An Experimental Study of Semiactive Modal Neuro-control Scheme Using MR Damper for Building Structure

Lee, Heon-Jae,Jung, Hyung-Jo,Cho, Sang-Won,Lee, In-Won SAGE Publications 2008 Journal of intelligent material systems and struct Vol.19 No.9

<P>In this study, a semiactive modal neuro-control scheme which combines the modal neuro-control algorithm with a semiactive MR damper is proposed, and its effectiveness is experimentally verified through a series of shaking table tests. A modal neuro-control scheme uses modal coordinates as inputs of neuro-controller. Hence, it is more convenient to design the controller compared with conventional neuro-control schemes. A Kalman filter is introduced to estimate modal states from measurements. Moreover, the clipped algorithm is adopted to provide an appropriate command voltage to an MR damper. For shaking table tests, a scaled three-story shear building model is considered. Two types of semiactive modal neuro-controllers are trained with a reproduced El Centro earthquake for their own purposes. The performance of the proposed semiactive modal neuro-control scheme is compared with that of the passive-optimal case. In the experiments, the proposed semiactive modal neuro-controllers show better performance than the passive-optimal case, especially in adaptability over various excitations and reducing inter-story drifts as well as accelerations. Moreover, the proposed scheme can be designed for specific purpose which fulfills the designer's requirement (e.g., focusing on reducing inter-story drifts). Therefore, the proposed semiactive modal neuro-controller can be effectively used in reducing seismic responses of large engineering structures.</P>

가진기를 이용한 강제진동시험에 의한 전기 캐비닛의 실험적 모드특성 분석

조성국,소기환 한국지진공학회 2011 한국지진공학회논문집 Vol.15 No.6

원자력발전소(이하, 원전)에 설치되는 안전관련 전기기기들의 합리적인 내진검증을 위해서는 사전에 정확한 동특성분석이 필요하다. 이 연구에서는 원전에 설치되는 전기기기 캐비닛 구조를 대상으로 입력 진동의 수준에 따른 모드특성의 변화를 평가하였다. 이를 위해, 실제 전기기기 캐비닛을 시편으로 선정하고 가진 시험기를 이용하여 입력진동에너지의 크기를 변화시켜 가면서 진동시험을 수행하였다. 시험은 캐비닛의 문짝을 부착한 경우와 탈거한 경우로 구분하여 수행하였다. 진동시험을 통하여 계측된 시편의 가속도응답신호와 입력운동신호로부터 진동의 크기에 따라 진동수응답함수를 작성하였다. 다항식회귀분석기법을 이용한 모드분석기법으로 시편의 진동수응답함수를 분석하여 모드특성을 추출하고, 진동수준에 따른 시편의 동특성 변화를 검토하였다. 연구결과, 대상 기기는 입력진동의 크기가 증가할수록 모드진동수와 모드감쇠비가 비선형적으로 변화하는 것을 확인하였다. 문짝이 부착된 경우에는 문짝이 탈거된 경우에 비하여 캐비닛의 모드감쇠가 증가한다. Accurate modal identification analysis is required to reasonably perform a seismic qualification of safety-related electric equipment installed in nuclear power plants (NPPs). This study evaluates a variation of the modal properties of an electric equipment cabinet structure in NPPs according to the excitation levels. For the study, an actual electric equipment cabinet was selected as a specimen and was dynamically tested by using a portable exciter in accordance with the level of input vibration energy. Tests were classified into two sets: with-door cases, and without-door cases. Frequency response functions were computed from the signals of the acceleration responses and input motions measured from the vibration tests. A polynomial curve fitting algorithm was used to extract the modal properties from the frequency response functions. This study reviews the variation of the modal properties according to the variation of the excitation levels. The results of the study show that the modal frequencies and the modal dampings of the object specimen varies nonlinearly according to the excitation level of the test motion. Attaching the door increases the modal damping of the cabinet.

MODAL TESTING AND MODEL UPDATING OF A REAL SCALE NUCLEAR FUEL ROD

Park, Nam-Gyu,Rhee, Hui-Nam,Moon, Hoy-Ik,Jang, Young-Ki,Jeon, Sang-Youn,Kim, Jae-Ik Korean Nuclear Society 2009 Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.41 No.6

In this paper, modal testing and finite element modeling results to identify the modal parameters of a nuclear fuel rod as well as its cladding tube are discussed. A vertically standing full-size cladding tube and a fuel rod with lead pellets were used in the modal testing. As excessive flow-induced vibration causes a failure in fuel rods, such as fretting wear, the vibration level of fuel rods should be low enough to prevent failure of these components. Because vibration amplitude can be estimated based on the modal parameters, the dynamic characteristics must be determined during the design process. Therefore, finite element models are developed based on the test results. The effect of a lumped mass attached to a cladding tube model was identified during the finite element model optimization process. Unlike a cladding tube model, the density of a fuel rod with pellets cannot be determined in a straightforward manner because pellets do not move in the same phase with the cladding tube motion. The density of a fuel rod with lead pellets was determined by comparing natural frequency ratio between the cladding tube and the rod. Thus, an improved fuel rod finite element model was developed based on the updated cladding tube model and an estimated fuel rod density considering the lead pellets. It is shown that the entire pellet mass does not contribute to the fuel rod dynamics; rather, they are only partially responsible for the fuel rod dynamic behavior.

모달 파라미터를 이용한 동적 시스템의 운동 방정식 구성

황우석(Woo Seok Hwang) 한국항공우주학회 2007 韓國航空宇宙學會誌 Vol.35 No.1

구조물의 모달 해석 또는 모달 시험은 구조물의 동적 특성을 나타내는 모달 파라미터들을 구하는 과정이다. 모달 파라미터에는 고유 진동수, 감쇠율, 진동 모드의 세 가지 값들이 있다. 본 연구에서는 시스템의 개발과정에서 당연히 수행되는 모달 해석의 결과인 모달 파라미터를 활용하여 시스템 방정식을 구하는 방법에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 상태 방정식의 고유치와 고유 벡터의 상관관계로부터 물리적 시스템 행렬인 질량, 감쇠, 강성 행렬을 각각 구하는 방법을 개발하였다. 간단한 질량-스프링-댐퍼 시스템과 외팔보에 대한 수치 예제를 통하여 개발된 방법의 유용성과 정확도를 검증하였다. Modal analysis or modal test is a routine process to get the modal parameters of a dynamic system. The modal parameters include the natural frequencies, damping ratios and mode shapes. This paper presents a method that can derive the equations of motion for a dynamic system from the modal parameters obtained by the modal analysis or modal test. The present method based on the relation between the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the state space equation derives the mass, damping and stiffness matrices of the system. The numerical verifications for the simple mass-spring-damper system and the cantilevered beam prove the efficiency and accuracy of the present method.

MODAL TESTING AND MODEL UPDATING OF A REAL SCALE NUCLEAR FUEL ROD

NAM-GYU PARK,이희남,HOYIK MOON,YOUNG-KI JANG,SANG-YOUN JEON,JAE-IK KIM 한국원자력학회 2009 Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.41 No.6

In this paper, modal testing and finite element modeling results to identify the modal parameters of a nuclear fuel rod as well as its cladding tube are discussed. A vertically standing full-size cladding tube and a fuel rod with lead pellets were used in the modal testing. As excessive flow-induced vibration causes a failure in fuel rods, such as fretting wear, the vibration level of fuel rods should be low enough to prevent failure of these components. Because vibration amplitude can be estimated based on the modal parameters, the dynamic characteristics must be determined during the design process. Therefore, finite element models are developed based on the test results. The effect of a lumped mass attached to a cladding tube model was identified during the finite element model optimization process. Unlike a cladding tube model, the density of a fuel rod with pellets cannot be determined in a straightforward manner because pellets do not move in the same phase with the cladding tube motion. The density of a fuel rod with lead pellets was determined by comparing natural frequency ratio between the cladding tube and the rod. Thus, an improved fuel rod finite element model was developed based on the updated cladding tube model and an estimated fuel rod density considering the lead pellets. It is shown that the entire pellet mass does not contribute to the fuel rod dynamics; rather, they are only partially responsible for the fuel rod dynamic behavior.

Experimental modal test of the spiral bevel gear wheel using the PolyMAX method

Tieming Xiang,Diandian Lan,Shaohui Zhang,Wuxiong Li,Daoquan Lin 대한기계학회 2018 JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol.32 No.1

To verify the effectiveness and correctness of free modal analysis results from a Spiral bevel gear (SBG) wheel by using Finite element method (FEM), an experimental platform was constructed through the free-hanging support of the SBG wheel. The experiment used the hammer knock percussion for excitation and a three-directional acceleration sensor as signal acquisition equipment and utilized the LMS modal analysis module. The geometric model of the SBG wheel was constructed using an eight-node octagon instead of the SBG wheel outer contour. The experiment then extracted the modal parameters of the wheel using the PolyMAX method and obtained the first- and second-order natural frequencies, damping ratios, and mode shapes of the SBG wheel at 0-7 kHz during the experimental modal test. The results of the experimental test were compared with those of the FEM free modal analysis. The first- and second-order natural frequency error rates by FEM were 0.25 % and 0.45 %, respectively. The experimental modal test result verified the rationality of the model by FEM, thus showing that the result of modal analysis by FEM is reliable and providing a basis for the dynamic characteristic analysis of SBG.

Continuous force excited bridge dynamic test and structural flexibility identification theory

Liming Zhou,Jian Zhang 국제구조공학회 2019 Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Jou Vol.71 No.4

Compared to the ambient vibration test mainly identifying the structural modal parameters, such as frequency, damping and mode shapes, the impact testing, which benefits from measuring both impacting forces and structural responses, has the merit to identify not only the structural modal parameters but also more detailed structural parameters, in particular flexibility. However, in traditional impact tests, an impacting hammer or artificial excitation device is employed, which restricts the efficiency of tests on various bridge structures. To resolve this problem, we propose a new method whereby a moving vehicle is taken as a continuous exciter and develop a corresponding flexibility identification theory, in which the continuous wheel forces induced by the moving vehicle is considered as structural input and the acceleration response of the bridge as the output, thus a structural flexibility matrix can be identified and then structural deflections of the bridge under arbitrary static loads can be predicted. The proposed method is more convenient, time-saving and cost-effective compared with traditional impact tests. However, because the proposed test produces a spatially continuous force while classical impact forces are spatially discrete, a new flexibility identification theory is required, and a novel structural identification method involving with equivalent load distribution, the enhanced Frequency Response Function (eFRFs) construction and modal scaling factor identification is proposed to make use of the continuous excitation force to identify the basic modal parameters as well as the structural flexibility. Laboratory and numerical examples are given, which validate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Furthermore, parametric analysis including road roughness, vehicle speed, vehicle weight, vehicle’s stiffness and damping are conducted and the results obtained demonstrate that the developed method has strong robustness except that the relative error increases with the increase of measurement noise.

주포 사격시험을 이용한 대형 함정의 모달테스트

박미유(Park, Mi-You),한형석(Han, Hyung-Suk),조흥기(Cho, Heung-Gi),김중길(Kim, Joong-Gil),임동빈(Im, Dong-Been),이민재(Lee, Min-Jae) 한국산학기술학회 2011 한국산학기술학회논문지 Vol.12 No.1

유한요소해석을 통한 대상 구조물의 동특성 해석에 있어서 신뢰성 높은 실제 구조물의 동특성을 정확히 예 측하는 해석결과는 얼마나 신뢰성이 높은 유한요소모델을 수립하는가하는 문제와 직결된다고 할 수 있다. 따라서 많 은 경험과 노력을 통해 만들어진 모델을 대상으로 모달 테스팅을 통해 관심주파수대역에 걸쳐 모델을 검증하고, 이 때 얻어진 데이터를 이용, 모델을 개선하는(Model updating) 작업을 거치게 된다. 본 연구에서는 이와 같이 중량과 크기의 제한으로 인하여 충격망치나 가진기로 가진하기 어려운 함정의 고유진동수 등을 얻기 위한 모달 테스팅 방법으로써 함정의 시운전 항목 중 하나인 주포 사격시험을 이용하여 그 결과와 가능 성, 향후 진행방향에 대하여 고찰해 보았다. The accurate results of finite element analysis are directly related to reliability FE model which is exactly describing dynamic characteristics of target structure. So, a model updating is necessary to establish reliable FE(Finite Element) model with a lot of experience and effort using modal testing. A large structure is too difficult to obtain the dynamic characteristics owing to its weight and size. In this work, using main gun firing test, modal testing was performed to obtain dynamic characteristics of large naval vessel, which is difficult to tap the general modal testing method. The result of experiment was considered its possibility and future plans.

Experimental study of extracting artificial boundary condition frequencies for dynamic model updating

Hou, Chuanchuan,Mao, Lei,Lu, Yong Techno-Press 2017 Smart Structures and Systems, An International Jou Vol.20 No.2

In the field of dynamic measurement and structural damage identification, it is generally known that modal frequencies may be measured with higher accuracy than mode shapes. However, the number of natural frequencies within a measurable range is limited. Accessing additional forms of modal frequencies is thus desirable. The present study is concerned about the extraction of artificial boundary condition (ABC) frequencies from modal testing. The ABC frequencies correspond to the natural frequencies of the structure with a perturbed boundary condition, but they can be extracted from processing the frequency response functions (FRF) measured in a specific configuration from the structure in its existing state without the need of actually altering the physical support condition. This paper presents a comprehensive experimental investigation into the measurability of the ABC frequencies from physical experiments. It covers the testing procedure through modal testing, the data processing and data analysis requirements, and the FRF matrix operations leading to the extraction of the ABC frequencies. Specific sources of measurement errors and their effects on the accuracy of the extracted ABC frequencies are scrutinised. The extracted ABC frequencies are subsequently applied in the damage identification in beams by means of finite element model updating. Results demonstrate that it is possible to extract the first few ABC frequencies from the modal testing for a variety of artificial boundary conditions incorporating one or two virtual pin supports, and the inclusion of ABC frequencies enables the identification of structural damages without the need to involve the mode shape information.

충격시험에 의한 실험모드특성을 이용한 구조물의 지진응답 예측

조성국,조양희,소기환 한국지진공학회 2010 한국지진공학회논문집 Vol.14 No.2

원자력발전소에 설치되는 주요 전기기기들의 내부 부품을 내진검증하기 위해서는 캐비닛내부응답스펙트럼이 필요하고, 이는 캐비닛의 각 위치에서 정확한 지진응답을 구한 후에 생성이 가능하다. 반면에 대부분의 전기기기는 질량과 강성 분포가 복잡하기 때문에 해석적 방법에 의해 동적 분석을 수행하는 것이 어렵다. 이러한 여건을 감안하여 이 연구에서는 해석과 시험을 조합하여 기기의 지진응답을 예측하는 간편한 절차를 제안하였다. 제안된 절차는 먼저 충격시험을 통하여 규명된 실험모드특성을 이용하여 독립된 모드방정식을 구성하고, 이로부터 모드응답을 계산한 다음, 각 모드응답을 중첩함으로써 구조물의 지진응답을 예측한다. 제안된 절차의 신뢰성을 검증하기 위해서, 별도로 제작된 단순 강재 프레임 시편에 제안된 절차를 적용하여 지진응답을 예측하고, 이를 실제 진동대시험을 통하여 계측한 결과와 비교하였다. 이 연구를 통하여 충격시험에 의해 얻어진 실험모드특성을 이용하여 구조물의 지진응답을 비교적 정확하게 예측할 수 있음을 확인하였다. An in-cabinet response spectrum should be generated to perform the seismic qualification of devices and instruments mounted inside safety-related electrical equipment installed in nuclear power plants. The response spectrum is available by obtaining accurate seismic responses at the device mounting location of the cabinet. The dynamic behavior of most of electrical equipment may not be easily analyzed due to their complex mass and stiffness distributions. Considering these facts, this study proposes a procedure to estimate the seismic responses of a structure by a combination of a test and subsequent analysis. This technique firstly constructs the modal equations of the structure by using the experiment modal parameters obtained from the impact test. Then the seismic responses of the structure may be calculated by a mode superposition method. A simple steel frame structure was fabricated as a specimen for the validation of the proposed method. The seismic responses of the specimen were estimated by using the proposed technique and compared with the measurements obtained from the shaking table tests. The study results show that it is possible to accurately estimate the seismic response of the structure by using the experimental modal parameters obtained from the impact test.