• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.443-458
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• 2011

An extensive numerical investigation on the magnetorheological (MR) damper-based smart passive control system for mitigating vibration of stay cables under wind loads has been conducted. The smart passive system is incorporated with an electromagnetic induction (EMI) device for reducing complexity of the conventional MR damper based semi-active control system by eliminating an external power supply part and a feedback control part (i.e., sensors and controller). In this study, the control performance of the smart passive system has been evaluated by using a cable structure model extracted from a full-scale long stay cable with high tension. Numerical simulation results of the proposed smart damping system are compared with those of the passive and semi-active control systems employing MR dampers. It is demonstrated from the results that the control performance of the smart passive control system is better than those of the passive control cases and comparable to those of the semi-active control systems in the forced vibration analysis as well as the free vibration analysis, even though there is no external power source in the smart passive system.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.385-403
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• 2007

The effectiveness of the newly developed smart passive control system employing a magnetorheological (MR) damper and an electromagnetic induction (EMI) part for seismic protection of base isolated structures is numerically investigated. An EMI part in the system consists of a permanent magnet and a coil, which changes the kinetic energy of the deformation of an MR damper into the electric energy (i.e. the induced current) according to the Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction. In the smart passive control system, the damping characteristics of an MR damper are varied with the current input generated from an EMI part. Hence, it does not need any control system consisting of sensors, a controller and an external power source. This makes the system much simpler as well as more economic. To verify the efficacy of the smart passive control system, a series of numerical simulations are carried out by considering the benchmark base isolated structure control problems. The numerical simulation results show that the smart passive control system has the comparable control performance to the conventional MR damper-based semiactive control system. Therefore, the smart passive control system could be considered as one of the promising control devices for seismic protection of seismically excited base isolated structures.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2017

This study deals with the optimal design of a hybrid control system composed of a combination of active control system and passive control system for effective seismic performance improvement of two adjacent structures. The proposed hybrid control system adopts a configuration of installing an active control device in one building and connecting two adjacent structures with a passive control device so that the one-side active control force can be bi-directionally applied to both buildings through the passive connecting devices. In order to derive the optimal performance of the proposed system, the design parameters of the passive and active control systems were searched using the genetic algorithm. Numerical simulations of 10-story and 8-story buildings have been performed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed technique. For the purpose of comparison, the conventional independent control system with two identical active control systems being installed separately for each structure was also optimally designed and its seismic response has been evaluated as well. From the comparative results of the two control systems, it is demonstrated that the proposed hybrid control system requires larger control force for its one-side active control device than the conventional independent control system does for each of both-side active devices, but quite less than the total control force required for both-side devices of the independent control system, while maintaining similar seismic performance. Therefore, the proposed system is more economical and reliable than the conventional independent control system with two identical active devices.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• 제4A권3호
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• pp.152-158
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• 2004

The passive filter is economic and efficient in suppressing harmonics but it may cause resonance problems and its performance is constantly dependent on power system impedance or working conditions of loads. This paper presents the DSP (Digital Signal Processor)-based control system, which automatically controls the passive filter in order to solve these problems. The control system can automatically control the passive filter according to working conditions of loads and measured harmonics, reactive power, power factor and so on. Experimental results in the power system using the 100HP DC motor drive are presented in order to verify the performance of the control system.

• Transactions on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.140-146
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• 2002

We consider a class of large-scale interconnected time delay systems and investigate a decentralized robust passive control problem. sufficient conditions for unforced interconnected uncertain systems with time delay to be robustly stable with extended strictly passivity is given in terms of algebraic Riccati inequality and linear matrix inequality. The decentralized robust passive control problem for norm-bounded and positive real uncertainty is shown to be converted to extended strictly positive real control problem for a modified system which contains neither time delay nor uncertainty.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.497-504
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• 2005

Stay cables, such as are used in cable-stayed bridges, are prone to vibration due to their low inherent damping characteristics. Several methods have been proposed and implemented to mitigate this problem, though each has its limitations. Recently some studies have shown that active and semiactive control system using MR (Magnetorheological) damper can potentially achieve both higher performance levels than passive control system and adaptability with few of the detractions. However, a control system including a power supply, controller, and sensors is required to maximize the performance of the MR damper and this complicated control system is not effective to most of large civil structures. This paper proposes a smart passive damping system using MR dampers by introducing electromagnetic induction (EMI) system as an external power source to MR damper and verified the performance of smart passive damping system for mitigating the vibration of stay cables. The performances of smart passive damping system are compared with those of linear viscous damper and passive-mode MR damper.

• Transactions on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.78-83
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• 2002

In this paper, we propose a sliding mode controller for a robot manipulator with passive joints. A robot manipulator with passive joints which are not equipped with any actuators is a kind of underactuated system. Underactuated systems have some advantages compared to fully-actuated ones. For example, they weigh less and consume less energy because they have smaller number of components than fully-actuated ones. However the control of an underactuated manipulator is much more difficult than that of fully- actuated robot manipulator. In this paper a complex dynamic model of a manipulator with passive joints is manipulated for sliding mode control. Sliding mode controllers are designed for this complex system and the stability of the controllers is proved mathematically. Finally a simulation for this control system is executed for evaluating the effectiveness of the designed sliding mode controller.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.124-130
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 고조파 저감을 위해 사용하는 수동필터를 부하의 운전조건에 따라 자동으로 개$.$폐할 수 있는 DSP 기반의 제어시스템을 개발하였다. 수동필터 제어시스템은 부하에서 발생하는 전압, 전류, 고조파, 무효전력, 역률 등을 측정 및 감시하여 수동필터 개ㆍ폐 장치에 신호를 보내어 부하의 운전조건에 따라 필터의 각 분로를 자동으로 개$.$폐하게 된다. 이러한 제어시스템을 100마력 직류전동기 구동장치를 사용하는 계통에 수동필터와 함께 설치하고 전동기 운전조건에 따라 수동필터를 개$.$폐시키며 고조파 및 무효전력 등을 측정함으로써 성능을 입증하였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.27-35
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 지진이나 강풍과 같은 동적하중으로부터 구조물을 효과적으로 보호하기 위한 MR 감쇠기 기반의 스마트수동시스템의 제진성능을 파악하였다. 스마트 수동시스템은 MR 감쇠기와 MR 감쇠기의 전력원으로 사용하기 위한 전자기유도(Electromagnetic Induction, EMI)장치를 결합시킨 시스템이다. EMI 장치는 영구자석과 코일로 이루어져 있으며, MR감쇠기와 같이 구조물에 설치되어 구조물의 상대변위에 의해 발생하는 운동에너지를 Faraday의 전자기유도법칙에 따라 전기에너지로 변환시켜 감쇠특성을 변화시키기 위해 MR 감쇠기에 제공하게 된다. 스마트 수동 제어시스템은 기존의 MR 감쇠기 기반 반능동 제진시스템에서 필요로 하는 센서, 제어기, 전원공급장치 등의 피드백 제어시스템을 EMI 장치로 대체함으로써 훨씬 간편하고 설치 및 유지관리가 용이하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 6층 규모의 철골 구조물을 대상으로 다양한 역사지진 하중에 대한 진동대 실험을 통해 스마트 수동 제어시스템의 제진성능을 확인하였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 면진 건물의 내진 성능을 개선하기 위하여 최근 개발된 스마트 수동 제어 시스템을 적용하고 이의 효용성을 수치 모의실험을 통해 검증하였다. 스마트 수동 제어 시스템은 효과적인 반능동 제어 장치로 알려진 MR 감쇠기에 전자기 유도부를 도입하여 응답 변화에 따라 MR 감쇠기로 입력되는 전류를 변화시킴으로써 MR 감쇠기의 감쇠 특성을 조절하는 새로운 개념의 스마트 제진 시스템이다. 스마트 수동 제어 시스템에서 전자기 유도부는 영구자석과 솔레노이드 코일로 구성되며, 기존 스마트 제진 시스템의 계측기, 제어기, 외부 전원장치를 한꺼번에 대체할 수 있다. 면진 건물에 대한 스마트 수동 제어 시스템의 내진 성능을 수치적으로 검증하기 위하여 미국토목학회에서 제시한 면진 건물에 대한 벤치마크 제어 문제를 활용하였다. 스마트 수동 제어 시스템의 제진 성능을 MR 감쇠기를 이용한 기존 스마트 제어 시스템의 성능과 비교하였다. 수치 모의실험 결과를 통해 스마트 수동 제어 시스템이 면진 건물의 내진 성능을 개선하는 데 매우 유용함을 확인하였다.