Semi-active control of an experimental frame using mr dampers: Numerical results and experimental validation

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2011

Authors

Braz Cesar, MT (Author) Other; Rui Carneiro de Barros (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: ECCOMAS Thematic Conference - COMPDYN 2011: 3rd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering: An IACM Special Interest Conference, Programme

3rd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2011

Corfu, 25 May 2011 through 28 May 2011

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Authenticus ID: P-008-0TH

Abstract (EN): The present work describes part of the R&D on using a semi-active structural control technique in a civil engineering experimental model frame equipped with a MR damper, developed within COVICOCEPAD project approved in the framework of Eurocores program S3T. Some results are provided associated with the calibration of a magneto-rheological (MR) damper at FEUP (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto) as well as on the experimental modal identification of the dynamic properties of a small-scale metallic frame, with and without the inclusion of a specific MR device. Some numerical results of the controlled frame under simulated earthquakes are given, to be later compared with the experimental results of such frame installed in a Quanser shaking table.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11