Influence of dash-pot with controllable damping coefficient on damping efficiency of TMDI

Abstract

In this paper we study the dynamics of two degree freedom system, which is consist of main body and tuned mass damper with inerter (TMDI). We add the dash-pot with variable damping coefficient to TMDI to study the overall efficiency of the device. The shape of non-linear characteristic of the dash-pot is dependent on one control parameter which governs the steepness of the function and the value of damping coefficient changes according to the relative displacement or velocity between main mass and tuned mass damper. We show the two parameters diagrams showing the maximum amplitude of the main body versus frequency of excitation of main body and controlling parameter.