Tuned mass systems with the Bouc-Wen and a hybrid hysteresis

Abstract

Tuned-mass-dampers are extensively used in physical systems in order to reduce the dynamic response of the primary structures. The damping in a tuned-mass-damper system plays a significant role. In many engineering systems, we see damping is hysteretic in nature. Tuned-mass systems with nonlinear hysteretic damping are mathematically challenging. In this paper, tuned mass systems with rate-independent hysteresis are studied. In particular, first we study tuned mass systems with the famous Bouc-Wen model, and then we study tuned mass systems with the Bouc-Wen model and a recently developed scalar hysteresis model in parallel. Numerical approaches are used to study the dynamic responses of the systems. The sine sweep responses show two resonance peaks. The sine sweep responses indicate the amplitude versus frequency of the systems. The numerical results obtained for two different hysteretic dampers are compared.