A bi-axial tuned liquid mass damper(TLMD) was proposed and evaluated on its control performance. The proposed TLMD controls structural response in a specific one direction by using the liquid sloshing of TLCD. Also, the TLMD controls structural response in the other orthogonal direction by TMD behavior which mass consists of the container itself and liquid within container of TLCD installed on linear motion guides. Force-vibration tests on a real-sized structure with the TLMD were performed to verify its independent behavior in two orthogonal directions. Test results showed that the responses of a structure were considerably reduced by using the proposed TLMD and its usefulness for structural control in two orthogonal directions.

본 연구에서는 하나의 제어장치로 서로 직교하는 2방향의 건물응답을 동시에 제어할 수 있는 동조액체질량감쇠기(Tuned Liquid Mass Damper; TLMD)를 제안하고 제어성능을 실험적으로 검증하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 TLMD는 한 방향으로는 동조액체기둥감쇠기(Tuned Liquid Column Damper; TLCD) 내부에 채워진 액체의 운동에너지를 이용하여 구조물의 응답을 제어하게 된다. 그리고, 다른 한 방향 즉 TLCD의 직각 방향으로는 LM guide(linear motion guide) 위에 놓인 TLCD 수조와 내부의 액체의 질량을 이용하여 동조질량감쇠기(Tuned Mass Damper; TMD)로 거동하게 함으로써 구조물의 응답을 감소시킨다. 이와 같은 TLMD의 양방향 독립거동 특성을 증명하기 위해 실물크기의 구조물에 설치하여 강제진동실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과, 양방향 모두 대상 구조물의 응답을 감소시키는 것을 확인하여 제안된 TLMD의 효용성을 검증하였다.

An experimental real-time hybrid method, which implements the wind response control of a building structure with only a two-way TLMD, is proposed and verified through a shaking table test. The building structure is divided into the upper experimental TLMD and the lower numerical structural part. The shaking table vibrates the TLMD with the response calculated from the numerical substructure，which is subjected to the excitations of the measured interface control force at its top story and an wind-load input at its base. The results show that the conventional method can be replaced by the proposed methodology with a simple installation and accuracy for evaluating the control performance of a TLMD

In this paper, a two-way tuned liquid mass damper(TLMD) using a tuned liquid column damper(TLCD) and a rubber-bearing-type tuned mass damper(TMD) was manufactured for controlling two-way direction acceleration responses of a high-rise building structure. The proposed controlling device behaves as a tuned liquid column damper in one direction and as a tuned mass damper in the other direction. In this study, Performance evaluation of the downscaled model is conducted. The results show that the two-way controllability is behaved independently each other and realscale TLMD applicable to the high-rise building can be designed.

It is considered that taking off such thought that our country is safe from earthquakes, the development of technologies to prevent secondary calamities due to seismic loads such as a fire and gas explosion is urgently required. The objective of this study is to establish the level of indices for determining the danger level of structures, which can be applied to a real-time seismic monitoring to minimize auxiliary damages of structures due to earthquakes. First, the cumulative absolute velocity (CAV) closely related to the concept of averaged velocity of a certain earthquake wave and the spectral intensity (SI) values based on the velocity response spectrum are addressed to specify a certain level of indices for a real-time seismic monitoring. Then, the CAV and SI values are calculated with the artificial seismic waves that are produced based on the design response spectrum of a structure specified in the seismic criteria of KBC 2005. Finally, the early warning, shut-down of facilities and escape stages are proposed by determining the level of indices which are compared with the results of existing studies.