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Smart Structures and Systems
  Volume 19, Number 3, March 2017 , pages 279-288
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sss.2017.19.3.279
 


Study on the space frame structures incorporated with magnetorheological dampers
Fei-Hong Xu, Zhao-Dong Xu and Xiang-Cheng Zhang

 
Abstract
    Magnetorheological damper has received significant attention in recent years due to the reason that it can offer adaptability of active control devices without requiring the associated large power sources. In this paper, performance tests on a MR damper are carried out under different currents, excitation amplitudes and frequencies, the damping characteristics and energy dissipation capacity of the MR damper are analyzed. Elasto-plastic dynamic analysis on a space frame structure incorporated with MR dampers is conducted, and numerical analysis results show that MR dampers can significantly mitigate the structural vibration responses. Finally, the genetic algorithm with the improved binary crossover and mutation technique is adopted to optimize the arrangement of MR dampers. Numerical results show that dynamic responses of the optimal controlled structure are mitigated more effectively.
 
Key Words
    magnetorheological damper; performance test; elasto-plastic analysis; genetic algorithm; optimization
 
Address
Fei-Hong Xu, Zhao-Dong Xu: Key Laboratory of C&PC Structures of the Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, Jiangsu, P.R. China

Xiang-Cheng Zhang: School of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, P.R. China
 

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