Structural Control by Innovative Oil Damper with Automatic On/Off Valve Operation

Haruhiko Kurino; Satoshi Orui; Kan Shimizu

doi:10.20965/jdr.2009.p0253

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JDR Vol.4 No.3 pp. 253-260

(2009)

doi: 10.20965/jdr.2009.p0253

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Structural Control by Innovative Oil Damper with Automatic On/Off Valve Operation

Haruhiko Kurino, Satoshi Orui, and Kan Shimizu

Kobori Research Complex, Kajima Corporation, 6-5-30 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8502, Japan

Received:

February 27, 2009

Accepted:

April 30, 2009

Published:

June 1, 2009

Keywords:

structural control, oil damper, Maxwell model, semi-active control, energy dissipation

Abstract

This paper discusses an ingenious passive oil damper for structural control that maximizes or minimizes the damping coefficient by regulating the opening of a built-in flow control valve. The on/off algorithm was originally developed for a semi-active oil damper using electrically controlled solenoid valves, and its control effectiveness was confirmed through vibration tests and observation records in actual high-rise buildings. The remarkable feature of the device proposed here is that all valve control is implemented autonomously using the pressure balance between two hydraulic chambers without external power, so it operates like a semi-active damper with no external energy or controller, and absorbs much more vibration energy than conventional dampers. Dynamic loading tests on a full-scale device (maximum force: 2.1 MN) under both sinusoidal and nonstationary waves confirmed that the device has the excellent energy absorption capacity anticipated and that the damper’s dynamics are well simulated by a simple analytical model. The damper is widely applicable and already has been or is being implemented in over 15 high-rise buildings in Japan.

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H. Kurino, S. Orui, and K. Shimizu, “Structural Control by Innovative Oil Damper with Automatic On/Off Valve Operation,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.4 No.3, pp. 253-260, 2009.

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[1] H. Kurino, J. Tagami, K. Shimizu, and T. Kobori, “Switching oil damper with built-in controller for structural control,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol.129, No.7, pp. 895-904, 2003.
[2] H. Kurino, T. Yamada, J. Tagami, and K. Shimizu, “Semi-active structural control by switching oil damper with built-in controller,” Proc., Third World Conf. on Struct. Control, Como, Italy, Vol.1, pp. 211-216, 2002.
[3] J. Tagami, H. Koshida, H. Kuirno, T. Sugiyama, M. Suwa, and F. Mori, “Forced vibration test of an 11-storey building with semi-active switching oil damper,” Proc., Third World Conf. on Struct. Control, Como, Italy, 2002, Vol.2, pp. 75-80, 2002.
[4] K. Shimizu, T. Yamada, J. Tagami, and H. Kurino, “Vibration test of actual buildings with semi-active switching oil damper,” Proc., 13th World Conf. of Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 1-6, Paper No.153, 2004.
[5] H. Kurino, Y. Matsunaga, T. Yamada, and J. Tagami, “High performance passive hydraulic damper with semi-active characteristics,” Proc., 13th World Conf. of Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 1-6, Paper No.33, 2004.
[6] S. Orui, H. Kurino, and K. Shimizu, “Control effect of semi-active switching oil damper installed in actual high-rise building during large earthquakes,” Proc., 14th World Conf. of Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, October 12-17, 2008.

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[1] [1] H. Kurino, J. Tagami, K. Shimizu, and T. Kobori, “Switching oil damper with built-in controller for structural control,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol.129, No.7, pp. 895-904, 2003.

[2] [2] H. Kurino, T. Yamada, J. Tagami, and K. Shimizu, “Semi-active structural control by switching oil damper with built-in controller,” Proc., Third World Conf. on Struct. Control, Como, Italy, Vol.1, pp. 211-216, 2002.

[3] [3] J. Tagami, H. Koshida, H. Kuirno, T. Sugiyama, M. Suwa, and F. Mori, “Forced vibration test of an 11-storey building with semi-active switching oil damper,” Proc., Third World Conf. on Struct. Control, Como, Italy, 2002, Vol.2, pp. 75-80, 2002.

[4] [4] K. Shimizu, T. Yamada, J. Tagami, and H. Kurino, “Vibration test of actual buildings with semi-active switching oil damper,” Proc., 13th World Conf. of Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 1-6, Paper No.153, 2004.

[5] [5] H. Kurino, Y. Matsunaga, T. Yamada, and J. Tagami, “High performance passive hydraulic damper with semi-active characteristics,” Proc., 13th World Conf. of Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 1-6, Paper No.33, 2004.

[6] [6] S. Orui, H. Kurino, and K. Shimizu, “Control effect of semi-active switching oil damper installed in actual high-rise building during large earthquakes,” Proc., 14th World Conf. of Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, October 12-17, 2008.