DAMPING SYSTEM

IN BUILDINGS
170280106032. JADAV NIRAV

170280106042. MAHERIYA ASHISH

170280106043. MAKWANA SANJAY

WHAT IS IT?? AND WHY WE NEED IT??
• A tuned mass damper also
known as harmonic absorber is a
device mounted in structures to
reduce the amplitude of
mechanical vibrations.
• This application can prevent
discomfort, damage or outright
failure.
• They are frequently used in
power transmission, bridges and
skyscrapers.
 OBJECTIVE
• The main objective of damping
system is to keep tall buildings
from shaking,like how to keep
skyscrapers from swaying too
much in the wind or earthquake
• The taller something is the more
liable it is to swing back and
forth.
 BASIC PRINCIPLE
• From a physics perspective, a
tall thing like a building is really
an upside down pendulum
• When its get bent a little bit on
one side the building’s natural
stiffness pulls it back the other
way and so on.
 THERE’S A NEAT PHENOMENON
THAT HAPPENS WITH PENDULUMS
WHEN YOU ATTACH THEM
TOGETHER WITH SPRING : THEY
START SWAPPING ENERGY BACK
.AND FORTH

In a perfect frictionless
simulation this energy swapping
will go on forever but in the real
world there’s friction, air
resistance and heating of spring
which causes loss of energy and
oscillation damp.
So this phenomenon can be used to
dampen upside down pendulum.
• A big tall object is going to sway at its
own natural frequency but if a smaller
object is attached to it then any time
the big object trades his energy to the
little object, little loses the energy to
friction and this dampens out big
object’s oscillation.
• In practise the little object is placed
inside the building.
 WHY IT IS PREFERRED????
• It may seem that to prevent
swinging of building you can just
make it more stiff by either :
1. Adding more stuff
2. Using more rigid materials
But it isn’t always the most
elegant solution and gets
expensive fast.
 CONSTRUCTION
• A tuned mass damper
weighs a total of 660
tonns and is a spherical
steel pendulum.
• It is generally composed of
41 circular plates, 125 mm
high welded together
forming a 5.5 m diameter
sphere.
 SUPPORTING STRUCTURE
• It is supported by eight
steel cables forming a
sling to support the
660 tons ball, while
eight viscous dampers
acts like shock
absorbers when the
sphere shifts.
 OPTIMAL CONDITION
• Now,for a particular big
thing, there is a
optimal condition of
weight and friction and
spring strength for the
little object and only
with your setup
perfectly tuned will
give you the fastest
 ACCELERATION VS. TIME

BUILDING WITH TUNED MASS

NORMAL BUILDING DAMPER
 ADVANTAGE AND LIMITATIONS
• They do not depend on a external power
source for their operation
• They can respond to small level of
excitation
• Their properties can be adjusted on the
field
• They require low maintenance
• They are cost effective.
• They can also be introduced in upgrading
structure.
• A large mass or large space is required
for their installation
• The effectiveness of a tuned mass
damper is constrained by the maximum
weight that can be practically placed
on the top of the structure
• Their effectiveness depends on the
accuracy of their tuning, but natural
frequency of a structure can’t be
predicted with greater accuracy
Taipei 101

• Taipei101 is the best example of

tuned mass damping.
• Mass damper installed in this
building can prevent swaying of
about 2-3 m on each side
• It protected building from :
1. 2012 earthquake
2. 2015 earth quake
3. Several typhoons blowing winds at
123knots

Don’t forget the building is 200m

away from a major fault.
 MORE EXAMPLES

• Citicrop centre in New York, USA

• John Hancock tower in Boston,USA
• CN tower in Toronto, USA
• Chiba port tower in JAPAN
 SAFETY
• It is surprisingly safe that
tourist can practically see
the pendulum swaying
back and forth during 2012
earthquake in Taiwan.
• Now, it is globally in use in
many skyscrapers.
• In engineering one can
have either
Inexpensive,
innovative or Effective
or fair share of each one
of them.
But, tuned mass damper
practically satisfies all the
aspects.
Thank you