Posts Tagged with Floor Vibration Control

Vibration Control of a Medical Center Floor System Using the Combination of Stiffening and Tuned Damping

The vibration of an elevated floor system with long-span trusses supporting sensitive medical imaging equipment was mitigated through a combination of tuned damping, increased stiffness in the floor framing, and load distribution between adjacent bays. Given the stringent vibration criteria for medical imaging floor systems, neither stiffening—even by a large margin—nor tuned damping of reasonable […]

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Vibration Control of a Concert Venue Floor System Using Tuned Mass Dampers

Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) were used to abate resonant vibration of the floor system induced by the rhythmic (dancing) perturbation at an upscale intimate concert venue/night club. The composite floor system is made up of 2.5” lightweight concrete on 3” deep, 20 gauge steel deck supported by wide flange steel beams and girder framing. The […]

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Vibration Control of an Office Floor System Using Tuned Mass Dampers

Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are tuned damping devices commonly used for dampening the vibration of a structure at a particular resonant frequency. TMDs come in various configurations. The commonality between all of them is their make-up which includes an inertia element (mass) suspended by an energy dissipating (damping) device and a restoring (resilient) element. Foot […]

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Vibration Control of a School Floor System Using Tuned Mass Dampers

Floor Vibration Control Using Tuned Mass Dampers Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are tuned damping devices commonly used for dampening the vibration of a structure at a particular resonant frequency. TMDs come in various configurations. The commonality between all of them is their make-up which includes an inertia element (mass) suspended by an energy dissipating (damping) […]

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