Performance of Maxwell Damper Based Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers

In practical applications, it is difficult to link dashpot absolutely rigidly between thestructure and the mass blocks of the multiple tuned mass dampers (MTMD). In order to cope with this practical issue, Maxwell damper based multiple tuned mass dampers (referred to as the MD-MTMD) have been presented for attenuating the response of structures excited by the ground acceleration. By resorting to the formulated transfer functions of the MD-MTMD structure system, the dynamic magnification factors (DMF) are then defined of the MDMTMD structure system. The criterion for the optimum searching can thus be selected as the minimization of the minimum values of the maximum DMF (min. min. max. DMF). Employing this criterion, the effects of the normalized relaxation time constant (NRTC) are investigated on the optimum parameters and effectiveness of the MD-MTMD. Likewise, the effects of the RTC on the stroke of the MD-MTMD are estimated in terms of maximizing the dynamic magnification factors (DMF) of each MD-TMD in the MD-MTMD. The numerical results have indicated that the MD-MTMD is a feasible solution for the practical issue mentioned above of the traditional MTMD.