Huang, H. and Chang, W. orcid.org/0000-0002-2218-001X (2018) Application of pre-stressed SMA-based tuned mass damper to a timber floor system. Engineering Structures, 167. pp. 143-150. ISSN 0141-0296
Abstract
Shape memory alloy (SMA) is becoming a popularly studied smart material in the field of structural control. The feasibility of utilising an SMA in a tuneable mass damper to reduce the excessive vibration of a timber floor system was revealed in a pilot study. However, the in-service excitations on a floor can be complex and involve more frequencies and randomness; therefore, this paper aims to assess the effectiveness of the SMA-based semi-active TMD in a real-scale timber floor, where the free vibration and human footfall-induced vibration are considered as inputs. This study is conducted using numerical simulations on OPENSEES. By reducing the floor vibration at a range of frequencies, both cooling and heating the SMA are effective in retuning the off-tuned TMD and reducing the structural response. Footfall excitation involves more than one excitation frequencies, and the higher dominant frequencies can resonate with the off-tuning frequencies, increasing the structural response. Simulation results demonstrate that retuning using SMAs can effectively lower the structural response at a wide range of frequencies, thus attenuating the footfall-induced vibration.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Engineering Structures. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Shape memory alloy; Timber floor; Tuned mass damper; Retuning; Footfall vibration |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Material Characterisation of Superelastic Copper Alloy Rods TEK-1079 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2018 10:08 |
Last Modified: | 12 May 2019 00:42 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.04.011 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.04.011 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129261 |