Investigations on serviceability control of long-span structures under human-induced excitation

The increasing strength of new structural materials and the span of new structures,accompanied by aesthetic requirements for greater slenderness,are resulting in more applications of long-span structures.In this paper,serviceability control technology and its design theory are studied.First,a novel tuned mass damper(TMD)with controllable stiffness is developed.Second,methods for modeling human-induced loads are proposed,including standing up,walking,jumping and running,and an analysis method for long-span floor response is proposed based on a finite element model.Third,a design method for long-span floors installed with a multiple TMD(MTMD)system considering human comfort is introduced, largely based on a study of existing literature.Finally,a design,analysis and field test is conducted using several large scale buildings in China including the Beijing Olympic Park National Conference Center,Changsha New Railway Station and the Xi’an Northern Railway Station.The analytical and field test results show that the MTMD system designed using the proposed method is capable of effectively mitigating the vertical vibration of long-span floor structures.The study presented in this paper provides an important reference for the analysis of vibration serviceability of similar long-span floors and design of control system for these structures.     

An off-and-towards-equilibrium strategy for vibrational control of structures

Traditional control strategies have difficulty handling nonlinear behavior of structures, time variable features and parameter uncertainties of structural control systems under seismic excitation. An off-and-towardsequilibrium （OTE） strategy combined with fuzzy control is presented in this paper to overcome these difficulties. According to the OTE strategy, the control force is designed from the viewpoint of a mechanical relationship between the motions of the structure, the exciting force and the control force. The advantage of the OTE strategy is that it can be used for a variety of control systems. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed strategy, the seismic performance of a three-story shear building with an Active Tendon System （ATS） using a Fuzzy Logic Controller （FLC） is studied. The main advantage of the fuzzy controller is its inherent robustness and ability to handle any nonlinear behavior of structures. However, there are no design guidelines to set up the corresponding control rule table for a FLC. Based on the proposed strategy for the FLC, a control rule table associated with the building under study is developed, which then allows formation of a detailed algorithm. The results obtained in this study show that the proposed strategy performs slightly better than the linear quadratic regulator （LQR） strategy, while possessing several advantages over the LQR controller. Consequently, the feasibility and validity of the proposed strategy are verified.     

被动控制技术在大跨空间结构中的应用概况

结构被动控制技术将传统的依靠结构自身强度和刚度来增强结构抗力的设计方法转变为利用控制装置吸收并耗散振动能量,是抗震防灾的一种积极有效的设计手段.基于被动控制机理,分别从隔震、消能减震和调谐减震3种途径系统总结了被动控制技术在大跨空间结构中的应用概况,介绍了相应的控制措施和控制效果,给出了实用性的结论,结果可为大跨空间结构的工程设计提供参考.本成果对推动振动控制手段在大跨空间结构中的实际应用具有积极意义.     

Compensation of time‐delay for control of civil engineering structures

Time‐delay is an important issue in structural control. Applications of unsynchronized control forces due to time‐delay may result in a degradation of the control performance and it may even render the controlled structures to be unstable. In this paper, a state‐of‐the‐art review for available methods of time‐delay compensation is presented. Then, five methods for the compensation of fixed time‐delay are presented and investigated for active control of civil engineering structures. These include the recursive response method, state‐augmented compensation method, controllability based stabilization method, the Smith predictor method and the Pade approximation method, all are applicable to any control algorithm to be used for controlled design. Numerical simulations have been conducted for MDOF building models equipped with an active control system to demonstrate the stability and control performance of these time‐delay compensation methods. Finally, the stability and performance of the phase shift method, that is well‐known in civil engineering applications, have also been critically evaluated through numerical simulations. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Trust-region based instantaneous optimal semi-active control of long-span spatially extended structures with MRF-04K damper

In the field of civil engineering, magnetorheological fluid （MRF） damper-based semi-active control systems have received considerable attention for use in protecting structures from natural hazards such as strong earthquakes and high winds. In this paper, the MRF damper-based semi-active control system is applied to a long-span spatially extended structure and its feasibility is discussed. Meanwhile, a _trust-region method based instantaneous optimal semi-active control algorithm （TIOC） is proposed to improve the performance of the semi-active control system in a multiple damper situation. The proposed TIOC describes the control process as a bounded constraint optimization problem, in which an optimal semi- active control force vector is solved by the trust-region method in every control step to minimize the structural responses. A numerical example of a railway station roof structure installed with MRF-04K dampers is presented. First, a modified Bouc- Wen model is utilized to describe the behavior of the selected MRF-04K damper. Then, two semi-active control systems, including the well-known clipped-optimal controller and the proposed TIOC controller, are considered. Based on the characteristics of the long-span spatially extended structure, the performance of the control system is evaluated under uniform earthquake excitation and travelling-wave excitation with different apparent velocities. The simulation results indicate that the MR fluid damper-based semi-active control systems have the potential to mitigate the responses of full-scale long-span spatially extended structures under earthquake hazards. The superiority of the proposed TIOC controller is demonstrated by comparing its control effectiveness with the clipped-optimal controller for several different cases.     

结构多重双重调谐质量阻尼器(MDTMD)的新控制策略

本文提出了一种新的控制策略——多重双重调谐质量阻尼器(以下简称为MDTMD)。MDTMD系统参数的可能组合形成十种MDTMD模型,本文评价其中最易制作的一种MDTMD模型。利用定义的优化目标函数,评价了MDTMD的控制性能。数值结果表明MDTMD比双重调谐质量阻尼器(DTMD)具有更好的有效性和对频率调谐的鲁棒性。但MDTMD的冲程大于DTMD的冲程。     

大跨度悬索桥振动控制的双向TMD参数研究

用时域内的逐步积分法对无ＴＭＤ和带有不同参数ＴＭＤ的悬索桥进行了时程分析,结果表明,ＴＭＤ的参数对结构的动力特性的抑振效果均有较大的影响,ＴＭＤ的频率不仅影响振动控制的效果也影响结构的表观阻尼,扭转振动的控制可由侧向ＴＭＤ来实现。     

大跨桥梁振动控制的杠杆主动多重调谐质量阻尼器策略

提出了适用于控制大跨桥梁风致振动的杠杆式主动多重调谐质量阻尼器（LT-AMTMD）控制策略.利用建立的LT-AMTMD结构系统的动力放大系数,评价了LT-AMTMD的性能.数值结果表明,驱动器置于质量块处的LT-AMTMD比驱动器置于其它位置的LT-AMTMD更加有效.驱动器置于质量块处的LT-AMTMD可以根据实际需要,通过改变支撑位置来调节弹簧的静伸长,而且保持其性能不变（包括冲程）.数值结果还表明,驱动器置于质量块处的LT-AMTMD可以明显地提高LT-MTMD的性能,而且比单个杠杆式主动调谐质量阻尼器（LT-ATMD）更加有效.     

多点输入下大跨结构反应谱分析方法研究进展

在大跨度结构的抗震研究领域,多点输入反应谱方法因其形式简洁、物理意义明确、应用方便等优点而获得了广泛重视和迅速发展,并已在一些重大工程项目的抗震分析中得到了应用。本文首先详细阐述了近年来国内外多点输入反应谱分析方法的研究现状;然后介绍了多点输入反应谱法的应用情况,包括基于该方法进行的大跨度结构地震反应分析和抗震可靠度分析;最后,提出了今后研究中一些需要进一步解决的问题。     

土木工程结构的双层多重调谐质量阻尼器控制策略

为能得到用尽可能少的调谐质量阻尼器(TMD)组成有效性和鲁棒性高的多重调谐质量阻尼器控制系统，本文提出了一种适用于土木工程结构的新控制策略——双层多重调谐质量阻尼器(DMT—MD)。使用定义的优化目标函数，评价了双层多重调谐质量阻尼器(DMTMD)的控制性能。数值结果表明，双层多重调谐质量阻尼器(DMTMD)比多重凋谐质量阻尼器(MTMD)具有更好的有效性和对频率调谐的鲁棒性。DMTMD比双重调谐质量阻尼器(DTMD)具有更好的有效性，而DMTMD和DT—MD对频率调谐的鲁棒性近似相同。因此，双层多重调谐质量阻尼器是一种先进的结构控制策略。     

A new isolation device using shape memory alloy and its application for long-span structures

The key points to consider in determining the effectiveness of using structural isolation with shape memory alloys (SMA) are the constitutive model, the SMA isolation device and the analysis method. In this paper, a simplifi ed constitutive model based on the classic theory of plasticity is proposed to simulate the behavior of the superelasticity of the SMA, in which the martensite volume fraction is considered as one of the state variables. Comparisons between simulation results and experimental results ar...     

Response spectra for nuclear structures on rock sites considering the near-fault directivity effect

Near-fault ground motions, potentially with large amplitude and typical velocity pulses, may significantly impact the performance of a wide range of structures. The current study is aimed at evaluating the safety implications of the near-fault effect on nuclear power plant facilities designed according to the Chinese code. To this end, a set of nearfault ground motions at rock sites with typical forward-directivity effect is examined with special emphasis on several key parameters and response spectra. Spectral comparison of the selected records with the Chinese and other code design spectra was conducted. The bi-normalized response spectra in terms of different corner periods are utilized to derive nuclear design spectra. It is concluded that nuclear design spectra on rock sites derived from typical rupture directivity records are significantly influenced both by the earthquake magnitude and the rupture distance. The nuclear design spectra specified in the code needs to be adjusted to reflect the near-fault directivity effect of large earthquakes.     

Analysis on influence of seismic travelling wave effect on semi-active control for long-span rigid-continuous bridge

Introduction The methods of enhancing ability of bridge to resist earthquake disaster can be divided into two aspects. One is enhancing the resisting earthquake ability from the designing ways; the other is adding control devices on the existing structures to effectively control the seismic responses of bridge from the vibration control ways. The great progress has been made in structure control technique in the last years. It has the advantages of security, validity, economical and wide appli…     

结构瞬时最优控制参数影响的数值分析

在瞬时最优控制算法理论分析的基础上,分别以单自由度和三自由度结构模型为例,研究了时间间隔和权矩阵对结构控制反应的影响。首先,进行了瞬时最优控制算法的理论分析,提出了控制算法的影响参数;其次,分别对单自由度和三自由度结构在无控、LQR和瞬时最优三种方法控制下,分析了时间间隔和权矩阵对结构反应的影响。结果表明：时间间隔和权矩阵对结构瞬时最优控制效果影响很大。     

A new simplified approach for assessing nonlinear seismic response of plan-asymmetric structures considering soil-structure interaction

An innovative approximate method is presented to consider the plan asymmetry, nonlinear structural behaviour and soil-structure interaction (SSI) effects simultaneously. The proposed method so-called Flexible base 2DMPA (F2MPA) is an extension of 2 degrees of freedom modal pushover analysis (2DMPA) approach to consider foundation flexibility in seismic response analysis of plan asymmetric structures which itself were developed based on Uncoupled Modal Response History Analysis method for inelastic fixed-base asymmetric structures. In F2MPA for each mode shape using 2DMPA procedure, the elastic and inelastic properties of 2DOF modal systems corresponding to the fixed-base structure are initially derived. Then in each time step, displacements and inelastic restoring forces of the superstructure are computed from modal equations of the flexibly-supported structure. In each time step, the nonlinear secant stiffness matrix corresponding to the n-th MDOF modal equations of soil-structure system is updated using the corresponding modal 2DOF system of fixed-base structure. To update the transformed modal stiffness matrix of the SSI system, this matrix is partitioned and it is assumed that the non-linear variation of the superstructure can be estimated from the variation of modal stiffness matrix of the fixed-base structure. Accuracy of the proposed method was verified on an 8-story asymmetric-plan building under different seismic excitations. The results obtained from F2MPA method were compared with those obtained by nonlinear response history analysis of the asymmetric soil-structure system as a reference response. It was shown that the proposed approach could predict the results of the nonlinear time history analysis with a good accuracy. The main advantage of F2MPA is that this method is much less time-consuming and useful for the practical aims such as massive analysis of a nonlinear structure under different records with multiple intensity levels.     

多维Benchmark桥梁结构半主动控制策略

随着大跨度桥梁结构的广泛应用,作为生命线工程之一的桥梁结构振动问题备受关注。结构振动控制作为一种新方法,可以有效的减小结构振动响应。半主动控制只需较少的能量调节便可对最优控制力进行跟踪,进而成为研究的热点。传统的最优控制算法（LQR）需要计算复杂的Riccati方程,具有在线计算时间长等缺点。基于最优控制与计算结构力学之间的模拟理论,引入区段混合能的概念,将Riccati方程转化为区段矩阵的求解,采用水平双向布置MR阻尼器的方法对桥梁结构进行振动控制,考虑了桥梁结构3个方向的平动分量和转动分量,基于哈密顿体系提出了LQR半主动控制策略。最后,对Benchmark桥梁结构模型进行了仿真计算,结果表明:提出的LQR半主动控制策略是有效的。     

Simplified analysis of frame structures with viscoelastic dampers considering the effect of soil-structure interaction

In this study, simplified numerical models are developed to analyze the soil-structure interaction (SSI) effect on frame structures equipped with viscoelastic dampers (VEDs) based on pile group foundation. First, a single degree-of-freedom (SDOF) oscillator is successfully utilized to replace the SDOF energy dissipated structure considering the SSI effect. The equivalent period and damping ratio of the system are obtained through analogical analysis using the frequency transfer function with adoption of the modal strain energy (MSE) technique. A parametric analysis is carried out to study the SSI effect on the performance of VEDs. Then the equilibrium equations of the multi degree-of-freedom (MDOF) structure with VEDs considering SSI effect are established in the frequency domain. Based on the assumption that the superstructure of the coupled system possesses the classical normal mode, the MDOF superstructure is decoupled to a set of individual SDOF systems resting on a rigid foundation with adoption of the MSE technique through formula derivation. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed methods have the advantage of reducing computational cost, however, retaining the satisfactory accuracy. The numerical method proposed herein can provide a fast evaluation of the efficiency of VEDs considering the SSI effect.     

Design of dampers for structures based on optimal control theory

The aim of this paper was to propose a design guideline for using visco‐elastic dampers for the control of building structures subjected to earthquake loading as well as suspension roof structures subjected to wind loading. The active control algorithm was used to calculate the control forces. Based on the single‐mode approach the control forces were transformed to the forces which visco‐elastic dampers can provide. Application of the method to the design of the building structure with passive damping devices in the bracing system and to the suspension roof with dampers was studied. Through the application of optimal control theory a systematic design procedure to implement dampers in structures is proposed. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

智能结构模态控制实验研究

独立模态控制方法原理明确,实现简单,是智能控制的常用算法,根据一个3层框架结构智能控制实验,介绍了模态控制理论及实现方法,阐述了压电堆工作原理,根据压电堆受压性能好的特点设计了一种将拉力转化为压力的主动元件,给出了压电堆工作的检测方程和控制方程。通过对实验数据分析,可以看到,通过对结构进行主动控制,相应的模态位移和加速度得到了良好的抑制。