Damping causes energy dissipation in buildings while they are under earthquake or wind excitations and resulting decrement in structural responses. There are several approaches to increase the building's damping among them using Tuned Mass Damper (TMD). TMD is a device consisting of a (or a few) mass(s), spring(s), and damper(s) that is attached to a structure in the specific points in order to reduce the dynamic response of the structure. The purpose of using TMD is to produce an artificial force originated from the mass of TMD in order to counteract the structural vibration at which the TMD...
Damping causes energy dissipation in buildings while they are under earthquake or wind excitations and resulting decrement in structural responses. Th...