Hiroki Akehashi, Izuru Takewaki^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.129, No.3, pp. 1181-1207, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.017204

Abstract A new method of robust damper design is presented for elastic-plastic multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) building structures under multi-level ground motions (GMs). This method realizes a design that is effective for various levels of GMs. The robustness of a design is measured by an incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) curve and an ideal drift response curve (IDRC). The IDRC is a plot of the optimized maximum deformation under a constraint on the total damper quantity vs. the design level of the GMs. The total damper quantity corresponds to the total cost of the added dampers. First, a problem of generation of IDRCs is… More >

Cheng Hu^*

Sound & Vibration, Vol.53, No.5, pp. 199-206, 2019, DOI:10.32604/sv.2019.07712

Abstract Taking the complex mechanical systems as the research project, a theoretical multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) model was established. Based on the vibration characteristics analysis of this system, a novel method of vibration mitigation was proposed, which can be applied to most of the complex mechanical systems. Through this method, limited grounding stiffness was made use of and added to certain degree of freedom (DOF) discretely. Thus, the root-meansquare (RMS) of the systems amplitude can be reduced to ideal level. The MATLAB code based on this method was attached, which was tested on the theoretical model. Consider that complex mechanical systems are nonlinear… More >