Design of tuned liquid sloshing dampers using nonlinear constraint optimization for across-wind response control of benchmark tall building

Abstract The present study proposes an optimal design methodology of tuned liquid sloshing dampers (TLSDs) installed in wind-excited benchmark tall building. The TLSDs design parameters were determined using proposed optimal design methodology based on nonlinear constraint optimization technique. Top floor peak acceleration was considered as the objective function and maximum value of sloshing depth of liquid as a nonlinear constraint for the design purpose. The classical nonlinear shallow water wave theory was used for the simulation of liquid sloshing, and the basic equations of nonlinear liquid sloshing were solved using the Lax Finite Difference Scheme. The governing equations of motion of combined structure-TLSDs system were expressed as state-space variables and structural response was numerically simulated. The findings were presented and assessed on the basis of a comparison between power spectral density functions, time history analysis, root mean square, peak response, and performance criteria for benchmark building with and without TLSDs. The off-tuning effect of TLSDs due to ± 15 % uncertainty in the building stiffness was also investigated. Further, an attempt has been made to present the control effectiveness of TLSDs in time–frequency domain (wavelet scalogram) using continuous wavelet transformation technique. The optimal TLSDs design based on the proposed methodology was found to be quite effective in serviceability-based design of benchmark tall building under wind loads and can be very useful for the practical design of TLSDs.