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Conference: The Fourth Jordanian Civil Engineering Conference, 10-13 April 2006, JordanAt: Jordan
Conference: The Fourth Jordanian Civil Engineering Conference, 10-13 April 2006, JordanAt: Jordan
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The current trend toward structures of increasing heights and the use of lightweight, high strength materials and advanced construction techniques has led to more flexible and lightly damped structures. Understandably, these structures are very sensitive to environmental excitations such as wind and earthquakes, leading to vibrations inducing possible structural failure, occupant discomfort. Hence, it has made it critical to search for practical and effective devices to control these vibrations. The purpose of structural control is to absorb and to reflect the energy introduced by dynamic loads. Structural control based on various passive, active, hybrid and semi-active control schemes offers attractive opportunities to mitigate damage and loss of serviceability caused by natural hazards. The concept of tuned mass damper (TMD) as an added energy-absorbing system is one of the available methods of structural control. The active tuned mass damper is an excellent technique in protecting civil structures
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