TY - JOUR AU - Elmeligy, Omar Mahmoud AU - Hassan, M. H. M. PY - 2016/12/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Optimum Allocation of MR Dampers within Semi-Active Control Strategies of Three-Degree-of-Freedom Systems JF - International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science & IT (iJES) JA - Int. J. Recent Contrib. Eng. Sci. IT VL - 4 IS - 4 SE - Papers DO - 10.3991/ijes.v4i4.6546 UR - https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jes/article/view/6546 SP - pp. 45-49 AB - Smart structural control is now emerging as an alternative to conventional earthquake resistant design and traditional structural control techniques. Fuzzy logic based control is one of the promising smart control strategies that could be used for this function. Magneto Rheological (MR) dampers are considered one of the promising semi-active control devices that can be used to control the structural response of buildings under earthquake excitation. The properties of MR dampers can be controlled using several smart techniques such as Fuzzy Logic. In this paper, a comparative analysis is conducted to investigate the most optimum location for placing MR dampers, which are controlled by Fuzzy Logic, in a three-degree-of-freedom benchmark problem. The study explores three potential schemes for allocating and operating MR dampers within the system under consideration. Two main structural response parameters are considered in this study, maximum displacement and maximum acceleration. In addition, the study investigates the lowest number of fuzzy-controlled MR dampers that are required in order to produce the required structural behaviour. This is an initial step towards the development of a generic allocation algorithm that is capable of identifying the required number of MR dampers, and their location, for controlling any multi-degree-of-freedom system. ER -