Kinematically excited parametric vibration of a tall building model with a TMD-Part 1: Numerical analyses

This paper undertakes to analyze the research problem of vibration of a tall building with a Pendulum Tuned Mass Damper (PTMD). The vibration of the building-damper system is due to kinematic excitation representing seismic load. It was assumed that during an earthquake the ground can move horizontally and vertically. An analysis of various earthquakes reveals that, sometimes, the vibration has comparable amplitudes in both these directions. It is usually the horizontal vibration that is catastrophic to structures. Vertical vibration is therefore often omitted. As this paper will show, in cases where the TMD model is a pendulum, the vertical ground motion can be transmitted through the building structure to the pendulum suspension point. In such cases, parametric resonance may occur in the system, which is especially dangerous as it amplifies vibration despite the presence of damping. Taking this phenomenon into consideration will make it possible to better secure the structure against earthquakes. As the teams carrying out theoretical and experimental analyses differed, the paper was purposely divided into two parts. In the first part, the idea was formulated and the MES model of the building-TMD system was created. The second part contains an experimental verification of the theoretical analyses. (C) 2013 Politechnika Wroclawska. Published by Elsevier Urban & Partner Sp. z.o.o. All rights reserved.