29 June 2021

Performance of Adaptive TMD for Tall Building Damping

Felix Weber, Maurer Switzerland GmbH; Fatih Yalniz, WSP USA; Deniz Kerner & Peter Huber, Maurer SE

This research investigates the potential of Adaptive TMDs for tall building damping. The Adaptive TMD under consideration is based on real-time controlled hydraulic dampers generating...

21 June 2019

Reduced-mass Adaptive TMD for Tall Buildings Damping

Felix Weber, Maurer Switzerland GmbH; Peter Huber & Simon Spensberger & Christian Braun, Maurer SE; Johann Distl, Maurer Engineering GmbH

Tall buildings are prone to wind-induced vibrations due to their slenderness whereby peak structural accelerations may be higher than the recommended maximum value. The common...

17 October 2016

Real-Time Controlled TMD of Danube City Tower

Felix Weber, Peter Huber, Hans Distl & Christian Braun, MAURER AG

Since 2014, a MAURER controlled TMD has mitigated the first bending mode of the Danube City Tower in Vienna, Austria. It consists of a pendulum...