Research on a Low Cost Tuned Mass Damper

第一阶段研究将探讨SANDAMPER技术的可行性 如应用于高层建筑和结构的阻尼。 其 已成功并广泛应用于高大电视机拉线 塔提供了一个高度的信心，在建议。 研究 涉及低频阻尼方法的分析研究， 因为它可能适用于高层建筑结构， 风引起的振动或不稳定性。 在可行性研究中， 将确定阻尼器的大小是否可以按比例增加到 高层建筑应用所需的大尺寸。 这 研究涉及一种特定的创新型阻尼器， SANDAMPER，它将在半被动模式下作为调谐 质量阻尼器（TMD）。 其目的是开发设计信息， 基本的科学概念，并指出实际的 应用.

This Phase I study will examine the feasibility of SANDAMPER technology as applied to the damping of tall buildings and structures. Its success and extensive application already to the guy-wires of tall TV towers affords a high degree of confidence in the proposed. The study concerns an analytical investigation of a low frequency damping method as it might be applied to high-rise building structures subject to wind-induced vibration or instability. In the feasibility study it will be determined if the size of the damper can be scaled up to the large dimensions required for high-rise buildings applications. This study is concerned with a specific innovative type of damper, the SANDAMPER, which would be employed in a semi-passive mode as a tuned mass damper (TMD). The object is to develop design information from fundamental scientific precepts, and to indicate practical applications.