The paper introduces Multi-Platform Analysis (MPA) for the seismic performance of a structure controlled by Magneto-Rheological (MR) dampers and presents analytical assessment of the effect of MR damper when taking into account nonlinear behavior of the structure. This paper introduces the MR Damper Plugin that can facilitate communication between MATLAB/Simulink and a finite element analysis tool in order to account for more complex inelastic behavior of the structure with MR dampers. The MPA method using the developed MR Damper Plugin is validated with experimental results from the real-time hybrid simulation. By utilizing the proposed MPA method, the three-story RC structure controlled by MR dampers is more realistically modeled and its performance under seismic loads is investigated. It is concluded that MR damper designed for a linear structure is not effective in a nonlinear structure and can overestimate the effect of MR damper. This work is expected to overcome difficulties in the analytical assessment of structural control strategies for complex and nonlinear structures by obtaining more reliable results.

인접건물 사이에 감쇠기 형태의 에너지 소산장치를 설치하고 연결함으로써, 지진 응답을 줄이고 내진 성능을 향상시킬 수 있는 방법에 대하여 연구를 수행하였다. 서로 인접한 건물 간의 진동제어를 위하여 준능동 MR 감쇠기를 이용하는 퍼지 제어기법을 제시하고, MR 감쇠기의 감쇠력 조절을 시간에 따라 제어할 수 있도록 제시한 방법으로 제어기를 설계하였다. 제시한 방법의 타당성을 검증하기 위하여 수치모사를 수행하였으며, 다양한 역사지진의 지진응답 해석을 통해서 비제어시, 수동제어 및 준능동 퍼지제어 등에 대한 최대응답을 비교 분석하였다. 수치모사 결과 제시한 방법은, 다양한 주파수 성분을 가진 여러 가지 지진에 대해 매우 효과적인 제진 성능을 보이는 것으로 나타났다.

Seismic control performance of MR dampers, which have severe nonlinearity, is different with respect to the dynamic characteristics of earthquake excitations such as magnitude and frequency contents. In this study, effects of excitation characteristics on the equivalent linear system represented by an equivalent damping ratio for single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) systems with a MR damper are investigated through numerical analysis for various natural frequencies of the structures and design parameters of the MR damper. In addition, to implement the an equivalent linearization procedure considering non-stationarity and frequency contents of the earthquake excitation, seismic response reduction factors for artificial earthquake ground motions are proposed using regression analysis of the linear structural responses. Analysis results show that the relative magnitude of the excitation compared to the friction force of the MR damper and frequency contents of the excitation affect the equivalent damping ratio considerably, and appropriate combination of friction and damping produces additional damping effect