Vibration Control of a Frames Structure Using Tuned Mass Damper

The need for high rise structures in construction and real estate industry is increasing all over the world. These structures are light weight and flexible, which have low value of damping, which in turn makes them vulnerable to unwanted vibration. This creates problem to serviceability requirement of the structure and also reduce structural integrity with possibilities of failure. Current trends use several techniques to reduce earthquake and wind induced structural vibration. Tuned mass damper (TMD) is widely used for controlling structural vibration under wind load but its effectiveness to reduce earthquake induced vibration is an emerging technique. To study the effectiveness of tuned mass damper to reduce translation structural vibration, a numerical study is proposed. In total three type of models, i.e., shear building with single TMD, 2D frame with single TMD and 2D frame with double TMD are considered.