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vector. By substituting x p
= Φ η into Equa-
tion (3) and premultiplying two sides of the build-
ing part by Φ T to transform the system coordinates
from physical domain to modal domain, the equa-
tions of motion become
t
t
to the j th modal mass of the building, µ s
k , , damp-
ing ratio of the k th MTMD unit, ξ s k , and fre-
quency ratio of the k th MTMD unit to the j th
modal frequency of the building, r f
( )
( )
j
= (
)
/
where k =1, 2, …, p . With the prior knowledge
of structural parameters, ω j , ξ j , and ϕ ij .
Considering the most economical MTMD
layout, identical stiffness coefficient, k s 0 , and
damping coefficient, c s 0 , are given. It can be ex-
pressed as:
ω
ω
s
j
k
k
*


*
*
M 0
M M v
η
( )
( )
t
t
C C
0
η
( )
( )
t
t
p
p
ps
+
+
*
*
T
C
*
v
sp
s
s
s
s
K K
0
*
*
η ( )
( )
t
t
Γ
Γ
p
ps
p

=
x t
( )
T
K
*
v
g
s
s
s
(4)
m
where the modal parameters of the primary build-
ing and the MTMD are involved.
k
=
st
(7a)
s
p
1
2 2
0
ω
r
k
=
1
Conventional MTMD
Parameter Design
j
f
k
ξ
s
c
k
=
(7b)
k
The j th modal displacement of the building and the
stroke of the k th MTMD unit can be represented
in frequency domain as
s
r
ω
s
0
0
f
j
k
k
s
m
=
(7c)

0
η ω
=
H
ω
X
ω
(5a)
( )
( )
( )
s
r
2
ω
2
j
η

g
k
j X g
f
j
k

v
ω
=
H
ω
X
ω
(5b)
( )
( )
( )
p

s
v X
g
1
k
s k
g
where m
=
m
is the total mass of MTMD
st
s
k
k
=
units. Based on Equations (7a), (7b), and (7c), the
damping ratio of each MTMD unit, ξ
Statistically, the MTMD control effectiveness
can be evaluated by the performance index, R j ,
defined as
s s
1
,
,
,
2
and ξ s p can be expressed as ξ
where ξ s 0
is a constant. Moreover, with the given MTMD
mass ratio, µ
=
ξ
r
s
s
f
k
0
k
2
E
E
[
η
η
]
* = the modal mass
ratio of the k th MTMD unit can be calculated by
ϕ
m m
j
with MTMD
R
=
(6)
st j
,
ij
st
j
j
[
2
]
j
w/o MTMD
1
/
r
2
that is, the ratio of mean square response of dis-
placement or acceleration of the j th structural
mode with MTMD to that without MTMD. R j is
a function of j th modal damping ratio of the pri-
mary building, ξ j , j th mode shape at i ith floor of
the building, ϕ ij , ratio of the k th MTMD unit mass
f
µ
=
µ
(8)
k
s
,
j
st j
,
p
k
2
1
r
f
l
l
=
1
Without any restriction on the frequency dis-
tribution of MTMD units, the optimization of
 
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