IP Library Granted Patent US 9,657,476
Granted Patent B2
US 9,657,476 · App. 14/762,448 · Granted May 23, 2017

Vibration control device

Inventors: Yusuke Yamashina (Tokyo, JP); Tadaaki Monzen (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Kubo (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.; MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.
E04B1/985E04H9/027F16F7/1005G05B19/404E04H2009/026G05B2219/39199
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Patent No.
US 9,657,476
App. No.
14/762,448
Granted
May 23, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vibration control device that can achieve the best vibration control effect within an allowable stroke range of a movable mass includes a controller that calculates at least one of a displacement deviation between a target displacement of a movable mass and a displacement of the movable mass detected by a mass displacement sensor and a velocity deviation between a target velocity of the movable mass and a velocity of the movable mass detected by a mass velocity sensor, and generates a control command for making a motor drive the movable mass on the basis of at least one of the displacement deviation and the velocity deviation. The target displacement and the target velocity are set in a manner that the amplitude of the movable mass becomes constant and that phases thereof are delayed 90 degrees with respect to the vibration of a building.

Claims (23)

1. A vibration control device for damping a vibration of a structure to be vibration-controlled by driving a movable mass disposed on the structure via an actuator on the basis of the vibration of the structure, comprising:

first detection means for detecting at least one of a displacement of the structure, a velocity of the structure, and an acceleration of the structure;

second detection means for detecting at least one of a displacement of the movable mass and a velocity of the movable mass; and

a controller that calculates at least one of a displacement deviation between a target displacement of the movable mass and the displacement of the movable mass detected by the second detection means and a velocity deviation between a target velocity of the movable mass and the velocity of the movable mass detected by the second detection means, and generates a control command for making the actuator drive the movable mass on the basis of at least one of the displacement deviation and the velocity deviation, wherein

the target displacement and the target velocity are set in a manner that an amplitude of the movable mass is constant and that phases thereof are adapted such that the target displacement and the target velocity work to damp the vibration of the structure.

2. The vibration control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the target displacement and the target velocity are set on the basis of a result obtained by multiplying a damping term α, obtained by dividing a mass acceleration amplitude target value A ref for driving the movable mass at a constant amplitude within an allowable stroke range by an amplitude A b of a velocity waveform of the structure, by a building velocity v 1 of the structure detected by the first detection means.

3. The vibration control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the controller sets the target displacement and the target velocity such that phases of the target displacement and the target velocity are delayed 90 degrees with respect to the vibration of the structure.

4. The vibration control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the target displacement and the target velocity are set on the basis of a result obtained by multiplying a damping term α, obtained by dividing a mass velocity amplitude target value A ref for driving the movable mass at a constant amplitude within an allowable stroke range by an amplitude A b of a displacement waveform of the structure, by a building displacement x 1 of the structure detected by the first detection means.

5. The vibration control device according to claim 4 , wherein

the controller sets the target displacement and the target velocity such that phases of the target displacement and the target velocity are delayed 90 degrees with respect to the vibration of the structure.

6. The vibration control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the target displacement and the target velocity are set on the basis of a result obtained by multiplying a damping term α, obtained by dividing a mass displacement target value A ref for driving the movable mass at a constant amplitude within an allowable stroke range by an amplitude A b of a velocity waveform of the structure, by a building velocity v 1 of the structure detected by the first detection means.

7. The vibration control device according to claim 6 , wherein

the controller sets the target displacement and the target velocity such that phases of the target displacement and the target velocity are delayed 90 degrees with respect to the vibration of the structure.

8. The vibration control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the target displacement and the target velocity are set on the basis of a result obtained by multiplying a damping term α, obtained by dividing a mass velocity target value A ref for driving the movable mass at a constant amplitude within an allowable stroke range by an amplitude A b of an acceleration waveform of the structure, by an acceleration a 1 of the structure detected by the first detection means.

9. The vibration control device according to claim 8 , wherein

the controller sets the target displacement and the target velocity such that phases of the target displacement and the target velocity are delayed 90 degrees with respect to the vibration of the structure.

10. The vibration control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller sets the target displacement and the target velocity such that phases of the target displacement and the target velocity are delayed 90 degrees with respect to the vibration of the structure.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 2, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044819/0439 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2015
From: YAMASHINA, YUSUKE; MONZEN, TADAAKI; KUBO, ATSUSHI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.; MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 036396/0286 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-033877 · Feb 22, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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