Research developments in vibration control of structures using passive tuned mass dampers

S Elias, V Matsagar - Annual Reviews in Control, 2017 - Elsevier
A state-of-the-art review on the response control of structures mainly using the passive tuned
mass damper (s)(TMD/s) is presented. The review essentially focuses on the response …

Experimental study on adaptive-passive tuned mass damper with variable stiffness for vertical human-induced vibration control

L Wang, S Nagarajaiah, Y Zhou, W Shi - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Serviceability problem and human-induced vibration control of slender footbridges are of
increasing interest to structural engineers. Passive tuned mass dampers (TMDs) have a …

Adaptive-passive tuned mass damper for structural aseismic protection including soil–structure interaction

L Wang, W Shi, Y Zhou - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
As one of the most traditional vibration mitigation devices, tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are
applied widely in aseismic protection of building structures. The control effect of a passive …

Reliability-based optimization of supported pendulum TMDs' nonlinear track shape using Padé approximants

LFF Miguel, S Elias, AT Beck - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Supported Pendulum Tuned Mass Dampers (PTMDs) are vibration absorbers
whose mass is constrained to oscillate along a curved path, enabling to use gravity as a …

Bi-directional vibration control of offshore wind turbines using a 3D pendulum tuned mass damper

C Sun, V Jahangiri - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2018 - Elsevier
Offshore wind turbines suffer from excessive bi-directional vibrations due to wind-wave
misalignment and vortex induced vibrations. However, most of existing research focus on …

Study on adaptive‐passive eddy current pendulum tuned mass damper for wind‐induced vibration control

L Wang, S Nagarajaiah, W Shi… - The Structural Design of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are used to control wind‐excited responses of high‐rise
building as traditional vibration control devices. A TMD will have an excellent control effect …

An adaptive‐passive retuning device for a pendulum tuned mass damper considering mass uncertainty and optimum frequency

L Wang, W Shi, X Li, Q Zhang… - Structural Control and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A tuned mass damper (TMD) is one of the most used structural control devices. However, a
traditional TMD has the disadvantage of high sensitivity to frequency deviation and difficulty …

Study on self‐adjustable variable pendulum tuned mass damper

L Wang, W Shi, Y Zhou - The Structural Design of Tall and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pendulum tuned mass damper (PTMD) is usually used to control the horizontal vibration of a
tall building. However, traditional PTMD is highly sensitive to frequency deviation and …

Distributed tuned mass dampers for multi-mode control of benchmark building under seismic excitations

S Elias, V Matsagar, TK Datta - Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The effectiveness of the multi-mode control of seismically excited building installed with
distributed multiple tuned mass dampers (d-MTMDs) is investigated by comparing dynamic …

Optimal design of passive‐adaptive pendulum tuned mass damper for the global vibration control of offshore wind turbines

G Bertollucci Colherinhas, F Petrini… - Wind …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents an optimal design procedure for a pendulum tuned mass damper
(PTMD) to mitigate the global structural vibrations of offshore wind turbines (OWTs) in the …