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Pendulum TMD’s in Building Vibration Control

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CONTROLO 2016

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 402))

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The theory behind small amplitude movement of a pendulum is stated, followed by construction of a simple example with two degrees of freedom including the unidirectional movement of the structure and the pendulum angle in relation to vertical. This simple model and the finite elements software SAP2000 are also applied to a multiple degree of freedom one bay-frame building. The application of the pendulum TMD to control the building vibrations is validated by numerical modelling. An additional case with a more complex model was also studied, comprising a reaction tower of a transmission tower testing station which dynamic behavior under wind action is benefited from placement of a pendulum TMD. The numerical modelling of the studied indicate that the application of pendulum TMD’s is worthwhile in civil engineering structures.

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  1. Faculty Engineering of the University of Porto, Department of Civil Engineering, Structural Division Porto, FEUP, Porto, Portugal

    Rui Carneiro de Barros

  2. Constructure Ltd, 15 Bell Yard Mews, London, SE1 3TY, England, UK

    Catarina M.A. Sousa

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  1. Rui Carneiro de Barros
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Correspondence to Rui Carneiro de Barros .

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  1. School of Engineering,Campus de Couros, University of Minho School of Engineering,Campus de Couros, Guimarães, Portugal

    Paulo Garrido

  2. School of Engineering,Campus de Couros, University of Minho School of Engineering,Campus de Couros, Guimarães, Portugal

    Filomena Soares

  3. Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto Faculty of Engineering, Porto, Portugal

    António Paulo Moreira

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de Barros, R.C., Sousa, C.M. (2017). Pendulum TMD’s in Building Vibration Control. In: Garrido, P., Soares, F., Moreira, A. (eds) CONTROLO 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 402. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43671-5_47

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