MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS

(A MINI PROJECT ON TUNED MASS DAMPER)

Prepared by:-
shubham Kumar choudhary (1NT16ME099)
Rahul Kumar Tiwari (1NT16ME073)
Syed Azeem (1NT16ME112)
Sidram metre (1NT16ME099)
UNDER SUPERVISION OF
MR. LOKESH N.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
NITTE MEENAKSHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANGLORE
 TUNED MASS DAMPER
 Brief description
• A tuned mass damper (TMD), also
known as a harmonic
absorber or seismic damper, is a
device mounted in structures to
reduce the amplitude of
mechanical vibrations. Their
application can prevent discomfort,
damage, or outright structural failure.
They are frequently used in power
transmission, automobiles, and
buildings.
Tuned mass dampers are mainly used in the following applications:

tall and slender free-standing structures (bridges, pylons of bridges,

chimneys, TV towers) which tend to be excited dangerously in one
of their mode shapes by wind,

Taipeh 101
stairs, spectator stands, pedestrian bridges excited by marching or
jumping people. These vibrations are usually not dangerous for the
structure itself, but may become very unpleasant for the people,
steel structures like factory floors excited in one of their natural
frequencies by machines , such as screens, centrifuges, fans etc.,
ships exited in one of their natural frequencies by the main engines
or even by ship motion.
SDOF
p  cosSystem
0  t

p0 1
u1    sin(   t  )
k1 (1  2 )2  (2    )2

k1
eigenfrequency: 1 
m1

c1
damping ratio of Lehr: 
2  m1  1
 Thin structures with low damping have a high peak in
their amplification if the frequency of excitation is
similar to eigenfrequency
 → High dynamic forces and deformations

Solutions:
 Strengthen the structure to get a higher
eigenfrequency
 Application of dampers
 Application of tuned mass dampers
 • Strengthen the structure to get a higher
eigenfrequency

2  EI
Eigenfrequency of a beam: f1   2
2 L m

Doubling the stiffness only leads to multiplication

of the eigenfrequency by about 1.4.

Most dangerous eigenfrequencies for

human excitation: 1.8 - 2.4 Hz
•Application of dampers
•Application of tuned mass dampers
2 DOF System

p 0  cos   t 
 Problem:

•Large displacement of the damper mass

 Plastic deformation of the spring
 Exceeding the limit of deformation
400 kg - 14 Hz
Millennium Bridge
Simple working of tuned mass damper
Youtube link-(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rhDpolpWfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1U4SAgy60c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhNjfNUOUo8)

Practical application in taipei tower

Youtube link-(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF7foZ-oiSo)