An Experimental Study on the Robustness of a Tuned Viscous Mass Damper System Incorporated into a Single-Degree-Of-Freedom Structure
Kohju Ikago1, Shun Taniguchi2, Masahiro Ikenaga3, Shigeki Nakaminami4, Norio Inoue1, Kenji Saito5
1 International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
468-1, Aza Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
ikago@irides.tohoku.ac.jp
norio8norio@gmail.com
2 Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Inc.
2-5-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
shun.taniguchi@mj-sekkei.com
3 Department of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Engineering, Kansai University
3-3-35, Yamatemachi, Suita-shi, Osaka 564-8680 Japan
mikenaga@kansai-u.ac.jp
4 Aseismic Devices Co., Ltd.
6-26, Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
nakaminami@adc21.co.jp
5 NTT Facilities Research Institute Inc.
1-2-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan
saito-k@ntt-fsoken.co.jp
Abstract. A tuned viscous mass damper (TVMD) is a tuned mass damper (TMD)–like system that uses an inerter as its mass element. Because a TVMD performs best when it is optimally tuned to the primary system, variation of system properties, such as spring element stiffness and viscous element damping coefficient, from the optimal values may compromise performance. In this research study, a real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) environment was built to examine the robustness of a TVMD system incorporated into a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) structure with respect to variations in the supporting spring stiffness and damping coefficient. In the RTHS testing, a full-scale rotary inertial damper having an apparent mass of 2500 metric tons connected in series with a spring element made of rubber was used as the physical substructure, whereas the primary SDOF structure was modeled as a numerical substructure. Furthermore, a numerical spring element was incorporated in series between the numerical primary structure and the physical rubber element to represent the variation in supporting spring stiffness. Because the silicone oil used in the rotary inerter-damper as a damping material was non–Newtonian fluid, the damping coefficient decreased as damper velocity increased. Thus, the system robustness with respect to damping coefficient can also be examined by varying damper velocity from the design velocity at which the TVMD is optimally designed. Experimental results show that the TVMD system remains effective and, thus, is robust when the system is detuned when the supporting spring stiffness is higher and the damping coefficient is lower than the optimal values facilitating the motion in the damping part, thereby ensuring effective energy dissipation.
Keywords: Tuned viscous mass damper, Inerter, Real-time hybrid simulation, Robustness.
