The aim of this paper is to study the effectiveness of the passive, active and semiactive versions of the composite tuned mass damper systems to reduce vibrations of building structures exposed to strong winds. The LQR method is used to determine the active and semi-active control forces. Several remarks concerning the effectiveness of considering dampers are formulated on the basis of extensiv...

To reduce the adverse vibrations of buildings, tuned mass dampers (TMDs), which are most representative passive control devices, have been widely used and studied in aerospace, machinery, civil engineering, other fields for many years. Most scholars to treat TMD as a linear damper, but they show some nonlinear characteristics owing use limit devices large displacements. It is necessary consider...