Analysis on vibration control of a large-span pedestrian suspension bridge based on a multiple tuned mass damper system

Tuned mass damper is one of the commonly used passive control devices. It is the earliest used device in civil engineering control of vibration control of high-rise buildings and towering structures. For large-span pedestrian bridges, the pedestrian load spectrum covers many modalities of pedestrian bridges. It is difficult to achieve the expected results with a single tuned mass damper device. In order to obtain efficient damping, the multiple modes of a multiple tuned mass damper which may resonate under excitation are controlled. This chapter adopts the pedestrian suspension bridge over Dongtan River as the subject to arrange a multiple tuned mass damper system in the finite element model of the pedestrian suspension bridge, analyze the effectiveness of the multiple tuned mass damper system on the control of human-induced vibration of a large-span pedestrian suspension bridge, and discuss the vibration reduction effect of the multiple tuned mass damper system on the response to human-induced vibration of the pedestrian suspension bridge. The analysis shows that a multiple tuned mass damper system has a significant effect on controlling human-induced vibration of the pedestrian suspension bridge. © The Author(s) 2019.