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Dæmpning af kontruktioner

Translated title

Damping of structures

Term

4. term

Publication year

2008

Submitted on

Pages

147

Abstract

This report is dealing with different methods of vibration control in flexible structures with a pedestrian bridge as basis. A deterministic pedestrian model is developed based on a review of the present literature. Passive damping is applied to the bridge by use of a tuned mass damper and optimal tuning parameters are determined. Active multi-modal control is introduced by adding a control force to the tuned mass damper and different control theories, pole placement and optimal control, are evaluated. A proposed control theory combining pole placement and integral control is implemented in a test set-up consisting of a cantilever beam with a piezo electric actuator. Finally, pedestrians crossing the bridge is simulated and the treated vibration control methods are compared.