A new semiactive control strategy for seismic response reduction using a neurocontroller and a magnetorheological (MR) fluid damper is proposed. The proposed control system adopts a clipped algorithm which induces the MR damper to generate approximately the desired control force. The improved neuro-controller, which was developed by employing the training algorithm based on a cost function and ...

Semi active control systems are becoming increasingly popular because they offer reliability of passive systems combined with high performance and versatility of active control systems but with low power consumptions. As Magnetorheological (MR) fluids can produce good controllable damping force under application of magnetic field, MR damper can be used as effective element in semiactive vibrati...

A nonlinear energy sink (NES) is characterized by its ability to passively realize targeted energy transfer as well as multimodal damping. This latter feature seems to make this device very well suited for reducing the vibration level of MDOF linear structures. The perspective of dealing with MDOF linear primary structures requires the development of an efficient NES design procedure. This pape...

This study evaluates the vibration isolation performance of an adaptive magnetorheological elastomer (MRE)-based dynamic absorber (MRE-DVA) for mitigating high frequency vibrations (100–250 Hz) target devices. A simple and effective MRE-DVA design was presented its experimentally measured. cylindrical shaped MRE pad configured to be operated in shear mode also worked as a semi-actively tunable ...

Bicycle configuration is not as large as those of motorcycles or automobiles, while it indeed composes a complicated dynamic system. People’s requirements on comfortability, controllability and safety grow higher as the research and development technologies improve. The shock absorber affects the vehicle suspension performances enormously. The absorber takes the vibration energy and releases it...