Performance of Numerically Optimized Tuned Mass Damper with Inerter (TMDI)

Assessing the effect of nonlinearities on the performance of a tuned inerter damper

Real time tuned mass damper simulation system

The major concern in the construction industry in constructing tall structures is vibration due to wind and earthquake. Tuned mass dampers are an effective and practical ways to reduce the effect of vibration in structures. This thesis presents a tool, which simulates the effect of tuned mass dampers on the structure. This tool has been proposed to form a part of the website, moment.mit.edu. Ja...

The Effect of Tuned Mass Damper on Seismic Response of Building Frames with Uncertain Structural Characteristics

Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) could be used to absorb the input energy of the applied load, and reduce the response of the building frames. However, the effectiveness of TMD in reducing the response of the building frames could be affected by inherited uncertainties in the structural characteristics of the frames. In this study, in order to investigate the probabilistic response of steel moment-res...

Optimization of Tuned Mass Damper Parameters Using Evolutionary Operation Algorithm

Optimum parameters of Tuned Mass Dampers (TMD) are determined in this paper to minimize dynamic response of a multi-storied building system. The response of the structural system is simulated under lateral excitation. To optimize dynamic parameters of the TMD system for minimum top deflection of the structure, a numerical global optimization algorithm called Evolutionary Operation (EVOP) is use...

Numerically Optimized Performance of Diabatic Distillation Columns

Recently, the concept of equal thermodynamic distance (ETD) has been proposed to minimize entropy production in a distillation process using a diabatic column. ETD gives the optimal temperature profile to first-order in N−1, where N is the number of trays. ETD however, does not in general give the true minimum for distillation columns with few trays. We therefore apply a fully numerical, multid...