Samali, Bijan and Zahrai, Seyed M and Vrcelj, Zora and Abbasi, Saeed (2011) Effectiveness of variably tuned liquid damper in suppressing dynamic excitation. In: Incorporating sustainable practice in mechanics and structures of materials : proceedings of the 21st Australian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 December 2010. Fragomeni, Sam and Venkatesan, Srikanth and Lam, Nelson and Setunge, Sujeeva, eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 297-301.

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Abstract

Tuned liquid damper (TLD) is a special type of auxiliary damping device which relies on the sloshing of a liquid (water) in a container to counteract the forces acting on the structure. In this paper a new kind of TLD with some movable baffles is experimentally studied. These movable baffles change the dynamic characteristics of the TLD, specially frequency and damping. Response of a five storey benchmark building was utilized to investigate the efficiency of variably tuned liquid damper (VTLD) under dynamic excitations. By observing the performance ofVTLD this study investigates the effects of probable mistuning by changing the depth of water and frequency ratio as welL The damping ratios of the building in several conditions of baffles angles were evaluated using logarithmic decrement technique. The results show that one can enhance the performance of TLDs by installing some movable baffles and overcome probable mistuning of the TLD.

Item Type:	Book Section
ISBN:	9780415616577 (print), 9780203829868 (ebook)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	fluid dynamics, tall buildings, structures, vibrations, structural vibration control
Subjects:	FOR Classification > 0203 Classical Physics FOR Classification > 0905 Civil Engineering Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > College of Science and Engineering
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Depositing User:	VUIR
Date Deposited:	24 Oct 2013 01:00
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2013 01:00
URI:	http://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/22332
DOI:	10.1201/b10571-53
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