Tuned mass dampers for the mitigation of impulsive ground motions

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dc.contributor.authorMatta, Emiliano
dc.contributor.authorCeravolo, Rosario
dc.contributor.authorDe Stefano, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorQuattrone, Antonino
dc.contributor.authorZanotti Fragonara, Luca
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-01T14:28:53Z
dc.date.available2017-08-01T14:28:53Z
dc.date.issued2012-12-01
dc.description.abstractThe performance of tuned mass dampers (TMDs) diminishes as the input duration shortens. As a result, they are not recommended for use against short-duration, pulse-like ground motions, such as those occurring in near-field (NF) zones in the presence of forward-directivity or fling-step effects. Yet a systematic assessment of this control loss is still missing. In this paper, a recent analytical model of ground motion pulses is applied to the design and evaluation of TMDs against impulsive earthquakes. Based on this model, first a new optimization method is introduced as an alternative to the classical H∞ approach. Then the two strategies are tested on single- and multi- degrees-of-freedom linear structures subject both to analytical pulses and to a large set of NF records possessing pulse-like features. The resulting statistical evaluation, expressed by percentile response spectra, shows the advantages and disadvantages of a pulse-oriented TMD design, and improves the general understanding of TMDs effectiveness under impulsive ground motions.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationEmiliano Matta, Rosario Ceravolo, Alessandro De Stefano, Antonino Quattrone and Luca Zanotti Fragonara. Tuned mass dampers for the mitigation of impulsive ground motions. 11th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology 2012 (CST 2012), 4-7 September 2012, Dubrovnik, Croatia.en_UK
dc.identifier.isbn9781622763795
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12258
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCivil-Comp Pressen_UK
dc.subjectearthquake engineeringen_UK
dc.subjectstructural controlen_UK
dc.subjectseismic designen_UK
dc.subjectdampingen_UK
dc.subjectarthquake resistant structuresen_UK
dc.subjectground motionen_UK
dc.subjectimpulsive loadsen_UK
dc.subjectresponse spectraen_UK
dc.titleTuned mass dampers for the mitigation of impulsive ground motionsen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

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