Optimal Allocation and Control of Magnetorheological Dampers for Enhancing Seismic Performance of the Adjacent Structures Using Whale Optimization Algorithm

Table 1

The pseudocode of Step 7 of the design process.

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For each individual position, calculate the fitness value with the following steps:

Judge whether the total number of MR dampers is smaller than N_maxD.

If yes,

   find out the information of the MR damper allocation, including which pairs of adjacent floors are linked by

   MR dampers and corresponding damper number for each pair of the adjacent floor

   determine the matrices Γ_{(2n + l,n)}, B, and D_f defined in equations (1), (10), and (8), respectively

   generate an FLC

   calculate the fitness value according to the objective function

else

   let the fitness value = 1

end

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