Tuned inerter dampers for civil structures subjected to earthquake ground motions: optimum design and seismic performance

W Shen, A Niyitangamahoro, Z Feng, H Zhu - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Tuned inerter damper (TID) is a promising passive vibration control device in earthquake
engineering because it achieves a large inertance-to-mass ratio without requiring a large …

Estimation of optimum tuned mass damper parameters via machine learning

M Yucel, G Bekdaş, SM Nigdeli, S Sevgen - Journal of Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
The performance of tuned mass dampers (TMDs) relies on a tuning process in which the
parameters are optimized for one or several objectives. For this purpose, several …

A negative stiffness dynamic base absorber for seismic retrofitting of residential buildings

AG Mantakas, KA Kapasakalis… - … Control and Health …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, a negative stiffness‐based passive vibration absorber is developed and
implemented as a seismic retrofitting measure for typical reinforced concrete (RC) …

[HTML][HTML] Optimum double mass tuned damper inerter for control of structure subjected to ground motions

S Djerouni, M Abdeddaim, S Elias… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tuned mass damper inerter (TMDI) is commonly reported to be a lightweight tunable device
that can significantly reduce buildings' seismic response. However, the backward action …

Constrained optimal design of seismic base absorbers based on an extended KDamper concept

KA Kapasakalis, IA Antoniadis, EJ Sapountzakis - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, an extended KDamper (EKD) concept is proposed, for implementation as a
seismic base absorber. The complexity of the EKD renders the conventional minmax (H∞) …

An integrated FEA-CFD simulation of offshore wind turbines with vibration control systems

A Kampitsis, K Kapasakalis, L Via-Estrem - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The vibration mitigation of a monopile Offshore Wind Turbine (OWT) under wind and sea
wave excitation is investigated, incorporating dynamic Vibration Control systems (VCS). The …

Tranfer function amplitude minimization for structures with tuned mass dampers considering soil-structure interaction

G Bekdaş, AE Kayabekir, SM Nigdeli… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The optimum tuned mass damper (TMD) parameters rely on the superstructure's natural
frequency, which, in turn, depends on the soil condition under the structure. Thus, the …

Optimum tuned mass dampers under seismic soil-structure interaction

J Salvi, F Pioldi, E Rizzi - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) devices are widely adopted as a valid mechanical
solution for the vibration mitigation of structural systems and buildings under dynamic …

Robust optimum design of a tuned mass damper inerter

A Kaveh, M Fahimi Farzam, H Hojat Jalali… - Acta Mechanica, 2020 - Springer
The current work describes the optimum design of a tuned mass damper inerter (TMDI) to
control a benchmark 10-story base-excited linear shear building under seismic excitations …