The performance of structure‐tuned liquid damper systems with different tank geometries

An equivalent mechanical model is employed to study structure‐tuned liquid damper (TLD) systems and evaluate the performance of TLDs having rectangular, vertical‐cylindrical or horizontal‐cylindrical tank shapes, which are placed at the top of a structure. TLD performance is evaluated in terms of effective damping, efficiency and robustness. This theoretical study is limited to small response amplitude such that the natural frequency and the …