
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
A suspended mass damper for torsional and translational vibration control
M. Carlisle & K. Li
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
ABSTRACT: A suspended mass damper (SMD) is a passive vibration control device consisting of a mass
which is suspended in the top region of a structure and is forced into motion, due to inertia, when the structure
is excited. A test structure is used to carry out this experimental investigation. The damper mass is connected
to the structure ...