Performance-based placement design of tuned electromagnetic inertial mass dampers

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Abstract

This paper presents a performance-based placement design method for the control of the earthquake responses of a multistory building using tuned electromagnetic inertial mass dampers (T-EIMDs). The T-EIMD consists of a ball screw mechanism, a gear, a flywheel, and an electric generator installed in a cylinder, and a spring element connected in series. The ball screw mechanism converts the axial oscillation of the rod end into the rotational motion of the internal flywheel and generates a large inertial force. The electric generator is turned by the rotation of the inner rod and generates a variable damping force that is controlled by the terminal resistance. The T-EIMDs are installed between adjacent floors of a building with steel chevron braces and function as large tuned mass dampers within the stories. The spring element has the function of tuning the natural period of the T-EIMD to the fundamental natural period of the building. In the present work, a design procedure for the story-wise placement of T-EIMDs is proposed to limit the peak story drift angles to a specified target value. The proposed procedure utilizes the expanded complete quadratic combination method that involves modal analysis with complex eigenvalue analysis and is able to determine the necessary story-wise distribution of inertial masses of the T-EIMDs in a building. Time history earthquake response analyses are carried out for multistory building models set up with the necessary number of T-EIMD units, and the results establish the effectiveness and the adequacy of the proposed performance-based placement design procedure.

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Nakamura, Y., & Hanzawa, T. (2017). Performance-based placement design of tuned electromagnetic inertial mass dampers. Frontiers in Built Environment, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2017.00026

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