Controle ativo de vibrações estruturais induzidas pela ação do vento

Abstract

The construction of buildings, especially the most slender, requires a detailed analysis of the structural dynamic behavior. Such structures are subject to movements induced by the wind and other forces, which can cause undesirable effects such as discomfort for the user or even cause the structural collapse. In this scenario, control systems are used to mitigate excessive vibration. Among these systems, those using dynamic responses of the structures to determine control forces, in general, when properly constructed, have satisfactory performance as control systems with feedback. However, the use of these controllers in buildings requires a certain amount of tests and simulations, since problems at any stage of the control process, may transform an active controller into an excitator, which is obviously undesirable. In this work a numerical analysis of a structural model subject to dynamic wind forces was performed. The excitation forces were obtained by computational uid dynamics analysis and control forces were obtained by applying the technique of optimal control. The present analysis is one of the first phases of a control design.