RESEARCH ARTICLE
Structural Control of Monuments’ Response under Sinusoidal Excitation Using Particle Dampers
Angeliki Papaloun*, Elias Strepelias
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2014Volume: 8
First Page: 351
Last Page: 356
Publisher ID: TOBCTJ-8-351
DOI: 10.2174/1874836801408010351
Article History:
Received Date: 9/9/2014Revision Received Date: 23/12/2014
Acceptance Date: 29/12/2014
Electronic publication date: 31/12/2014
Collection year: 2014
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Abstract
The effects of particle dampers attached on a classical column under dynamical loadings are investigated. A number of tests were performed to evaluate the ability of particle dampers to control the vibration of a small scale multidrum column under a swept-frequency sinusoidal signal. The particle damper can reduce considerably the response of the column to sinusoidal excitation when the size of the container, the mass ratio, the particle size and the placement of the damper are properly selected.