Vibration Control Through TMD

Civil engineering structures have to withstand natural environmental forces like wind, earthquake forces and wave forces, along with loads that they are designed to resist. All these environmental forces are random and dynamic in nature. Therefore the response of the structure is also dynamic and that is what causes unsafe and uncomfortable conditions. Therefore there is always a need for some sort of control of the response of the structure. This project aims at studying both methods of the Tuned Mass Dampers. It has been well established that single tuned mass damper (STMD) and multiple tuned mass damper (doubtest) are effective in reducing the response of the structure. The project aims and study of two devices, the single and multiple Tuned Mass Damper using a new control strategy. The be tuned mass dampers, consisting of one large mass block (ie one larger tuned mass damper) and one smaller mass block (ie one smaller tuned mass damper), referred to in this report as the STMD, have been studied to seek for the mass dampers with high effectiveness and robustness for the reduction of undesirable vibrations of structures under the ground acceleration.