Research developments in vibration control of structures using passive tuned mass dampers

S Elias, V Matsagar - Annual Reviews in Control, 2017 - Elsevier
A state-of-the-art review on the response control of structures mainly using the passive tuned
mass damper (s)(TMD/s) is presented. The review essentially focuses on the response …

A critical review on inertially-amplified passive vibration control devices

S Chowdhury, A Banerjee, S Adhikari - Archives of Computational …, 2024 - Springer
Resonators, inertial amplifiers, negative stiffness devices, and impacting oscillators are
added to the core materials of conventional passive vibration isolation systems to address …

Estimating optimum parameters of tuned mass dampers using harmony search

G Bekdaş, SM Nigdeli - Engineering Structures, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper, the optimum parameters of tuned mass dampers (TMD) are proposed under
seismic excitations. Harmony search (HS), a metaheurestic optimization method, which has …

A novel bat algorithm based optimum tuning of mass dampers for improving the seismic safety of structures

G Bekdaş, SM Nigdeli, XS Yang - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Metaheuristic algorithms are effective for optimization with diverse applications in
engineering. The optimum tuning of tuned mass dampers is very important for seismic …

Seismic resilient steel substation with BI-TMDI: A theoretical model for optimal design

J Bian, X Zhou, K Ke, MCH Yam, Y Wang - Journal of Constructional Steel …, 2022 - Elsevier
The based-isolation with tuned mass damper inerter (BI-TMDI) is utilized to enhance the
seismic response of steel High-voltage substation switches mounted on frame (SMF). An …

Metaheuristic based optimization of tuned mass dampers under earthquake excitation by considering soil-structure interaction

G Bekdaş, SM Nigdeli - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of the study is to propose an optimization approach for optimum design of tuned
mass dampers (TMDs) implemented to seismic structures considering soil-structure …

Enhanced tuned mass damper using an inertial amplification mechanism

Z Cheng, A Palermo, Z Shi, A Marzani - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel inertial-amplification-mechanism (IAM) to enhance the
vibration mitigation performance of the classical tuned mass damper (TMD). To this aim, the …

A nonlinear X-shaped structure based tuned mass damper with multi-variable optimization (X-absorber)

J Bian, X **g - Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Installing a tuned mass damper (TMD) is a promising vibration control method in many
engineering applications which can suppress excessive vibration of a primary structure by …

Mass ratio factor for optimum tuned mass damper strategies

G Bekdaş, SM Nigdeli - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2013 - Elsevier
Conventional expressions proposed for the optimum design of tuned mass dampers (TMD)
are a rapid source to reach the information on frequency and dam** ratios. These …

Influences of ground motion parameters and structural dam** on the optimum design of inerter-based tuned mass dampers

H Zuo, K Bi, H Hao, R Ma - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are widely adopted to control the adverse vibrations of
engineering structures. To further improve the effectiveness of TMD, inerter was introduced …