Date of Award
7-29-2020
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.Sc.
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Keywords
Damper stiffness, Damper support stiffness, Negative stiffness damper, Stay cables, Vibration control
Supervisor
Shaohong Cheng
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
Due to the superior performance of negative stiffness damper (NSD), its application to the vibration control of bridge stay cables attracts much research attention in recent years. Nevertheless, the effect of various system parameters on NSD performance has not been fully studied, especially the impact of damper support stiffness. In the current study, an experimental study on the dynamic response of a cable-NSD system is conducted to investigate the effect of negative damper stiffness and damper support stiffness on the efficiency of NSD. A numerical simulation is performed to not only validate the experimental results, but also evaluate the influence of various system parameters on NSD performance. A NSD design tool is developed to predict optimum damper size and the corresponding maximum achievable modal damping ratio of a cable-NSD system. Results show that when the stability criterion is satisfied, choosing stronger negative damper stiffness would enhance NSD efficiency. The impact of support stiffness on NSD performance depends on the magnitude of damper stiffness. Attach a NSD to a cable having larger sag and/or higher bending stiffness would yield a lower maximum achievable system modal damping ratio.
Recommended Citation
Dong, Qimian, "Experimental Study on the Performance of Negative Stiffness Dampers for Cable Vibration Control" (2020). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 8413.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/8413