Fuzzy logic controllers for a seismic isolation system with variable friction damper

Ging Long Lin, Lyan Ywan Lu

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Abstract

Protecting a seismic isolated building from the attack of near-fault earthquakes is a challenge, because a near-fault earthquake usually contains strong long-period components, which are significantly different from a regular earthquake. Conventional seismic isolation systems, such as sliding or elastomeric bearing systems, may induce excessive isolator drift in a near-fault earthquake. To overcome this problem, current practice usually adopts supplementary passive damping in the isolation system. Nevertheless, due to its passive nature, the parameters of a passive damper can not be adjusted online, so the damper may not perform well when it is subjected to an earthquake significantly different from the one that the damper is designed for. In order to improve the performance of seismic isolation in near-fault areas, this study investigates the possible use of a fussy logic controlled variable friction damper (VFD) in a sliding isolation system. Four types of fuzzy controllers were studied numerically for the control of the VFD, and their resulting isolation performances in both nearfault and far-field earthquakes with various earthquake intensities are compared and highlighted. It is demonstrated that by properly selecting the fuzzy control law, the isolator drift induced by a near-fault earthquake can be significantly suppressed, without sacrificing the isolation efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, ISDA 2008
Pages259-264
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, ISDA 2008 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Duration: 2008 Nov 262008 Nov 28

Publication series

NameProceedings - 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, ISDA 2008
Volume2

Other

Other8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, ISDA 2008
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityKaohsiung
Period08-11-2608-11-28

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Control and Systems Engineering

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