This paper proposes an automatic tuning algorithm for a sliding mode controller (SMC) based on the Ackermann's formula, that attenuates structural vibrations of seismically excited building equipped with Active Tuned Mass Damper (ATMD) mounted its top floor. The switching gain and surface SMC are designed through proposed to suppress by minimizing either floor displacement or control force appl...

Cylindrical Frictional Damper (CFD) is a new revolutionary frictional based mechanical damper. Unlike the other types of frictional dampers, CFDs do not utilize bolts to produce friction between contact surfaces. These dampers consist of two main parts, the inner shaft and the external cylinder. These two parts are assembled such that one is shrink-fitted inside the other. In this investigation...

Magnetorheological (MR) dampers are one of the most promising new devices for structural vibration reduction. Because of their mechanical simplicity, high dynamic range, low power requirements, large force capacity, and robustness, these devices have been shown to mesh well with application demands and constraints to offer an attractive means of protecting civil infrastructure systems against s...

Abstract The use of integrally blisk is becoming popular because the advantages in aerodynamic efficiency and mass reduction. However, an blisk, lack contact interface leads to a low structural damping compared assembled bladed disk. One emerging technique for based on friction ring damper, which exploits interfaces at underneath In this paper, three different geometries dampers are investigate...

Friction in joints significantly contributes to the observed overall damping of mechanical structures. Especially if the material damping is low, the frictional effects in joints and clamping boundary conditions dominate the structural damping. The damping and the stiffness of the structure are nonlinear functions of the system states and consequently of the excitation signal and amplitude. If ...

The rotordynamic and leaking characteristics of two types of gas damper seals, honeycomb seal and pocket damper seal, were experimentally evaluated on a rotating test rig. The effect of supply pressure, preswirl, and seal eccentricity on seal dynamic performance was investigated in the tests. The pressurized working gas flowed through the seal and exhausted to atmospheric conditions. The maximu...

Semi-active control systems are becoming more popular because they offer both the reliability of passive systems and the versatility of active control systems without imposing heavy power demands. In particular, it has been found that magnetorheological (MR) fluids can be designed to be very effective vibration control actuators, which use MR fluids to produce controllable damping force. The ob...

In this paper, dynamic simulation and analysis for designing the soft landing of a lunar lander is focused. The primary objective of the lunar lander is to land safely on the surface of moon, without causing the lunar lander to topple and must attenuate the landing loads to preclude damage to the lander structure. The dynamic structural model of lunar lander is modelled and simulation described...

This paper presents an application of a robust adaptive control strategy to HexaSlide type six degrees-of-freedom parallel manipulators . The HexaSlide type parallel manipulators are characterized as an architecture with constant link lengths that are attached to moving sliders on the ground and to a mobile platform. The proposed control law is developed based on a simplified second order syste...