Track Nonlinear Energy Sink for Rapid Response Reduction in Building Structures
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 141, Issue 1
Abstract
A new type of nonlinear energy sink (NES), termed a track NES, is proposed in this paper. The shape of the track over which the auxiliary mass moves determines the character of the nonlinear restoring force for the NES. After deriving the equations of motion for the track NES, numerical optimization is carried out for the system implemented in a two-degree-of-freedom primary structure. The optimization results are in the track shape of a fourth-order polynomial. The performance of the track NES is compared with an equivalent tuned mass damper (TMD) and the Type I NES, which utilizes a cubic restoring force. The results of this comparison show that the attenuation observed with the track NES is competitive with the Type I NES and is more robust against changes in the underlying structure than the TMD. Moreover, the track NES is more scalable and offers greater flexibility in prescribing the associated nonlinear restoring force.
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Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the China Scholarship Council, which supported Jingjing Wang's visit to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51261120377) for partial financial support for this paper.
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Volume 141 • Issue 1 • January 2015
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Received: Jan 2, 2014
Accepted: May 12, 2014
Published online: Jun 4, 2014
Published in print: Jan 1, 2015
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