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Vibration Monitoring and Control of the Built Environment

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 6068

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Dr. Felix Weber

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Maurer Switzerland GmbH, 8118 Pfaffhausen, Switzerland
Interests: damping; earthquake engineering; isolation; semi-active control; structural control; tuned mass damper; vibration; vibration absorber
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Vibration monitoring and control of the built environment is crucial to guarantee the specified vibration comfort in buildings and footbridges due to wind, traffic and pedestrian excitations, the structural safety of buildings and bridges during seismic events, and the envisaged lifetime of the built environment in order to decelerate further global warming. To reach these goals, the further development of intelligent sensor networks and anti-vibration devices such as tuned mass dampers, fluid viscous dampers, hysteretic steel dampers, elastomeric dampers, shock transmission units, base isolators, expansion joints and combinations of these devices is needed. This Special Issue, which will be published in the Applied Sciences and Buildings journals, aims to collect research exploring the recent advances in these fields of research and development. This Special Issue therefore addresses the following topics (though this list is not exhaustive):

  • Intelligent monitoring and analysis of structural vibrations.
  • Further developed passive, semi-active, active and adaptive tuned mass dampers, hydraulic dampers, isolators, bearings and expansion joints.
  • Latest developments in vibration, earthquake, wind and noise engineering.
  • Latest developments in the developments of new materials needed in for structural dampers, isolators, bearings and joints.
  • Multi-physics modelling of civil engineering structures, including the modelling of the environmental conditions such as wind (CFD), climate, earthquake, soil–structure interaction, etc.
  • Probabilistic and risk-based modelling and control of the built environment (buildings, bridges, streets, chimneys, flag poles, etc.).

Submissions in the form of both original research and review articles are welcome. Contributions with experimentally validated models and methods are highly appreciated.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Buildings. 

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Felix Weber
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • damper
  • earthquake engineering
  • friction damping
  • hysteretic damping
  • isolator
  • monitoring
  • negative stiffness
  • soil structure interaction
  • structural control
  • structural dynamics
  • tuned mass damper
  • vibration absorber
  • wind engineering

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Systematic and Quantitative Assessment of Reduced Model Resolution on the Transient Structural Response Under Wind Load
by Anoop Kodakkal, Máté Péntek, Kai-Uwe Bletzinger, Roland Wüchner and Felix Weber
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(3), 1588; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15031588 - 4 Feb 2025
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The wind-induced response of structures is typically studied in wind tunnels either on scaled models or using numerical approaches under similar transient load conditions. In early design phases—where the potential for impactful change is most significant—information is often limited. As a result, studies [...] Read more.
The wind-induced response of structures is typically studied in wind tunnels either on scaled models or using numerical approaches under similar transient load conditions. In early design phases—where the potential for impactful change is most significant—information is often limited. As a result, studies are frequently conducted on simplified or reduced-resolution structural models. Typical applications for dimensionally reduced engineering models include early design phases, deciding on the need for high-fidelity analyses, and verifying wind tunnel models, which are often constructed using beams with lumped masses. In this contribution, the validity of these approaches is tested. Various limitations intrinsically arising from such modeling assumptions, showcased on a generic high-rise under dynamic wind load conditions, are highlighted. The systematic parametric analysis focuses on the variations in transient structural responses, particularly displacement and accelerations at the top of a building. Various wind loading cases are studied, with the reduction of the resolution taking place either in the original or in modal space. Results indicate that a considerable reduction is possible, but characteristic design values tend to deteriorate in cases of a high reduction, particularly when higher mode contributions are truncated. It is observed that the top-floor acceleration and displacement can be captured with considerable accuracy with three lumped masses for tall buildings. It is critical to study the impact of simplifying models starting at the highest level of detail possible. Here, a three-DoF model was able to capture the displacement up to a deviation of 11% and accelerations up to 20%. These approximate models are useful for initial design stages, optimization, uncertainty quantification, etc., where fast, cheap, and moderately accurate model evaluations are necessary. Full article
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Tuning of a Viscous Inerter Damper: How to Achieve Resonant Damping Without a Damper Resonance
by Jan Høgsberg
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(2), 676; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15020676 - 11 Jan 2025
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Inerter dampers are effectively employed to mitigate and dampen structural vibrations in slender or high-rise buildings. The simple viscous inerter damper, with a viscous dashpot placed in series with an inerter, is designed to create resonant vibration damping, although the damper itself is [...] Read more.
Inerter dampers are effectively employed to mitigate and dampen structural vibrations in slender or high-rise buildings. The simple viscous inerter damper, with a viscous dashpot placed in series with an inerter, is designed to create resonant vibration damping, although the damper itself is without an internal resonance. The apparent resonant behavior is instead obtained by increasing the damper inertance until the two lowest modes of the considered building model interact, whereafter the viscous coefficient is adjusted until the desired response mitigation is achieved. The present modal interaction tuning requires that the reduced-order single-mode dynamic model of the building includes both inertia and flexibility from the (other) modes otherwise discarded by the model reduction. While the inertia correction adjusts the modal mass of the inerter damper, the corresponding flexibility introduces the apparent damper stiffness that creates the desired damper resonance. Thus, the accurate representation of other modes is essential for the design and resonant tuning of the simple viscous inerter damper. The resonant damper performance by the non-resonant viscous inerter damper is illustrated by a numerical example with a 20-story building model, for which the desired resonant modal interaction requires an inertance of almost ten times the entire translational building mass. Full article
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Probabilistic Modeling of Congested Traffic Scenarios on Long-Span Bridges
by Xuejing Wang, Xin Ruan, Joan R. Casas and Mingyang Zhang
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(20), 9525; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14209525 - 18 Oct 2024
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This paper aims to extend a previously developed probabilistic model for simulating extreme response scenarios to include congested traffic flow on long-span bridges, addressing the challenge of accurately modeling traffic loads under changing conditions. While the model was initially designed for free-flow traffic, [...] Read more.
This paper aims to extend a previously developed probabilistic model for simulating extreme response scenarios to include congested traffic flow on long-span bridges, addressing the challenge of accurately modeling traffic loads under changing conditions. While the model was initially designed for free-flow traffic, this study demonstrates how it can be adapted for congested conditions, with the objective of improving the accuracy of traffic load models. To overcome the limitation of traditional Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) systems in capturing congested traffic, congested flow characteristics were inferred from available free-flow data. The cellular automata (CA) method was applied to generate realistic congested traffic scenarios, which were used as input for the probabilistic model. Key simulation parameters, such as cell length and vehicle weight distribution, were adjusted to reflect congested conditions. The results validate the model’s flexibility, showing how, with the adaptation of some parameters, it can simulate both free-flow and congested traffic patterns effectively. This research provides a basis for improving traffic load models used in the design and assessment of long-span bridges, addressing the current limitations in existing codes and standards. Full article
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Calibration of Viscous Damping–Stiffness Control Force in Active and Semi-Active Tuned Mass Dampers for Reduction of Harmonic Vibrations
by Marcin Maślanka
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(21), 11645; https://doi.org/10.3390/app132111645 - 25 Oct 2023
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Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are commonly used to mitigate vibrations in civil structures. There is a growing demand for new solutions that offer similar effectiveness as TMDs but with reduced mass. In this context, this paper investigates active (ATMD) and semi-active (STMD) tuned [...] Read more.
Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are commonly used to mitigate vibrations in civil structures. There is a growing demand for new solutions that offer similar effectiveness as TMDs but with reduced mass. In this context, this paper investigates active (ATMD) and semi-active (STMD) tuned mass dampers with relative displacement and velocity feedback. The control force of the ATMD is assumed to be the sum of viscous damping and either positive or negative stiffness forces. This control force is calibrated for a specific parameter K such that the effectiveness of the ATMD in reducing harmonic vibrations matches that of the TMD with K times larger mass. The optimal calibration is derived based on the mathematical reformulation of an existing optimal acceleration feedback control algorithm. The control approach for the ATMD is then applied to the STMD. Subsequently, the sub-optimal STMD is analyzed, with a focus on its limitations arising from the clipping of active forces. Finally, the paper presents a calibration of the STMD using a numerical optimization method. It is demonstrated that the maximum achievable performance of the numerically optimized STMD matches that of the TMD with three times larger mass. Full article
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An In-Depth Analysis of the Seismic Performance Characteristics of Steel–Concrete Composite Structures
by Panagiota Katsimpini, George Papagiannopoulos and George Hatzigeorgiou
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(7), 3715; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15073715 - 28 Mar 2025
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This review article provides an in-depth exploration of the recent advancements in the seismic analysis and design of steel–concrete composite structures, as reflected in the literature from the last ten years. It investigates key factors, such as material behavior, connection detailing, analytical modeling [...] Read more.
This review article provides an in-depth exploration of the recent advancements in the seismic analysis and design of steel–concrete composite structures, as reflected in the literature from the last ten years. It investigates key factors, such as material behavior, connection detailing, analytical modeling techniques, and design methodologies. The article highlights the synergistic benefits derived from the combination of steel and concrete components to improve seismic performance. Various composite systems, including composite beams, beam-columns, frames, shear walls, foundations, and beam–column joints, are analyzed through experimental studies to assess their dynamic response characteristics under extreme earthquake conditions. The article evaluates advanced numerical modeling methods, including finite element analysis and fiber-based models, for their capability to predict the nonlinear behavior of composite buildings and bridges. A comparative analysis of modern seismic isolation and energy dissipation techniques is also included. Furthermore, the optimization of composite structures in seismically active regions is discussed. The article concludes by identifying areas where additional research is necessary to enhance the seismic resilience of steel–concrete composite structures. Full article
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