Skip to main content

Vibration Control System Design for Buildings

  • Living reference work entry
  • Latest version View entry history
  • First Online:
Encyclopedia of Systems and Control
  • 17 Accesses

Abstract

This entry provides building vibration control utilizing the mechanism of energy dissipation and seismic isolation including full active control devices and semi-active or passive devices. Vibration control of buildings subjected to dynamic loadings such as large earthquakes, strong winds, or heavy traffic is one of the most important factors to take into consideration for occupant safety. Since energy dissipation is the key technology in vibration control, many kinds of devices have been developed for structural mitigation. Seismic retrofit of buildings is critical because long-period earthquakes occur at considerable distances from the seismic center. Here, we introduce the application of specific devices to the vibration control of real buildings, especially in Japan, where there are many earthquakes.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Institutional subscriptions

Bibliography

  • Connor JJ (2003) Tuned mass damper systems. In: Introduction to structural motion control. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall Pearson Education

    Google Scholar 

  • Endo F, Yamanaka M, Watnabe T, Kageyama M, Yoshida O et al (2011) Advanced technologies applied at the new “Techno Station” building in Tokyo, Japan. Struct Eng Int 21(4):508–513

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fujitani H, Sodeyama H et al (2003) Development of 400 kN magnetorheological damper for a real base-isolated building. In: Proceeding SPIE. 5052, Smart structures and materials 2003: damping and isolation, pp 265–276

    Google Scholar 

  • Inoue M, Kawakami T et al (2015) Izmit Bay suspension bridge – finding and consideration for vibration control of tower by active mass damper. In: IABSE conference – Structural engineering: providing solutions to global challenges, Geneva, 23–25 Sept 2015

    Google Scholar 

  • Itagaki N, Nishimura H (2005) Disturbance-accommodating gain-scheduled control taking account of actuator saturation. In: Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE conference on control applications, Toronto, 28–31 Aug 2005

    Google Scholar 

  • Jansen LM, Dyke SJ (2000) Semi-active control strategies for MR dampers: a comparative study. J Eng Mech 126(8):795–803

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Koike Y, Imaseki M, Kazama M (2011) Vibration control using rail-guided full-active mass dampers and the application thereof to high-rise buildings. In: Proceedings of the 5th international symposium on wind effects on buildings and urban environment

    Google Scholar 

  • Nishimura H, Kojima A (1999) Seismic isolation control for a buildinglike structure. IEEE Control Syst Mag 19(6):38–44

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nishimura H et al(2002) Semi-active vibration isolation control for multi-degree- of-freedom structures. In: ASME 2002 pressure vessels and piping conference, seismic engineering, vol 2, Paper No. PVP2002-1446, pp 189–196

    Google Scholar 

  • Petersen NR (1980) Design of large scale tuned mass damper. In: Leipholz HHE (ed) Structural control, Proceedings of the international IUTAM symposium on structural control held at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, 4–7 June 1979. North-Holland

    Google Scholar 

  • Rossetto T, Duffour P (2012) Earthquake resistant design. Encyclopedia of natural hazards, 12 Oct 2012, pp 1–13

    Google Scholar 

  • Saatcioglu M (2012) Structural mitigation. Encyclopedia of natural hazards, 17 Sep 2012, pp 1–25

    Google Scholar 

  • Soong TT, Spencer BF Jr (2002) Supplemental energy dissipation: state-of-the-art and state-of-the practice. Eng Struct 24:243–259

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Spencer BF Jr, Nagarajaiah S (2003) State of the art of structural control. J Struct Eng 2003:845–856

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Spencer BF Jr, Sain MK (1997) Controlling buildings: a new frontier in feedback. IEEE Control Syst Mag 17(6):19–35

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sugimoto K, Fukukita A et al (2013) Response reduction effect of using inertial mass dampers in a base isolated structure. In: 13th world conference on seismic isolation, energy dissipation and active vibration control of structures – commemorating JSSI 20th anniversary -, Sendai, 24–27 Sep 2013

    Google Scholar 

  • Watakabe M, Inoue N, Nishimura H et al (2008) Response control performance of semi-active isolation system using the GS control for a multi-degree-of-freedom structure with magneto-rheological fluid damper. J Struct Constr Eng 73(628):875–882 (in Japanese)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yoshida K, Fujio T (2000) Semi-active base isolation for a building structure. Int J Comput Appl Technol 13(1/2):52–58

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zuo L, Tang X (2013) Large-scale vibration energy harvesting. J Intell Mater Syst Struct 24(11):1405–1430

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Hidekazu Nishimura .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Section Editor information

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2020 Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature

About this entry

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this entry

Nishimura, H. (2020). Vibration Control System Design for Buildings. In: Baillieul, J., Samad, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Systems and Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_180-2

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_180-2

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, London

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-5102-9

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4471-5102-9

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference EngineeringReference Module Computer Science and Engineering

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Chapter history

  1. Latest

    Vibration Control System Design for Buildings
    Published:
    13 July 2020

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_180-2

  2. Original

    Vibration Control System Design for Buildings
    Published:
    26 March 2014

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_180-1