ABSTRACT
The most common systems for structural damage control during earthquake events can be categorised under three aspects: traditional systems, innovative structural control and combination of both of these two. A large variety of energy dissipation devices can be used as pounding mitigation devices. This chapter introduces control devices to provide insight into the effect of adjacent buildings on dynamics of the adjacent system. It discusses the efficacy of optimal passive and active dampers for achieving the best results in seismic response mitigation of a coupled building connected to each other by either passive or active dampers. Adequate modelling of the control devices is essential for predicting the behaviour of the controlled system. The MR damper is modelled, using a modified Bouc-Wen hysteresis model. The chapter describes the model of the device and the semi active control algorithm used with the device, the clipped-optimal control algorithm.
