• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.197-208
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• 2017

Among various retrofitting strategies, use of semi-active control for retrofitting a building structure has gained momentum in recent years. One of the techniques for such retrofitting is to connect a weaker building to an adjacent stronger building by semi-active devices, so that performances of a weaker building are significantly improved for seismic forces. In this paper, a ten storey weaker building is connected to an adjacent stronger building using magneto-rheological (MR) dampers, for primarily improving the performance of the weaker building in terms of displacement, drift and base shear. For this, a fuzzy logic controller is specifically developed by fuzzyfying the responses of the coupled system. The performance of the control strategy is compared with the passive-on and passive-off controls. Pounding Mitigation between the two buildings is also investigated using all three control strategies. The results show that there exists a fundamental frequency ratio between the two buildings for which maximum control of the weaker building response takes place with no penalty on the stronger building. There exists also a fundamental frequency ratio where control of the weaker building response is achieved at the expense of the amplification of the stronger building. However, coupling strategy always improves the possibility of pounding mitigation.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.329-345
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• 2015

As commonly known, sensor errors and faulty signals may potentially lead structures in vibration to catastrophic failures. This paper presents a new approach to deal with sensor errors/faults in vibration control of structures by using the Fault detection and isolation (FDI) technique. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach, a space truss structure with semi-active devices such as Magneto-Rheological (MR) damper is used as an example. To address the problem, a Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) based fixed-order $H_{\infty}$ FDI filter is introduced and designed. Modeling errors are treated as uncertainties in the FDI filter design to verify the robustness of the proposed FDI filter. Furthermore, an innovative Fuzzy Fault Tolerant Controller (FFTC) has been developed for this space truss structure model to preserve the pre-specified performance in the presence of sensor errors or faults. Simulation results have demonstrated that the proposed FDI filter is capable of detecting and isolating sensor errors/faults and actuator faults e.g., accelerometers and MR dampers, and the proposed FFTC can maintain the structural vibration suppression in faulty conditions.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.582-587
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• 2012

This paper presents a solution of the vibration reduction in the hollow shafts by using magentorehological( MR) elastomer. Proposed active damping structure is built by embedding the MR elastomers whose elastic modulus is controllable by an applied magnetic field. MR elastomers consist of synthetic rubber filled with micron-sized magnetizable particles. For reduction of vibration, dynamic damper of hollow shaft is designed by using MR elastomer and equipped in the hollow shaft for the application to drive shaft. Experiment results are shown through the experiments to confirm the effect of MR elastomer dynamic damper for vibration reduction. Thus, the designed damping structure can be applied to vibration absorber used in drive shafts as well as the propeller shafts.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2009

This study is about roll characteristics evaluation to show the advantage of using MR(magneto-rheological) dampers for steering of a SUV(sports utility vehicle). Roll characteristics is very important to observe the roll-propensity of the SUV. ADAMS/Car program was used to simulate the basic steering motion, using 63 D.O.F. vehicle model. Sky-Hook and Ground-Hook control algorithms were used as a semi-active suspension system controller. The roll characteristics from the steering motion were compared between the simulation results from the semi-active suspension system and the passive suspension system.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.353-364
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• 2021

Natural hazards like earthquakes, high winds, and tsunami are a threat all the time for multi-story structures. The environmental forces cannot be clogged but the structures can be prevented from these natural hazards by using protective systems. The structural control can be achieved by using protective systems like the passive, active, semi-active, and hybrid protective systems; but the semi-active protective system has gained importance because of its adaptability to the active systems and reliability of the passive systems. Therefore, a semi-active protective system for the earthquake forces has been adopted in this work. Magneto-Rheological (MR) damper is used in the structure as a semi-active protective system; which is connected to the current driver and proposed controller. The Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controller and reliable PID controller are two proposed controllers, which will actuate the MR damper and the desired force is generated to mitigate the vibration of the structural response subjected to the earthquake. PID controller and reliable PID controller are designed and tuned using Ziegler-Nichols tuning technique along with the MR damper simulated in Simulink toolbox and MATLAB to obtain the reduced vibration in a three-story benchmark structure. The earthquake is considered to be uncertain; where the proposed control algorithm works well during the presence of earthquake; this paper considers robustness to provide satisfactory resilience against this uncertainty. In this work, two different earthquakes are considered like El-Centro and Northridge earthquakes for simulation with different controllers. In this paper performances of the structure with and without two controllers are compared and results are discussed.

• 유변학
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.112-121
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• 1999

현가장치의 기능은 노면으로부터의 진동이나 충격을 차체와 격리시키며 주행시 차량의 안전성을 확보하는데 있다. 고정된 스프링과 댐퍼의 특성으로는 두 가지 차량 주행특성을 나타내는 차체 가속도와 타이어 동적력을 최소화할 수 없으므로 가변형 댐퍼를 이용한 반능동식 현가장치로서 승차감과 주행 안정성을 동시에 고려하여 성능 지수를 설계하는 LQ(Linear Quadratic)제어 이론을 적용하는 연구가 진행되고 있다. LQ 제어 성능지수의 가중함수는 주파수와 시간에 관계없이 상수로 고정되기 때문에 각 요소에 대한 비중이 모든 상황에서 동일하나 승차감이나 주행 안정성의 평가기준이 모든 주파수에서 동일하지 않으므로 본 연구에서는 자기유변댐퍼를 장착한 1/4차의 반능동형 현가장치를 구성하고 LQ 제어의 문제점을 해결하는 Frequency shaped 최적 제어를 이용하여 특정 주파수 범위에서 차량의 승차감과 주행 안정성을 향상시킨다. Frequency shaped 최적 제어는 가중치가 주파수의 함수인 성능 지수를 통해 제어 규칙을 구하는데, 가중함수의 설계기준을 인간이 가장 민감하게 느끼는 4~8Hz의 주파수에서는 승차감에 두고 차축 고유 진동수 부근에는 주행안전성에 둔다. 모사실험과 실험 결과로부터 Frequency shaped 최적 제어기를 장착한 반능동형 현가장치가 승차감과 주행 안정성을 향상시킬 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2020

항공기의 착륙장치는 지상에서 동체로 전달되는 충격에너지를 흡수 및 소산시키는 장치이다. 착륙장치 중 반능동형 MR 댐퍼 착륙장치는 다양한 착륙조건에서 높은 충격흡수효율을 보여주며 제어 불능 시 안정성을 확보할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 오리피스가 아닌 환형 관유로를 이용하는 MR 댐퍼 착륙장치의 경우, 유로 압력강하로 인해 발생하는 감쇠력이 MR 댐퍼 내부 형상 구조에 따라 저압 챔버에서 캐비테이션을 유발할 수 있어 기존의 2 자유도계 모델링 기법보다 다중물리시스템 해석 프로그램인 Amesim이 더 유용하다. Amesim을 이용한 해석결과를 바탕으로 착륙장치 내부 유로 형상 배치를 수정하여 캐비테이션을 방지할 수 있는 유로 구조를 제안하였고 낙하 시험 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 이를 검증하였다. 본 논문에서는 환형 관로 형태 유로 구조를 갖는 MR 댐퍼형 착륙장치의 캐비테이션 발생시 주요 특성을 파악하였고, 아울러 내부형상 배치 수정을 통해 이를 방지하는 방안을 제시하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1481-1501
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• 2015

MR-TLCD (Magneto-Rheological Tuned Liquid Column Damper) is a new developed vibration control device, which combines the traditional passive control property with active controllability advantage. Based on traditional TLCD governing equation, this study further considers MR-fluid viscosity in the equation and by transforming the non-linear damping term into an equivalent linear damping, a solution can be obtained. In order to find a countable set of parameters for the design of the MR-TLCD system and also to realize its applicability to structures, a series of experimental test were designed and carried out. The testing programs include the basic material properties of the MR-fluid, the damping ratio of a MR-TLCD and the dynamic responses for a frame structure equipped with the MR-TLCD system subjected to strong ground excitations. In both the analytical and experimental results of this study, it is found that the accurately tuned MR-TLCD system could effectively reduce the dynamic response of a structural system.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.261-277
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• 2009

A fuzzy-sliding mode controller is presented to control the dynamics of semi-active suspension systems of vehicles using magneto-rheological (MR) fluid dampers. A full car model is used to design and evaluate the performance of the proposed semi-active controlled suspension system. Four mixed mode MR dampers are designed, manufactured, and integrated with four independent sliding mode controllers. The siding mode controller is designed to decrease the energy consumption and maintain robustness. In order to overcome the chattering of the sliding mode controllers, a fuzzy logic control strategy is merged into the sliding mode controller. The proposed fuzzy-sliding mode controller is designed and fabricated. The performance of the semi-active suspensions is evaluated in both the time and frequency domains. The obtained results demonstrate that the proposed fuzzy-sliding mode controller can effectively suppress the vibration of vehicles and improve their ride comfort and handling stability. Furthermore, it is shown that the "chattering" of the sliding mode controller is smoothed when it is integrated with a fuzzy logic control strategy. Although the cost function of the fuzzy-sliding mode control is a slightly higher than that of a classical LQR controller, the control effectiveness and robustness are enhanced considerably.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.557-572
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• 2012

This paper focuses on the vibration control of long-span reticulated steel structures under multi-dimensional earthquake excitation. The control system and strategy are constructed based on Magneto-Rheological (MR) dampers. The LQR and Hrovat controlling algorithm is adopted to determine optimal MR damping force, while the modified Bingham model (MBM) and inverse neural network (INN) is proposed to solve the real-time controlling current. Three typical long-span reticulated structural systems are detailedly analyzed, including the double-layer cylindrical reticulated shell, single-layer spherical reticulated shell, and cable suspended arch-truss structure. Results show that the proposed control strategy can reduce the displacement and acceleration effectively for three typical structural systems. The displacement control effect under the earthquake excitation with different PGA is similar, while for the cable suspended arch-truss, the acceleration control effect increase distinctly with the earthquake excitation intensity. Moreover, for the cable suspended arch-truss, the strand stress variation can also be effectively reduced by the MR dampers, which is very important for this kind of structure to ensure that the cable would not be destroyed or relaxed.