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Vibration control characteristics of a hybrid mass damper system installed in tall buildings
Author(s) -
Saito Tomoo,
Shiba Keiji,
Tamura Kazuo
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
earthquake engineering and structural dynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.218
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9845
pISSN - 0098-8847
DOI - 10.1002/eqe.87
Subject(s) - structural engineering , tuned mass damper , engineering , vibration , damper , acoustics , physics
A large‐scale hybrid mass damper (HMD) system was developed to reduce building response during strong winds and earthquakes of up to medium strength. The HMD consists of an auxiliary mass supported by multi‐stage rubber bearings and actuators driven by AC servomotors. Two HMDs were installed on the top floor of a target building to suppress both translational and torsional vibration. The system was installed in two high‐rise buildings. One was a 50‐storey, 200‐m high, steel‐frame building. The dynamic characteristics of both the building and the HMDs were identified through forced vibration tests using the HMD system. The effectiveness of the HMD system was confirmed by these tests and both wind and earthquake observation data. The other building was a triangular‐plan, 43‐storey, steel‐frame building. The dynamic characteristics of the building were estimated using two different methods. One method comprised a series of vibration tests using the HMDs to excite the building. The other method was an analysis of the earthquake response records of the building, which showed the additional damping effect of the HMD system. The performance of the HMD system during a strong typhoon was also analysed. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.