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Using an inerter‐based device for structural vibration suppression

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Lazar, I. F., Neild, S.A., Wagg, D.J.·2014·Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
DOI 10.1002/eqe.2390
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SUMMARY: This paper proposes the use of a novel type of passive vibration control system to reduce vibrations in civil engineering structures subject to base excitation. The new system is based on the inerter, a device that was initially developed for high‐performance suspensions in Formula 1 racing cars. The principal advantage of the inerter is that a high level of vibration isolation can be achieved with low amounts of added mass. This feature makes it an attractive potential alternative to traditional tuned mass dampers (TMDs). In this paper, the inerter system is modelled inside a multi‐storey building and is located on braces between adjacent storeys. Numerical results show that an excellent level of vibration reduction is achieved, potentially offering improvement over TMDs. The inerter‐based system is compared to a TMD system by using a range of base excitation inputs, including an earthquake signal, to demonstrate how the performance could potentially be improved by using an inerter instead of a TMD. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • The TMDI takes advantage of the mass amplification effect of the inerter to achieve improved performance over a classical TMD of the same mass ratio.

    “This device takes advantage of the mass amplification effect of the inerter to achieve improved performance over a classical TMD of the same mass ratio.”

    From Vibration control of spar-type floating offshore wind turbine towers using a tuned mass-damper-inerter (2020) · cites this paper as [22]

    The Introduction supports the inerter’s mass-amplification effect, but the Conclusions state that TMD and TID performance is almost identical when tuned at the same mass ratio—not improved. The paper reports improved displacement response when gearing increases the TID’s inertance-to-mass ratio without substantially increasing its physical mass. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • All of these studies have demonstrated that inerters are capable of producing a large effective mass by using a relatively small physical mass.

    “All of these studies have demonstrated that inerters are capable of producing a large effective mass by using a relatively small physical mass.”

    From Vibration control of spar-type floating offshore wind turbine towers using a tuned mass-damper-inerter (2020) · cites this paper as [22]

  • Inerter-based TMDs employ a gearing that ensures the effective mass of the device is much greater than the actual mass of the device.

    “TMD performance is heavily dependent on the mass ratio, however, inerter-based TMDs employ a 'gearing' that ensures the effective mass of the device is much greater than the actual mass of the device.”

    From Vibration control of spar-type floating offshore wind turbine towers using a tuned mass-damper-inerter (2020) · cites this paper as [22]

  • The behaviour of TMDI performance dropping with higher mass ratio when inerter ratio is greater than 0 is unlike fixed-base structures.

    “This behaviour is unlike fixed base structures as available in literature 22,42 .”

    From Vibration control of spar-type floating offshore wind turbine towers using a tuned mass-damper-inerter (2020) · cites this paper as [22]

    The Introduction and §4.3 compare tuned mass dampers (TMDs) with tuned inerter dampers (TIDs), while the Conclusions say that increasing a TID’s inertance-to-mass ratio improves displacement response. Our copy does not address whether TMDI performance drops as its mass ratio increases at a nonzero inerter ratio, or establish the claimed fixed-base contrast (searched for those terms and the mass-ratio trend). (LLM, conf=0.72)

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  • TMDI performance saturates as the inerter ratio increases.

    “It is known from recent literature 22 and from the previous Section that the performance of the TMDI saturates as is increased.”

    From Vibration control of spar-type floating offshore wind turbine towers using a tuned mass-damper-inerter (2020) · cites this paper as [22]

    Section 3 reports that displacements decrease as the TID inertance-to-mass ratio rises across the values tested (0.1, 0.25 and 0.5). The Conclusions likewise say that increasing the ratio improves displacement response. Neither passage addresses whether the improvement eventually saturates; searches for a plateau or diminishing returns found no such statement in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.75)

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Authors
Lazar, I. F., Neild, S. A., & Wagg, D. J.
Affiliations
University of Bristol (GB)
Corresponding author
Lazar, I. F.
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Venue
Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2013-11-21
Volume
43
Issue
8
Pages
1129-1147
ISSN
  • 0098-8847 (ISSN-L)
  • 1096-9845
DOI
10.1002/eqe.2390
OpenAlex
W1782306892
Cited by
799
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FWCI
26.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics (publishedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • University of Bristol
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K005375/1, EP/K003836/1, EP/K003836, EP/K003836/2)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Seismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings
Keywords
inerter, passive vibration control, structural vibration control, base excitation, tuned mass damper, multi-storey buildings, earthquake response, vibration isolation

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