Seismic control performance of multi-story structures with an enhanced particle inerter device (EPID)

Abstract

An enhanced particle inerter device (EPID) is innovatively developed to mitigate the dynamic responses of multi-story structures subjected to seismic excitations. The device dissipates energy through tuning, particle-cavity collisions, and the inertia amplification effect of the inerter. Multi-story response can be mitigated when the inerter unit connect the particle device and the cross-story. In this paper, a shaking table test was conducted to investigate the working mechanism of the EPID on the dynamic response of multi-story structures. A series of parametric studies were undertaken to analyze both the individual and combined effects of the particle damping unit and inerter unit within the device. Furthermore, a parameter optimization analysis guided by a genetic algorithm was carried out, resulting in a significant enhancement of 27.92% in displacement control and 24.41% in acceleration control when compared to the traditional design. Moreover, the energy dissipated by the main structure with the optimized EPID shows a decrease of 45.4% when compared to the traditional design.