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Research Article Vibration Suppression of a Large Beam Structure Using Tuned Mass Damper and Eddy Current Damping Jae-Sung Bae, 1 Jai-Hyuk Hwang, 1 Dong-Gi Kwag, 2 Jeanho Park, 3,4 and Daniel J. Inman 5 1 School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, 200-1 Hwajeon-dong, Deogyang-gu, Goyang City, Gyeonggi-do 412-791, Republic of Korea 2 School of Aeronautical Engineering, Hanseo University, 46 Hanseo 1-ro, Haemi-myun, Seosan-si, Chungcheongnam-do 357-953, Republic of Korea 3 Graduate School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, 200-1 Hwajeon-dong, Deogyang-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 412-791, Republic of Korea 4 Gyeonggi Regional Division, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, 143 Hanggaulro, Sangrok-gu, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do 426-910, Republic of Korea 5 Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1320 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 481092-2140, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Jae-Sung Bae; [email protected] Received 31 January 2014; Accepted 11 April 2014; Published 15 May 2014 Academic Editor: Lei Zuo Copyright © 2014 Jae-Sung Bae et al. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For a few decades, various methods to suppress the vibrations of structures have been proposed and exploited. ese include passive methods using constrained layer damping (CLD) and active methods using smart materials. However, applying these methods to large structures may not be practical because of weight, material, and actuator constraints. e objective of the present study is to propose and exploit an effective method to suppress the vibration of a large and heavy beam structure with a minimum increase in mass or volume of material. Traditional tuned mass dampers (TMD) are very effective for attenuating structural vibrations; however, they oſten add substantial mass. Eddy current damping is relatively simple and has excellent performance but is force limited. e proposed method is to apply relatively light-weight TMD to attenuate the vibration of a large beam structure and increase its performance by applying eddy current damping to a TMD. e results show that the present method is simple but effective in suppressing the vibration of a large beam structure without a substantial weight increase. 1. Introduction e suppression of mechanical and structural vibration has significant applications in engineering fields such as machine tool industries and civil, automotive, and aerospace struc- tures. Over the past few decades much research effort has been applied to vibration suppression of engineering struc- tures and machines. Traditionally, passive methods have been used to attenuate mechanical vibration. e recent advances in digital signal processing and sensors/actuators technology have resulted in substantial effort in using active methods [1]. In addition semiactive methods have filled the gap between passive and active methods. A popular method of passive vibration suppression is the use of constrained layer damping (CLD) treatments using viscoelastic material. CLD can significantly increase the damping of a structure and is a readily available commercial product. e vibration of a beam can also be suppressed by active methods using smart materials like piezoelectric mat- erials. Many researchers have applied these methods to light- weight flexible beam structures. To suppress the vibration of a beam structure, which is large and heavy, very large actuation force is required and these methods may not be available. Active methods using piezoelectric materials may not be suc- cessful due to the limitation of actuation force. CLD solutions may require the addition of too much mass. Consequently the Hindawi Publishing Corporation Shock and Vibration Volume 2014, Article ID 893914, 10 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/893914
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Research ArticleVibration Suppression of a Large Beam Structure UsingTuned Mass Damper and Eddy Current Damping

Jae-Sung Bae,1 Jai-Hyuk Hwang,1 Dong-Gi Kwag,2 Jeanho Park,3,4 and Daniel J. Inman5

1 School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, 200-1 Hwajeon-dong,Deogyang-gu, Goyang City, Gyeonggi-do 412-791, Republic of Korea

2 School of Aeronautical Engineering, Hanseo University, 46 Hanseo 1-ro, Haemi-myun, Seosan-si,Chungcheongnam-do 357-953, Republic of Korea

3 Graduate School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, 200-1 Hwajeon-dong,Deogyang-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 412-791, Republic of Korea

4Gyeonggi Regional Division, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, 143 Hanggaulro, Sangrok-gu, Ansan,Gyeonggi-do 426-910, Republic of Korea

5 Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1320 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 481092-2140, USA

Correspondence should be addressed to Jae-Sung Bae; [email protected]

Received 31 January 2014; Accepted 11 April 2014; Published 15 May 2014

Academic Editor: Lei Zuo

Copyright © 2014 Jae-Sung Bae et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

For a few decades, variousmethods to suppress the vibrations of structures have been proposed and exploited.These include passivemethods using constrained layer damping (CLD) and active methods using smart materials. However, applying these methods tolarge structures may not be practical because of weight, material, and actuator constraints. The objective of the present study is topropose and exploit an effective method to suppress the vibration of a large and heavy beam structure with a minimum increasein mass or volume of material. Traditional tuned mass dampers (TMD) are very effective for attenuating structural vibrations;however, they often add substantial mass. Eddy current damping is relatively simple and has excellent performance but is forcelimited. The proposed method is to apply relatively light-weight TMD to attenuate the vibration of a large beam structure andincrease its performance by applying eddy current damping to a TMD. The results show that the present method is simple buteffective in suppressing the vibration of a large beam structure without a substantial weight increase.

1. Introduction

The suppression of mechanical and structural vibration hassignificant applications in engineering fields such as machinetool industries and civil, automotive, and aerospace struc-tures. Over the past few decades much research effort hasbeen applied to vibration suppression of engineering struc-tures andmachines. Traditionally, passivemethods have beenused to attenuate mechanical vibration. The recent advancesin digital signal processing and sensors/actuators technologyhave resulted in substantial effort in using active methods [1].In addition semiactive methods have filled the gap betweenpassive and active methods.

A popular method of passive vibration suppression is theuse of constrained layer damping (CLD) treatments usingviscoelastic material. CLD can significantly increase thedamping of a structure and is a readily available commercialproduct. The vibration of a beam can also be suppressed byactive methods using smart materials like piezoelectric mat-erials. Many researchers have applied these methods to light-weight flexible beam structures. To suppress the vibration of abeam structure, which is large and heavy, very large actuationforce is required and these methods may not be available.Active methods using piezoelectric materials may not be suc-cessful due to the limitation of actuation force. CLD solutionsmay require the addition of toomuchmass. Consequently the

Hindawi Publishing CorporationShock and VibrationVolume 2014, Article ID 893914, 10 pageshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/893914

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TMDECD

Figure 1: Schematic of magnetically tuned mass damper [19].

ma

mb

caka

cbkb

Xa

XF(t)

Figure 2: Schematic of a TMD.

Figure 3: Large beam structure used in the present study.

0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.20

20

40

60

80

100

Nor

mal

ized

mag

nitu

de

Frequency ratio

𝜇 = 0.02

𝛽1 = 0.5𝛽1 = 0.75𝛽1 = 0.9

𝛽1 = 0.98

𝛽1 = 1.0

Figure 4: Normalized magnitude of the primary structure for vari-ous 𝛽 and 𝑟.

Tip mass Fixed holder

Rods

Figure 5: TMD at tip of beam.

weight and the control cost increase considerably to attenuatethe vibration of a large beam structure.

Eddy currents are generated when a moving conductorintersects a stationary magnetic field, or vice versa. Therelative motion between the conductor and the magneticfield induces the circulation of the eddy current within theconductor. These circulating eddy currents induce their ownmagnetic field with the opposite polarity of the applied fieldthat causes a resistive force. These currents dissipate due tothe electrical resistance and this force will eventually dis-appear. Hence, the energy of the oscillating system will bedissipated. Since the resistive force induced by eddy currentsis proportional to the relative velocity, the conductor and themagnet can be allowed to function as a formof viscous damp-ing.This eddy current dampingmay not bemuchwhile it wasvery effective to suppress the vibration of a light flexible beam[2–6].

Sodano and Bae [7] have already presented the good lit-erature review. There have been some applications utilizingeddy currents for vibration suppression [8–19]. Karnopp[8] introduced that linear electrodynamic motors consistingof a copper wire with permanent magnets can be used asan electromechanical damper. Takagi et al. [9] developednumerical analysis method for dynamic characteristics of anelastic thin plate with eddy current damping effect and Lee[10] studied the dynamic stability of conducting beam platesin a transverse magnetic field. Kienholtz et al. [11] introducedan adaptive passive damping system with remotely tunableeddy-current tuned mass dampers for the low-order modesof spacecraft large solar arrays. Larose et al. [12] studied theeffectiveness of external means for reducing the oscillationsof a full-bridge aeroelastic model using a tuned mass damper(TMD). To reduce the oscillation, they used a TMD thathas the adjustable inherent damping provided by an eddycurrentmechanism. Teshima et al. [13] investigated the effectsof an eddy current damper on vibrations associated withsuperconducting levitation. They showed that the dampingin vertical vibrations was about 100 times improved byeddy current dampers when the eddy current damping wasemployed.

In addition there have been several studies that have inve-stigated the effects of magnetic fields on vibration in can-tilever beams. Matsuzaki et al. [14, 15] proposed the concept

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0.21084

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0.000 0.050 0.100 0.000 0.050 0.100X

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Y

Z

(c) Second bending (320.2Hz)

Figure 6: Natural modes of TMD.

of a new vibration control system in which the vibration ofa partially magnetized beam is suppressed by using elec-tromagnetic forces and performed an experimental study toshow the effectiveness of their concept. Kwak et al. [2] inv-estigated the effects of an eddy current damper (ECD) on acantilever beam. Their experimental results showed that anECD can be an effective device for the vibration suppressionof a cantilever beam. Bae et al. [3] developed a theoreticalmodel of an ECD constructed by Kwak et al. [2]. Using thistheoretical model, they investigated the damping character-istics of an ECD and simulated the vibration suppressionof a cantilever beam with Kwak’s ECD. Sodano et al. [4–6]proposed a new concept using the eddy currents induced in aconductive plate to suppress the vibration of a cantileveredbeam. Cheng and Oh [16, 17] have studied the multimodevibration suppression using a permanent magnet and thecoil with a shunt circuit for a semiactive control. Jung et al.[18] proposed the electromagnetic synchronized switchingscheme to enhance the damping characteristics of flexiblebeam structures subject to dynamic loads. Recently, Bae etal. [19] introduced the concept of magnetically tuned massdamper (mTMD) shown in Figure 1 to improve the dampingperformance of a conventional TMD by using an eddy

current damping (ECD). They showed that their methodcould significantly increase the damping effect of the TMDbysimulations and experiments if not adequately tuned. Wanget al. [20] derived the theoretical formulation of the ECD ina horizontal TMD and constructed a large-scale horizontalTMD with ECD. They investigated its characteristics experi-mentally.

TheECD is an effectivemethod for suppressing structuralvibrations and it is relatively simple to apply. As previouslymentioned it may not be possible to apply the well-knownmethods like ECD, CLD, and smart materials to the primarystructure of the large beam structure because of actuationcosts and weight. The objective of the present study is topropose and exploit an effective method to suppress thevibration of a large beam structure, which is large and heavy,such as a gun barrel of a tank without introducingmuch add-itional mass.

The key idea of the present study is to apply relativelylight-weight TMD to attenuate the vibration of a large beamstructure and increase its performance by applying eddycurrent damping to this TMD. The proposed method isconsequently originated from the magnetically tuned massdamper (mTMD) of Bae et al. [19] as shown in Figure 1.

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0 20 40 60 80 100

0.01

0.1

Disp

lace

men

t (m

)

Frequency (Hz)

Barrel without TMD Barrel with TMD

1E − 6

1E − 5

1E − 4

1E − 3

Figure 7: Frequency response function of transverse bending dis-placement.

The design parameters of a TMD are presented based on theparametric study. The vibration analyses of a TMD, a largebeam structure, and a beam with a TMD are performed. Theresults are verified with experiments and the performance ofa TMD is discussed to increase the damping performance

of a large beam structure. Finally ECD is introduced to theTMD and the damping performance of the proposedmethodis investigated experimentally.

2. Theoretical Analysis

2.1. Theoretical Modeling of a TMD. The schematic of TMDwith damping in both the primary and absorber system isshown in Figure 2. From the previouswork [13], the equationsof motion are presented as follows:

[𝑚𝑝 00 𝑚𝑎] [�̈�𝑝 (𝑡)�̈�𝑎 (𝑡)] + [𝑐𝑝 + 𝑐𝑎 −𝑐𝑎−𝑐𝑎 𝑐𝑎

] [�̇�𝑝 (𝑡)�̇�𝑎 (𝑡)]

+ [𝑘𝑝 + 𝑘𝑎 −𝑘𝑎−𝑘𝑎 𝑘𝑎

] [𝑥𝑝 (𝑡)𝑥𝑎 (𝑡)] = [𝐹00] sin𝜔𝑡.

(1)

To solve motion equations of (1), let 𝐹𝑜 sin𝜔𝑡 be repre-sented in the exponential form by 𝐹𝑜𝑒

𝑗𝜔𝑡 and assume that thesteady-state solution can be written as follows:

X (𝑡) = X𝑒𝑗𝜔𝑡 = [𝑋𝑝𝑋𝑎] 𝑒𝑗𝜔𝑡, (2)

where 𝑋 and 𝑋𝑎 are the vibration amplitudes of the primarymass and absorber mass, respectively.

Substituting (2) into (1), the equations of motion can beexpressed in

[𝑋𝑝𝑋𝑎] =

1

det (K − 𝜔2M + 𝜔𝑗C)[(𝑘𝑎 − 𝑚𝑎𝜔

2) + 𝑐𝑎𝜔𝑗 𝑘𝑎 + 𝑐𝑎𝜔𝑗

𝑘𝑎 + 𝑐𝑎𝜔 (𝑘𝑝 + 𝑘𝑎 − 𝑚𝑎𝜔2) + (𝑐𝑝 + 𝑐𝑎) 𝜔𝑗

] [𝐹00] . (3)

Assuming that the damping of the primary system 𝑐𝑝 canbe neglected, (3) can be written in terms of dimensionlessratios as

𝑋𝑝𝑘𝑝

𝐹0

= √(2𝜁𝑟)2+ (𝑟2 − 𝛽2)

2

(2𝜁𝑟)2(𝑟2 − 1 + 𝜇𝑟2)

2+ [𝜇𝑟2𝛽2 − (𝑟2 − 1) (𝑟2 − 𝛽2)]

2,

(4)

where 𝜇 is the ratio of the absorber mass to the primary mass(= 𝑚𝑎/𝑚𝑝), 𝑟 is the ratio of the driving frequency to the pri-mary natural frequency (= 𝜔/𝜔𝑝), 𝛽 is the ratio of the dec-oupled natural frequencies (= 𝜔𝑎/𝜔𝑝), and 𝜁 is the ratio ofthe absorber damping and 2𝑚𝑎𝜔𝑝 (= 𝑐𝑎/2𝑚𝑎𝜔𝑝).

Equation (4) will be used to design the parameters of aTMD and a magnetic TMD. Based on these parameters aTMDand amagnetic TMDwill be designed and verified fromfinite-element method.

2.2. Vibration Analysis of a Large Beam Structure. Prior todetermining the parameters of a TMD the dynamic charac-teristics of a primary structuremust be investigated.The largebeam structure used in the present study is a gun barrel of atank as shown in Figure 3.The length and weight of the beamare over 6,000mm and over 1,300 kg, respectively. Table 1shows the natural frequencies and mode shapes of the firsttwo modes of the beam for the boundary condition of free-free. The fundamental frequency is 21.5Hz and its shape isfirst bending mode (1B).

2.3. Parametric Study on TMD. The normalized magnitudeequation of the primary structure in (4) is used to determinethe design parameters of TMD. Although the ratio of theabsorber mass to the primary mass increases the vibrationsuppression performance of a TMD there is a weight limi-tation in the present study. The maximum mass ratio mustnot exceed 0.02. In the case of 𝜇 = 0.02 and 𝜁 = 0.005, thenormalized magnitude of the primary structure for various 𝛽and 𝑟 is presented in Figure 4. As shown in Figure 4, TMDhasthe good performance of vibration absorption with 𝛽 = 0.98and this value is given by the Den Hartog equations [21].There in general exists the optimized damping ratio at which

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(a) First mode (18.2Hz) (b) Second mode (26.1 Hz)

Figure 8: Lowest two mode shapes of a beam with TMD.

16ch amplifier

Barrel

Modal analysis16ch

connector

Impact hammer

(STA 50)(STA 500)(STA 1000)(STA 1950)(STA 2900)(STA 3900)(STA 4900)(STA 5900)

Bungee wire

Number 8 Number 7 Number 6 Number 5 Number 4 Number 3 Number 2 Number 1

Figure 9: Experimental setup of bungee test.

Point

PointPoint

no. 1

no. 2no. 3

Figure 10: Experimental setup of TMD.

the performance of the vibration suppression becomes best[19].

2.4.Design andVibrationAnalysis of TMD. Themass of TMDwhich is installed at the tip of the beam is determined by 26 kg

and the mass ratio is 0.0195. Figure 5 shows the schematicof TMD installed at the tip of the beam. TMD consists offour aluminum rods, an aluminum fixed holder, and a steelabsorber mass. The absorber mass can move freely throughrods. The fundamental frequency of TMD can be adjustableby changing the rod length which is the distance betweenthe absorber mass and the fixed holder. From the results ofthe previous section the frequency ratio is determined by0.98. When 𝛽 = 0.98 the natural frequency, 𝜔𝑎, of TMD isdetermined by 21.2Hz. Figure 6 shows the vibration analysisresults of TMDwhen the rod length is 140mm.The boundarycondition is fixed-free. The lowest natural frequency andmode shape are 19.8Hz and a torsion mode, respectively. Butthismode can be negligible because it does not have any effecton the bending vibration of the beam. The natural frequencyof the first bending mode is 21.1 Hz.

Figure 7 shows the frequency response functions of thetransverse bending displacement at the tip of the beam withTMD when the rod length is 140mm. The boundary condi-tion of the beam is free-free. The amplitude of the beam with

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Table 1: Natural frequencies and mode shapes of free-free beam.

1st mode 2nd modeFrequency(Hz) 21.5 65.0

Modeshape

0.000 1.000 2.000

(m)0.500 1.500

XY

Z

0.1044max

1.7615e − 5min

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Z

0.003005 min

Am

plitu

de (d

B)

0 20 40 60 80 120 140

Frequency (Hz)

10

0

−10

−20

−30

−40100

Point no. 1Point no. 2Point no. 3

Figure 11: Frequency response functions of TMD.

Figure 12: TMD installed at tip of beam.

TMD is much smaller than that of the beam without TMD.Figure 8 shows the mode shapes of the lowest two modes ofthe beamwith TMD. From the vibration analysis results it canbe concluded that TMD is well designed.

3. Experimental Results of TMD

3.1. Experimental Setup of Beam and Experimental Results. Inthe present study the bungee testmethodwas used to perform

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Mag

nitu

de (d

B)

Frequency (Hz)

Barrel without TMDLength: 150mmLength: 140mm

Length: 130mmLength: 120mm

Figure 13: Frequency response functions of beam with and withoutTMD.

the vibration test of free-free beam as shown in Figure 9.Eight positions on the beam were selected to measure theiraccelerations and two accelerometers per each position areused to measure both in-plane and out-of-plane bendingmotions. Table 2 shows the experimental natural frequenciesand damping ratios of the free-free beam.The frequency anddamping ratio of the 1st out-of-plane mode are 21.48Hz and0.009, respectively, and its mode shape is 1st bending mode.The experimental results as shown in Table 2 are in goodagreement with the analytical results.The natural frequenciesof in-plane modes are almost the same as those of out-of-plane modes.

3.2. Experimental Setup of TMD and Experimental Results.Figure 10 shows experimental setup of TMD and the acceler-ations at three points are measured by three accelerometers.Figure 11 shows the frequency response functions of TMDat three points and the natural frequencies are the sameas 19.44Hz when the rod length is 140mm. To investigatethe effects of gravity the vibration tests when TMD isplaced vertically were performed.The frequencywas 19.40Hz

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Spring

TMD mass

Holder

Fixture

(a) Side view

Steel

Copperr

Magnet

Stainless steel

27mm

(b) Top view

Figure 14: Schematic of mTMD.

Magnetically TMD

Amplifier

Modal analyzerCase 1

Acce.

Acce.

Impacthammer

no. 1

no. 2Acce.no. 3

Case 2Moving

Figure 15: Experimental setup of mTMD and arrangements of magnets.

and the authors concluded that gravity was negligible. Theexperimental results show that the natural frequency ofTMD obtained from experiment is less than the predictedfrequency due to modeling uncertainty of TMD structure.Hence the rod length is determined by 130mm and the nat-ural frequency and the frequency ratio are 21.3Hz and 0.99,respectively.

3.3. Experimental Results of TMD Performance. Experimen-tal setup of beam with TMD is the same as that of beamonly. Figure 12 shows the TMD installed at the tip of thebeam and the vibration tests were performed for various rodlengths. Table 3 shows the experimental results for variousrod lengths and Figure 13 shows the frequency responsefunctions. When the rod length is between 130mm and140mm the performance of TMD becomes best.The increaseof damping due to TMD is about 6 dB while the increase ofmass is only 1.95%.

4. Experimental Results of Magnetically TMD

4.1. Experimental Results of Magnetically TMD. Figure 14shows the schematic of magnetically TMD (mTMD). Dif-ferent from TMD the tip mass is consisting of steel partand copper part while the total mass is the same. Copper isa conductive material and eddy currents are generated dueto the relative motion between copper ring and permanentmagnets [13]. Figure 15 shows the experimental setup ofmTMD and two different arrangements of magnets. In Case1 the eddy current damping due to twomagnets in horizontalplane is much smaller than that in vertical plane becausemTMD moves in vertical plane. In Case 2 the eddy currentdamping due to four magnets is almost the same. Thegap between the copper ring and magnets is about 7mm.Figure 16 shows the frequency response functions of mTMD.The damping ratios of TMDwithout ECD, Case 1, and Case 2are 0.009, 0.025, and 0.032, respectively. Due to the presenceof ECD the damping ratio of mTMD increases considerably.

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Table 2: Frequencies and damping ratios of free-free beam.

Mode Frequency (Hz) Damping ratio Analysis (Hz) Mode shape1 21.48 0.009 21.50 1st bending2 64.44 0.0038 65.00 2nd bending3 129.7 0.002 130.5 3rd bending

Table 3: Frequencies and magnitudes of beam with TMD.

Rod length (mm) 1st mode 2nd modeFrequency (Hz) Magnitude (dB) Frequency (Hz) Magnitude (dB)

120 18.2 −28.4 30.5 −32.6130 17.9 −28.8 28.6 −28.4140 17.1 −37.9 25.8 −30.0150 16.6 −42.3 24.9 −24.9

Table 4: Comparison of damping ratios.

Damping ratioWithout TMD 0.009With TMD 0.025

mTMDCase 1 0.033Case 2 0.038Case 3 0.055

For vertical movements the magnet arrangement of Case 2has better damping performance than Case 1.

4.2. Experimental Results of BeamwithmTMD. Thevibrationtest of the large beam structure with mTMD was performedfor three kinds of magnet arrangements. Figure 17 showsfrequency response functions for three different magnetarrangements of mTMD. Case 3 combines magnet arrange-ments of Case 1 and Case 2 shown in Figure 15. Table 4 showsthe damping ratios of the beam with mTMD. These valuesare determined by the logarithmic decrement method [22].The damping ratios of the beam with mTMD are greater thanthose of the beams without and with TMD. Particularly, thedamping ratio of Case 3 is 6.1 times of without TMD and 2.2times of with TMD. It can be concluded that mTMD can beexcellent method to attenuate the vibration of a large beamstructure.

5. Conclusions

The passive, semipassive, and active methods to suppressstructural vibrations are well known. However, these meth-ods have limitations which may render them effective inapplications involving large structures. The present studyproposed an effective method to suppress the vibrations of alarge beam structure and exploit its performance. We applya light-weight TMD to attenuate the vibration of a largebeam structure and increase its performance by applyingeddy current damping to this TMD. The parameters of a

TMD are designed based on the parametric study of thetheoretical model. The vibration analyses of a TMD, a largebeam structure, and a beam with a TMD are performed. Theanalytic results are verified with experimental results. Theincrease of damping due to TMD is about 6 dB when theincrease of mass is only 1.95%.

ECD is introduced to increase the damping performanceof TMD. mTMD, whose weight is the same as TMD, isdesigned, constructed, and tested. The vibrational tests ofa large beam structure with mTMD are performed. Thedamping ratio of the presentmethod is 2.2 times about that ofa large beam structure with TMD. And the present dampingratio is 6.1 times about that of a large beam structure withoutTMD. Hence it can be concluded that the present method isan effective method to suppress the vibration of a large beamstructure without much weight increase.

Nomenclature

C: Damping matrix𝐹𝑜: External force𝑘: Spring coefficient of systemK: Stiffness matrix𝑚: Mass of systemM: Mass matrix𝑟: Standard frequency ratio of system𝑋: Vibration amplitude of mass𝛽: Natural frequency ratio of system𝜇: Mass ratio of system𝜍: Damping ratio of system.

Subscripts

𝑝: Primary system𝑎: Absorber system.

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interestsregarding the publication of this paper.

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Acknowledgments

This work was partially supported by Agency for DefenseDevelopment (ADD) and the National Research Foundationof Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Korea government(MEST) (no. 2013M1A3A3A02042321). These supports aregratefully acknowledged.

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