A negative stiffness dynamic base absorber for seismic retrofitting of residential buildings

AG Mantakas, KA Kapasakalis… - … Control and Health …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, a negative stiffness‐based passive vibration absorber is developed and
implemented as a seismic retrofitting measure for typical reinforced concrete (RC) …

Balancing static and dynamic performances of TMD with negative stiffness

N Su, J Bian, S Peng, Z Chen, Y Xia - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, negative stiffness (NS) has been applied in dynamic vibration absorbers (DVAs) to
achieve better control performance on dynamic responses. However, the adoption of NS …

[HTML][HTML] Wind turbine vibration management: An integrated analysis of existing solutions, products, and Open-source developments

MR Machado, M Dutkiewicz - Energy Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
The renewable energy sector witnesses increased demand due to energy crises and climate
change. Wind energy, in particular, is promising for reducing fossil fuel dependence and …

Performance evaluation of distributed extended kdamper devices for seismic protection of mid-rise building structures

K Kapasakalis, A Mantakas, M Kalderon… - Journal of Earthquake …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study proposes a novel seismic protection strategy that applies and distributes
extended KDamper devices (d-EKD) along the height of an existing mid-rise building …

Damping enhancement solution for wind turbines through amplifying damping transfer systems

M Wang, HQ Lu, PG Wang, S Nagarajaiah… - International Journal of …, 2024 - World Scientific
This paper proposed a novel amplifying damping transfer system (ADTS) as a new damping
enhancement solution for high-rise structures like wind turbines. The proposed ADTS can …

Comprehensive design optimization of vertical seismic absorbers incorporating sensitivity and robust analysis: A case study of the KDamper

AE Gkikakis, KA Kapasakalis, EJ Sapountzakis - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a comprehensive design optimization approach for building vibration
control systems, demonstrated through a case study on the KDamper implemented as a …

Structural vibration control of spar-buoy floating offshore wind turbines

H Zuo, J Zhang, K Bi, S Zhu, H Hao, R Ma - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) have complex dynamics problems and strong
coupling effects within their entire systems, and they are sensitive to winds and sea waves …

A review of dampers for offshore wind turbines

H Zhang, Z Huang, X Jin, Y Yue, Y Chen, M Luo - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Considering the irrationality and limitations of current reviews about dampers for offshore
wind turbine (OWT), this paper re-investigates a comprehensive review of the research …

Concise analytical solutions to negative‐stiffness inerter‐based DVAs for seismic and wind hazards considering multi‐target responses

N Su, Z Chen, C Zeng, Y Xia… - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Practical engineering structures are subjected to hazardous seismic‐and wind‐induced
vibrations during their lifetime. They should be designed based on capacity and …

[HTML][HTML] Vibration control of offshore wind turbines with a novel energy-adaptive self-powered active mass damper

LI Jin-Yang, ZHU Songye, J Zhang, MA Ruisheng… - Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Slender and flexible offshore wind turbines (OWTs) are vulnerable to external dynamic
excitations, and passive tuned mass dampers (TMDs) have been widely used to control …