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The active rotary inertia driver system for flutter vibration control of bridges and various promising applications

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Active control technology has been investigated and applied in numerous building structures and infrastructures since 1972 when it was firstly introduced into the civil engineering field by Professor JTP Yao. Now, half a century has passed, a variety of control systems have been invented and implemented by researchers and engineers from all over the world. The recent years have witnessed remarkable research attempts and progress devoted to the development in this area based on modern control theory. However, there are still some unknown areas which are worthy of being explored in depth. One of such examples is the application of tuned mass dampers (TMD) to the flutter vibration control of long span bridges. Although applications of TMDs to bridges have been sighted in practice, their genuine effectiveness remains a serious question. The issues relating to how the coupled effect of TMD’s linear force being restricted by the rotational velocity of bridge’s deck during wind excitations which may eventually leads to flutter vibrations, remains unanswered. Such unusual phenomena and limitations were initially discovered and reported by the author sixteen years ago when investigating the barge ship crane hook’s swing motion control. In recent years, the author has invented the active rotary inertia driver (ARID) system which now has been granted patents in China, the US, Europe (including the UK, France, and Germany), Russia, Brazil, India, South Africa, Canada, Australia, Japan and Korean, etc. The ARID is an active control system which could exert direct control torque or moment to the target structures with rotational motions or vibrations natures, including and not limited to buildings, bridges or offshore platforms subjected to winds, earthquakes, and waves excitations. Furthermore, the ARID control system and its methodology can also be applicable to various mechanical systems including but not limited to cranes, vehicles, trains, ships, aircrafts, space crafts, satellites, and robotics. In this paper, the theory, modelling, comprehensive parametric analysis and case study of the ARID system for flutter vibration control of bridges will be discussed, as well as its promising applications in other various occasions.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2019YFE0112400), the Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Province (Grant No. 2021CXGC011204), and Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Safety and Protection for Infrastructure Engineering.

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Zhang, C. The active rotary inertia driver system for flutter vibration control of bridges and various promising applications. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 66, 390–405 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-022-2228-0

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