Design and Assessment of Inerter Devices for Seismic Control

Overview

In recent years, inerter systems have been adopted for vibration control of civil structures. This project proposed and extensively investigated a tuned mass inerter damper for vibration control of rigid structures that exhibit rocking behavior when subjected to ground excitations. The results revealed that with proper parameter design, the proposed damping system can effectively reduce the vibration amplitude of rocking structures under earthquake excitations.

Inerter Damper Methodology

Methodology

References

[1]. Pan, X., Málaga-Chuquitaype C. (2020). Seismic control of rocking structures via external resonators. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 49:1180-1196. (Top Cited Article, Top Downloaded Article)