@ARTICLE{Reiterer_Michael_Damping_2005,
 author={Reiterer, Michael and Hochrainer, Markus J.},
 volume={vol. 52},
 number={No 3},
 journal={Archive of Mechanical Engineering},
 pages={245-252},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2005},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Machine Building},
 abstract={The application of tuned liquid column dampers (TLCD) for suppressing excessive lateral pedestrian-induced vibrations of footbridges is investigated experimentally and numerically. In order to study the effectiveness of TLCD, a novel three-degree-of-freedom (DOF) bridge model is constructed in the laboratory of the TU-Institute. A single TLCD is attached to the bridge model to counteract the bridge's fundamental vibration mode. Modal tuning of the TLCD is performed using an analogy to tuned mass damper (TMD). A new excitation device has been developed for simulating the time-periodic contact forces due to walking pedestrians. All vibration tests performed indicate a large reduction of the maximum lateral vibration response amplitude. In order to verify the experimental results, numerical simulations of the laboratory model are performed, which show a good agreement. The application ofTLCD at least doubles the effective modal damping coefficient when compared to the original bridge model.},
 type={Article},
 title={Damping of footbridge vibrations by tuned liquid column dampers: A novel experimental model set-up},
 URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/124978/PDF/4_MECHANICAL_52_2005_3_Reiterer_Damping.pdf},
 keywords={tuned mass damper, Den Hartog tuning, effective damping, pedestrian induced vibrations},
}