Robust design of mass-uncertain rolling-pendulum TMDs for the seismic protection of buildings |
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Authors: | Emiliano Matta Alessandro De Stefano |
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Affiliation: | Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 24 Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, Torino 10129, Italy;Professor Computational Engineering Dynamics, The Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London Exhibition Road South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | Commonly used for mitigating wind- and traffic-induced vibrations in flexible structures, passive tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are rarely applied to the seismic control of buildings, their effectiveness to impulsive loads being conditional upon adoption of large mass ratios. Instead of recurring to cumbersome metal or concrete devices, this paper suggests meeting that condition by turning into TMDs non-structural masses sometimes available atop buildings. An innovative roof-garden TMD, for instance, sounds a promising tool capable of combining environmental and structural protection in one device.Unfortunately, the amount of these masses being generally variable, the resulting mass-uncertain TMD (MUTMD) appears prone to mistuning and control loss. In an attempt to minimize such adverse effects, robust analysis and synthesis against mass variations are applied in this study to MUTMDs of the rolling-pendulum type, a configuration characterized by mass-independent natural period.Through simulations under harmonic and recorded ground motions of increasing intensity, the performance of circular and cycloidal rolling-pendulum MUTMDs is evaluated on an SDOF structure in order to illustrate their respective advantages as well as the drawbacks inherent in their non-linear behavior. A possible implementation of a roof-garden TMD on a real building structure is described and its control efficacy numerically demonstrated, showing that in practical applications MUTMDs can become a good alternative to traditional TMDs. |
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