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Pendulum Tuned Mass Damper Dynamics

A pendulum tuned mass damper uses cables to support a mass, allowing it to move like a pendulum. This eliminates problems with bearings used in other tuned mass dampers. The pendulum is attached to a floor and its motion in response to floor movement generates forces that oppose the floor motion. The system can be modeled as a simple pendulum with an equivalent stiffness. The natural frequency and period of the pendulum depend on the equivalent stiffness and length of the cables.

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Pendulum Tuned Mass Damper Dynamics

A pendulum tuned mass damper uses cables to support a mass, allowing it to move like a pendulum. This eliminates problems with bearings used in other tuned mass dampers. The pendulum is attached to a floor and its motion in response to floor movement generates forces that oppose the floor motion. The system can be modeled as a simple pendulum with an equivalent stiffness. The natural frequency and period of the pendulum depend on the equivalent stiffness and length of the cables.

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3.2.

3 PENDULUM TUNED MASS DAMPER

Based on the motion the Tuned Mass the TMDs can be classified as
Translational Tuned Mass Dampers and Pendulum Tuned Mass Dampers.
Translational TMDs employs complex mechanisms for multi assemblage of
elastomeric rubber bearings, which function as shear springs, and bitumen rubber
compound (BRC) elements, which provide viscoelastic damping capability. The
problems associated with the bearings can be eliminated by supporting the mass with
cables which allow the system to behave as a pendulum. Figure 3.13a shows a simple
pendulum attached to a floor. Movement of the floor excites the pendulum. The
relative motion of the pendulum produces a horizontal force which opposes the floor
motion. This action can be represented by an equivalent SDOF system which is
attached to the floor as indicated in Fig. 3.13b.

Figure 3.13 A simple pendulum Tuned Mass Damper. (a) Actual system; and
(b) equivalent system.

The equation of motion for the horizontal direction is

𝑊𝑊𝑑𝑑
𝑇𝑇 sin 𝜃𝜃 + (𝑢𝑢̈ + 𝑢𝑢̈ 𝑑𝑑 ) = 0 (3.71)
𝑔𝑔

where T is the tension in the cable. When 𝜃𝜃 is small, the following approximations
apply

𝑢𝑢𝑑𝑑 = 𝐿𝐿 sin 𝜃𝜃 ≈ 𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿

𝑇𝑇 ≈ 𝑊𝑊𝑑𝑑

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Introducing these approximations transforms Eq. (3.71) to
𝑊𝑊𝑑𝑑
𝑚𝑚𝑑𝑑 𝑢𝑢̈ 𝑑𝑑 + 𝑢𝑢𝑑𝑑 = −𝑚𝑚𝑑𝑑 𝑢𝑢̈ (3.72)
𝐿𝐿

and it follows that the equivalent shear spring stiffness is


𝑊𝑊𝑑𝑑
𝑘𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 = (3.73)
𝐿𝐿

The natural frequency of the pendulum is related to 𝑘𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 by


𝑘𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 𝑔𝑔
𝜔𝜔𝑑𝑑2 = = (3.74)
𝑚𝑚𝑑𝑑 𝐿𝐿

From Eq. (3.74), the natural period of the pendulum is

𝑇𝑇𝑑𝑑 = 2𝜋𝜋�𝐿𝐿⁄𝑔𝑔 (3.75)

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