Wind Response Control of Building with Variable Stiffness Tuned Mass Damper Using Empirical Mode Decomposition/Hilbert Transform
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 130, Issue 4
Abstract
The effectiveness of a novel semiactive variable stiffness-tuned mass damper (SAIVS-TMD) for the response control of a wind-excited tall benchmark building is investigated in this study. The benchmark building considered is a proposed 76-story concrete office tower in Melbourne, Australia. It is a slender building 306 m tall with a height to width ratio of 7.3; hence, it is wind sensitive. Across wind load data from wind tunnel tests are used in the present study. The objective of this study is to evaluate the new SAIVS-TMD system, that has the distinct advantage of continuously retuning its frequency due to real time control and is robust to changes in building stiffness and damping. In comparison, the passive tuned mass damper (TMD) can only be tuned to a fixed frequency. A time varying analytical model of the tall building with the SAIVS-TMD is developed. The frequency tuning of the SAIVS-TMD is achieved based on empirical mode decomposition and Hilbert transform instantaneous frequency algorithm developed by the writers. It is shown that the SAIVS-TMD can reduce the structural response substantially, when compared to the uncontrolled case, and it can reduce the response further when compared to the case with TMD. Additionally, it is shown the SAIVS-TMD reduces response even when the building stiffness changes by ±15% and is robust; whereas, the TMD loses its effectiveness under such building stiffness variations. It is also shown that SAIVS-TMD can reduce the response similar to an active TMD; however, with an order of magnitude less power consumption.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 130 • Issue 4 • April 2004
Pages: 451 - 458
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Copyright © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Mar 5, 2003
Accepted: Mar 5, 2003
Published online: Mar 15, 2004
Published in print: Apr 2004
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