What is a Tuned Mass Damper?
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- Опубликовано: 13 фев 2016
- FAQ:
(1) What's that physics simulation software called?
Algodoo (it's free!).
(2) Your music is no good.
I didn't nail the mix on this video, but it is fixed on subsequent videos.
(3) I want to build my own. Where can I find plans?
This wasn't meant to be a "how-to" video, but I put some details about the model at this link: www.instructables.com/id/Tune...
In many of the world’s tallest skyscrapers, there’s a secret device protecting the building and the people inside from strong motion due to wind and earthquakes. Did you know you can tune a skyscraper just like a guitar? In this Practical Engineering video, we’re comparing theory to the real world for tuned mass dampers.
Luckily this tech is simple enough that we can model it right in the garage. As silly as this little experiment looks, it’s actually not that far off from what engineers do in the real world (maybe without the googly eyes). The design phase for just about every major building includes some physical scale model tests. This video shows that the tuned mass damper is a great example of elegance in engineering.
Thanks for watching, and let me know what you think!
Aluminum parts for the cart and damper are actobotics. The accelerometer I used is the ADXL345 breakout board from Sparkfun. I filtered the x-axis data with a low-pass filter, then sent it via serial port to my laptop. I just copy the data from the serial monitor window and import into Microsoft Excel for the figures. For the figure animations, I wrote a custom macro and used a screenshot program to capture them as video.
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Headphone users beware :) I went a bit overboard with the music on this video. It is fixed in all other videos. Sorry about that, and thanks for watching!
First video I've seen from your channel. Like the content but the bass was a bit much...wife and kids sleeping and all. Will check out some other videos though for sure.
algodoo is the program
*math alert comes up*
Aw healllll nawww iz too early fo dis!
Such a great video.
Not sure what you are talking about, I actually enjoyed it a lot, its good sometimes to have a different vibe from those awful "techy' songs the other channels use.
That dubstep turned my walls into tuned mass dampers.
Yeah, was not ready for the audio spikes this early AM.
Even if it were quiet, it would still be unnecessary dubstep. Video fail.
Agreed. A different music choice would've been nice. This is unwatchable. Sorry.
christ almighty what am i listening to lol
Agreed. Annoying soundtrack.
Taipei 101 just got hit by a 7.4 Earthquake,
thank God for engineers like Grady, who save people's lives with their knowledge of engineering.
God bless you Sir.
"Usually without the googly eyes" ... implication: sometimes with the googly eyes
engineers are an odd bunch
Suckeychicken hey, stop describing me perfectly
@@Suckeychicken we were still being in the stone Age about engineers googly eyes make everything look friendly that would be the best job in the defence force combat engineer
You should see damper baby. It is closest to googly eyes you will see on a mass damper.
The googly eyes add extra dampening fools...!
Great video, my 11 year old was so inspired she's basing her science fair project on it
*Give her the A+ of greatness*
Aww
That’s amazing!!!
Dont forget the Googling eyes
for anyone checking this comment, there is another short video that touches on the historical application of tuned-mass dampers. "What the Ancients Knew - Japan" ruclips.net/video/A3at1K-SzCk/видео.html&t the first segment of the video shows and explains how the japanese used huge timber beams fastened onto the first floor to achieve this effect to keep the tall Pagoda towers intact during an earth tremor.
p.s. (i'm certain this was common across all of Asia, and it probably wasn't even a Japanese invention, but they were the subject of the show and they used the principle. So deal with it. Don't nobody want to hear about 'the chinese invented this or that'.)
8:29, strange experiment. I didn't know engineers had to make sure their building were lamp proof.
Actually, that experiment proved that a full-scale version of the building, can withstand being impacted by the sun.
:>
It was to simulate the effects of an errant Godzilla.
Oh my god. That was sooo funny!
K.DP. Ross ruclips.net/video/tJpbVatJD4c/видео.html
Bush did it
I'm a high rise consulting surveyor in NYC and get to watch building movement every day through my instruments. Before the TMD is installed, and while the concrete pumps are running, these towers absolutely rock and roll to the extent of nausea. I have some videos taken through the scope of my auto level which really show it clearly. I can upload if anyone is interested. Thanks for the great video!
Did you ever upload such videos?
I'd like to see that, that's worthy education.
@@alexandrezani Uploaded! 👍🏼
@@Skank_and_Gutterboy Done. I can upload more as I dig them out
@@ScarletKnightmare
I got to see the one in Taipei 101, really cool!
As a young parent who obtained my education through the GED and as someone who has a very hard time wanting to learn, I gotta say you make learning fun, interesting, and I appreciate everything you do on this channel.
GED = Good Enough Diploma
I can't believe this was so long ago! Five years ago, I found this video for my kids to watch, and my little engineer LOVED it. We started watching your channel all the time. My kid has grown up with you. He's 11 now and he can't imagine growing up to be anything but an engineer. He loves all your stuff, but watching this video is a trip down memory lane. Keep on making videos and writing books. You are such a good teacher.
Aww that's so wholesome! Best of luck to him🫡
Wow what an awesome comment, maybe he will work on a tuned damper system in the real world and send some pics of it back, wouldn't that be cool.
I wish real skyscrappers had googly eyes :(
So do engineers....
I am interested, how much those googly eyes influenced the measure at this scale :D
agreed
many of them do
Eric Miret video uses m/s²...
2:22 - "... for our entire lives Wednesdays come after Thursday..." - WOW! You definitely live an unusual life!
Alexander Khritonenkov it technically does if the next week counts.
Alexander Khritonenkov lol I thought i heard that too xD
in defense, wednesday the 20th of december came after thursday the 14th :)
thanks Einstein. My guess is that Golden Grenadier actually said the same thing.................
But always nice to have an example for those who can not use their own imagination >;)
yeep
"Buildings are no use if no one wants to be inside them"
Most people: "Makes sense."
Me: "... prisons..."
Well you wouldn't want to build a wobbly prison either
well what about the guards
@@sarahzengl1121 Or maybe you do. Extra incentive to not get locked up.
North Korea's hotel.
A fair few prisoners want to be in prison ....
2:20 "Wednesday comes after Thursday"
Completely missed that. Hilarious
It sure does
I learned that thanks to this cool video!
Technically correct
Yeah, u got a problem with that?
Great video. Thanks for sharing. As a former teacher I can clearly see that you have the gift of good teaching. You know how to attract and keep the attention of the viewer. You can also teach difficult to understand topics with ease due to your profieciency on the subject and a natural gift. We are very lucky that with the help of modern technology we can all learn from each other and channels like yours is great example. Please keep it up!
+educ8s.tv This is really kind. Thank you!
Loved when the tuned mass damper works extra hard to counteract the light that fell on it lol
3:40 "Looks like it came straight off the island of mistiff mascots."
Oh, you mean Japan.
I just discovered you "Practical Engineering" channel. I have been to Taipei 101 and seen the Mass Damper on display. Civilization and Engineering stand on the shoulders of giants, each generation building on the knowledge of the past. Quality job on your explanation, well done.
Subscribed because of your sweet montage.
+Don't Even Bother it was the googly eyes that got me, the sweet montage was a bonus!
General Disaster Ayyye
Don't Even Bother Yes, but he said Wednesdays come after Thursdays.
John L Bales what?
John L Bales good catch at 2:23
Video: "If you remember from your Physics classes..."
Me: "What Physics classes? Does he mean this video?"
I still pull up these videos from years ago to show people the visuals and great information you have compiled creating these. It is fun to open someone's eyes to a subject or topic they didn't even know existed yet.
back to basics. some lecturers missed this basic
I watched this video a long time ago, thought it was cool, and forgot about it. Now I'm a mechanical engineering student taking a vibrations class. I've just finished watching this video again, and this was an excellent, concise summary of material we just finished learning. Amazing! Excellent work
Thanks for explaining this so well.
A verified RUclipsr with no comments but I’m the first comment here so change that to 1 comment
I learned about Pendulums in school, but never seen their value more then a curiosity. Now it makes more sense as a practical sense. Thanks for the small piece of information.
Well, what about demonstration/proof of earth rotation?
MacIn173 the certainly become useful in many measurement applications
Clocks!
Didn't learn about capitalization though.
@@User0000000000000004 you didn't learn about decency either so it evens out.
"For our entire lives, Wednesdays come after Thursday..."
My customers would love a mass dampener in their front load washer! There was a joint model between Samsung and Maytag, which used 4 springs and a steel solid mass. They mounted it on the very top. I don’t know why, more time wasn’t spent on design. The current design, is dampeners built into the front tub ring. Either thick fluid, which is why on some units sound like they still have water in them, or steel balls moving in opposing force. Front load washers have taken a beating cause of this issue. Thanks for the demo!
Awesome video!!
I bet the googly eyes also act as dampers
thankfully they are a controlled variable, as they are present in both scenarios.
I want more googly eyed dampers on my buildings!
If the googly eye were the size of the pendulum (3.7 inches I think it way) and had some weight in them, then yeah. That might just work.
gorillaau But didn't it show that w/o dampening it only transfers the KE?
It is possible, just adjust the weight and it might just work
I cant emphasize enough how wonderfully this corresponds to the theory:
1) The bump of the cart hitting the wood excites the tower in "all" frequencies. Including the resonant frequency where we can see the tower shaking.
2) With a tuned mass damper and at resonance frequency (and above), the mass damper swings in reverse to the structures movement.
I think this model is great :)
4 years later and I'm brought to this video in my last week of classes in my senior year of my BS for mechanical engineering. Thank you for making these videos all through the years and for inspiring kids like me to study engineering.
Great video! I really like your presentation style.
+Applied Science Thanks so much Ben.
+Practical Engineering Are you guys, like, a group or something? Because it'd be pretty cool if there were channels like this in every topic.
No, but looking at our two logos together, I can see why you'd think that, haha. It looks like I may have taken some inspiration from Ben!
+Applied Science you both are ausm
Funny seeing you here! Your channel's awesome too, too bad you haven't been very active in the last few months...
I'm just annoyed you didn't show the waveform when the lamp fell over, that would have been fun to see
That would be handy for when a giant lamp falls on a skyscraper. 😅
He may not have been recording it at that time
@@Iconoclasher Imagine the size of that lamp!
ME TOO!
@@robduquette8537 ...Yeah ill bet he want recording... because that would have been interesting indeed
I sucked so hard in physics in high school, specially when it involved maths, but I still like the theorical concepts behind it. You managed to make such an interesting video, and pretty straightforward so even someone like me could understand it. The googly eyes were the best part, obviously. Really loved it, subscribing to your channel
Love the way you enhance your discussions with video and examples. Well done Grady!
I love how there is a channel called practical engineering
and then a channel called real engineering.
THERES PRACTICAL ENGINEERING THEN THERE IS *REAL* ENGINEERING
why do I always see you?
don't forget Primitive Technology (sadly without the sexy voice over Kappa)
It would have been cool to see you adjust the tightness of the screws and the frequency of the pendulum to find the ideal dampening ratio.
one of the best educational/science videos I've ever seen. Accessible but gets into the math a bit. Extremely informative and well presented!
Your presentation and clarity shows that there are people doing things right for me and other people because they enjoy the challenge of getting things right thanks.
2:23 I don't know about you, but I always thought Wednesday came BEFORE Thursday!
Yeah, only next week's Wednesday.
_"Wednesday comes before Thursday... or... DOES it? VSAUCE, Michael here!"_
This is only true for weeks with only one Wednesday..
I had to rewind it because I thought I misheard
ruclips.net/video/kfVsfOSbJY0/видео.html
I used to live on the top floor of a 10 story apartment building. In a strong wind it noticeably swayed back and forth in a way that I learned to not be concerned about. One day I felt a different motion. I looked out the window but didn't see any evidence of strong wind. I make a note of the time, and later that day a news program said that there had been an earthquake centered a couple hundred miles away at the time that I felt the strange motion. Different source, different motion.
I know I’m 5 years late but what a great video.
Thank you for clearing this up so informatively. I was watching a show about street food in Taipei and caught a glimpse of this magnificent monster but had no clue as to what I was looking at.
It’s pretty awesome.
Great job
I absolutely clicked for the googly eyes. But I also like physics.
If i designed a building it would have googly eyes
hah, me too
Imagine a tsunami barrier with googly eyes
The Taipei Tower looks like a stack of Chinese take away food boxes.
I am never going to unsee this lol
You mean oriental takeaway boxes are based on ancient oriental architecture?
Simon Marr Or maybe it's the other way around =O Who knows?
The architects were going for a bamboo inspired look. But yeah, you're right.
It looks better than most skyscrapers.
Speaking as someone who loves structural dynamics, this is a gem. I hope to design one of these someday. Thank you for your effort.
First Practical Engineering video?!? I'm glad this came up as a suggestion. Love this channel. Can't wait to get the book
just came back from Taipei 101 and wanted to know more about the dampers. great explanation. love it!
You are a legend! Keep up the good work m8! I’m a structural engineer of 6 years and still find your videos super helpful and informative
After having watched a few other videos of you I was suprised to hear this was your first one. The quality of the video is incredibly high for a first try on RUclips. I‘m honestly impressed. Well, of course your animations and overall visualisation improved, but still: amazing video!
You are the best on the internet GRADY. As an engineer, I really enjoy your channel. Keep up the good work - you never know how many engineers to be that you are creating. This makes the world a better place.
WOW Great video! I like these fundamental physics/engineering demos! This one just earned my subscription (and a thumbs up)
Mark Andrews can you advise the other ones? Would love the list of it...
I just found this channel from The Hydraulic Press channel. You produce excellent videos!!
Thanks!
Me too! I love this guy, great videos man:) I've watched all of them!
Engineering4life I love hydraulic press channel and beyond the press!
It's always interesting going back in time on a familiar RUclips channel to see what they were like when they were still figuring out their style.
Fantastic video. I actually figured out a while ago that the oscillation in buildings is the reason I had a fear of heights and couldn't go near the edge of buildings. After being around buildings with a damper, height doesn't bother me anymore.
Also as a compliance guy who works with engineers I find your videos fantastic.
Catherine ζ Jones
Great way to remember the damping ratio
He had it coming.
nyuk nyuk nyuk
Gotta love that you put in the lighting gaff. Keeping it a bit real for all of us watching.
"It may not be enough to affect the building's structure, but it may be enough to cause a 1%-ter on the top floor to loose his cavier."
Very strong reason.
Those are spelled 'lose' and 'caviar'.
Nice work Grady. You ability to make simple the complicated is truly amazing. Great application of an Arduino board and an MEMS accelerometer. Platforms such as Arduino, Beaglebone, etc have certainly made it much easier (and less expensive) to apply the technology. Keep the videos coming. I would like to see one on building science and the application of thermodynamics to size heating and cooling systems.
That was a fantastic and well written narrative.
It was funny too :D
8:30 XD I wasn't prepared for that..
"Of course a tuned mass damper doesn't completely eliminate movement"
*As a giant mass smashes into the building*
"But we saw that it can certainly make a difference"
All of your videos are so comforting and educational, plus interesting. I'm glad I discovered your channel to get away from all the silly, sick, disgusting evil and dark mayhem that's plaguing the whole world right now. Thanks and keep these videos coming.
Thanks for increasing my awareness of how things work.
Excellent video!
This is the kind of video what we need to expose high school students to - to show them that careers in engineering offer opportunities to work on fascinating problems that make a difference in people's lives.
+Louie Powell Thank you Louie
8:30 The conclusion is, no building can withstand massive timber fall eventhough they have mass damper installed...
Fascinating topic. I just found your channel and I'm loving it. Thank you so much for all the effort you put into these videos! 👍
Sincerely enjoyed the presentation. I have been teaching about issues caused by tectonic plate movement and spurred off into engineering and construction advancements in earthquake zones. This video was a great help in explaining how the TMD work. Thank you.
Quickly became one of my favorite RUclips channels.
Fact: Putting googly eyes on ANYTHING helps with depression.
It also alleviates fear of plants, as proven by Christopher Walken.
This is my new favorite video of yours. Such an interesting and simple solution.
One of the best videos I ever seen really. I tired to simulate something very close to it in PTC Creo and I got close results. Thanks for the amazing video :)
Excellent video, your channel is surely the best engineering channel on youtube! I hope you keep doing more videos. Cheers
Thanks!
LOL ... you sound so much like a post-doc in the way you couch your phrases. Good job man!
Your videos are so fantastic. Calm and clear.
Killer explanation. The time and effort in making these videos truly show.
Your production quality is incredible!
If I could only save one RUclips channel to help rebuild civilization after an apocalypse, it would be this one.
I had never heard of such a thing before watching this video. I love the subject of physics so this was really interesting. You did a very good job with the visuals. Thanks for posting this video.
Grady , your videos are always impressive, interesting and I learn every time I watch one. thank you!
I love your channel! I subscribed. Your production quality is fantastic your content is relevant and well presented. And your appearance is swell! (you asked)
+briansmobile1 haha thanks!
briansmobile1 I love your channel
2:22 for my entire life, Wednesdays do not come after Thursdays...
#LIVELIFEBACKWARDS
:P haha it made me question my whole existence for a second though... haha
They do, just simply 6 days afterwards.
Both Thursdays and Wednesdays come after each other, no fallacy here.
Lovely video.I am a physics teacher, I can appreciate the effort you've put to make complex stuff easy.
Nice to see the Mathematical theories shown in terms of science experiments. Really helpful. Thank you!
So I'm currently finishing up sophomore year of highschool but I just found you channel and it's very interesting! I've wanted to be a mechanical engineer ever sense I can remember and it's cool to learn about some things I've never heard about on your channel.
Wednesdays definitely come BEFORE Thursdays
Technically true that Wednesdays do come after Thursdays, until the end.
But Wednesdays do come after Thursdays. 6 days after to be precise.
OK ….. I’m addicted to your videos. I love to find out how things work, even things that don’t impinge on my life.
Your efforts are appreciated, thank you.
just found this channel. great stuff keep it up
Tuned Mass Damper is my favorite ELP song.
This was the first video you guys uploaded? I came to it by chance. So great!!! :D
I'm not an engineer or anything of the sort but love the videos, content and presentation - so glad I found your channel!
"Profoundly uncomfortable"? try "Utterly terrifying" lol
9:36. “A one percent-er on the top floor to lose his caviar... Hilarious! I love it.
I am doing a project on mass-spring-damper systems and this was extremely informative and helpful, thank you!
Fascinating. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
That was really interesting, nice video :-)
+MrGeolites Thank you
those "GOOGLY EYES" must be the scientific kind..... lol. Well, you sold me on this video, I hit the subscribe button. I have been designing & building things for as long as I can remember for about 37 years... and one thing that never clicked in my head was your (triangle chart) of the inexpensive, effective, innovative. I am at a constant battle with myself. I go through the whole design game of crunching numbers to the best of my ability, to insure that I know where the minimum and an approximate maximum threshold would be or needs to be. My battle comes into play out of fear of something not being strong enough, lite enough, heavy enough, etc., of which results in my over designing and over building something, when certain factors are not an issue. Quite often, over the years, folks will mention to me, after seeing a project, they'll say, "WOW Drew... it is not going on the space shuttle", or "you building that to go to war"... Although I laugh with them, it actually does bug me, that I over design & build everything. My point that I think I'm trying to get to, is; until I seen your triangle chart, I never had anything to go off of, as per, balance. All three points can be measured, and graphed, to aid in forming a balance of the minimum and maximum tolerances. The shocking part of this triangle chart, is that it is so rudely simple, like a slap in my face, as I question myself, "how did I never see this", even though I was already doing this. Some how, seeing this chart, lets me see these variants as a starting or stopping point. Thank you.
Thanks Dru. Really glad you liked the video!
Great explainer! I was just talking about Taipei 101 to my high school students, but didn't understand the whole mechanism. This cleared it quite nicely
Great video. All the concepts were explained clearly and simply.
nice video and explanation. which software did you use to simulate the shaking of building in starting.
+Sameer Tuteja phun
Algodoo
I believe it is algodoo, which is newer than phun, but they are almost exactly the same thing.
Hey, I'd love to see a video about the engineering of a simple bicycle wheel!
Your videos are soo enjoyable. I wish this year is the best for you!
just discovered your chanel (with the sand car experiment), I'm born again. Thank you! (gretting from France!)