PROPOSAL OF ACTIVE SEISMIC RESPONSE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSES BY ENERGY SPECTRA OF CONTROL DEVICES : Active seismic response control system by making use of an energy conversion in dampers Part 1

Abstract

This paper proposes an active seismic response control system by making use of an energy conversion in damping devices. In the paper, we describe configuration of the system when it is applied to building structure and show how to classify them. We also show the analytical results on energy characteristics and effectiveness of active seismic response control. The analysis on the energy spectra of the seismic control devices, based on the seismic response, clarify the characteristics of the energy conversion and reuse devices. The feasibility of the proposed system to real buildings is discussed considering the energy balance of the system.