-active tuned mass system to reduce the seismic response. Furthermore, the control system parameters have been adjusted to yield the maximum reduction in the structural displacements at different floor levels. The response of the structure has been studied with a variety of ground motions with low, medium and high frequency contents to investigate the performance of the semi-active tuned mass damper in comparison to that of a passive tuned mass damper. It has been shown that the semi-active control system modifies structural response more effectively than the classic passive tuned mass damper in both mitigation of maximum displacement and reduction of the settling time of the building.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.383-396
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• 2000

A new structure-vibration-control approach is proposed which uses a passive coupling element between two parallel structures to reduce the seismic response of a system due to earthquake excitation. Dynamic characteristics of the two coupled single-degree-freedom systems subject to stationary white-noise excitation are examined by means of statistical energy analysis (SEA) techniques. Optimal parameters of the passive coupling element such as damping and stiffness under different circumstances are determined with an emphasis on the influence of the structural parameters of the system on the optimal parameters and control effectiveness. Numerical results including the root mean square values of the response due to the filtered white-noise excitation and the time-histories of response to El Centro 1940 NS excitation are presented.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.129-145
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• 2020

Seismic resilience is a key feature for buildings that play a strategic role within the community. In this framework, not only the structural and non-structural elements damage but also the protracted structural dysfunction can contribute significantly to overall seismic damage and post-seismic crisis situations. Reduction of the residual and peak displacements and energy dissipation by replaceable elements are some effective aspects to pursue in order to enhance the resilience. Control systems able to adapt their response based on the nature of events, such as active or semi-active, can achieve the best results, but also require higher costs and their complexity jeopardizes their reliability; on the other hand, a passive control system is not able to adapt but its functioning is more reliable and characterized by lower costs. In this study it is proposed a strategy for the optimization of the dissipative capacity of a seismic resistant system obtained placing in parallel two different groups dissipative Re-Centering Devices, specifically designed to enhance the energy dissipation, one for the low and the other for the high intensity earthquakes. In this way the efficiency of the system in dissipating the seismic energy is kept less sensitive to the seismic intensity compared to the case of only one group of dissipative devices.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.17-29
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 수동, 능동, 반능동 및 복합 시스템과 같은 다양한 제어시스템의 효율성을 미국토목학회에서 제시한 지진하중을 받는 첫번째 벤치 마크 사장교을 이용해 조사하였다. 이 벤치마크 문제는 2003년 완공 예정으로 미국 Mississippi주에 건설중인 Bill Emerson Memorial교를 대상 구조물로 고려하였다. Bill Emerson Memorial 교는 New Madrid 지진구역에 위치하고 Wississippi 강을 횡단하는 주요 교량이라는 점 때문에 설계 단계에서부터 내진설계가 고려되었다. 사장교의 상세한 설계도면에 기초해 교량의 복잡한 거동을 나타낼 수 있는 3차원 선형모델과 각 제어시스템의 성능을 평가하기 위한 18개의 평가기준이 개발되었다. 본 연구에서는 네 종류의 수동제어 시스템, 한 종류의 능동제어 시스템, 두 종류의 반능동제어 시스템 밑 세 종류의 복합제어 시스템이 고려되었다. 수치해석 결과 모든 제어시스템은 지진하중을 받는 벤치마크 사장교의 응답을 감소시켰다. 그러나, 수동제어 시스템의 경우에는 뛰어난 제어성능을 얻기 위해서 다른 제어시스템에 비해 커다란 제어력을 필요로했다. 강인성에 관한 수지해석 결과에 따르면, 수동, 반능동 및 복합제어 시스템이 구조물 강성의 불확실성에 대해 강인함을 보였다. 따라서, 반능동 및 복합제어 시스템이 토목구조물과 같은 대형구조물의 실제 적용에 보다 적절하다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.425-434
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• 2019

The most effective passive vibration control and seismic resistance options in a reinforced concrete (RC) high-rise building (HRB) are the base isolation and the tuned mass damper (TMD) system. Many options, which may be suitable or not for different soil types, with different types of bearing systems, like rubber isolator, friction pendulum isolator and tension/compression isolator, are investigated to resist the base straining actions under five different earthquakes. TMD resists the seismic response, as a control system, by reducing top displacement or the total movement of the structure. Base isolation and TMDs work under seismic load in a different way, so the combination between base isolation and TMDs will reduce the harmful effect of the earthquakes in an effective and systematic way. In this paper, a comprehensive study of the combination of TMDs with three different base-isolator types for three different soil types and under five different earthquakes is conducted. The seismic response results under five different earthquakes of the studied nine RC HRB models (depicted by the top displacement, base shear force and base bending moment) are compared to show the most suitable hybrid passive vibration control system for three different soil types.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.85-105
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• 2006

Control of structural response due to seismic excitation in a manner of coupling adjacent buildings has been actively developed, and most attention focused on those buildings of similar height. However, with the rapid development of some modern cities, multi-story buildings constructed with an auxiliary low-rise podium structure to provide extra functions to the complex become a growing construction scheme. Being inspired by the positively examined coupling control approach for buildings with similar height, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive analytical study on control effectiveness of using friction dampers to link the two buildings with significant height difference to supplement the recent experimental investigation carried out by the writers. The analytical model of a coupled building system is first developed with passive friction dampers being modeled as Coulomb friction. To highlight potential advantage of coupling the main building and podium structure with control devices that provide a lower degree of coupling, the inherent demerit of rigid-coupled configuration is then evaluated. Extensive parametric studies are finally performed. The concerned parameters influencing the design of optimal friction force and control efficiency include variety of earthquake excitation and differences in floor mass, story number as well as number of dampers installed between the two buildings. In general, the feasibility of interaction control approach applied to the complex structure for vibration reduction due to seismic excitation is supported by positive results.