Semi-active adaptive control of seismically excited 20-story nonlinear building Academic Article

abstract

• An adaptive controller has adjustable parameters and a mechanism for modifying them. It can continuously monitor its own performance in relation to a given condition and has a means of modifying its own parameters by a closed loop action to approach optimum performance. The effectiveness of using the Simple Adaptive Control Method (SACM) to enhance the performance of structures with linear behavior was previously studied. In this study, the SACM is used to control the response of a tall building with nonlinear behavior and equipped with magnetorheological (MR) dampers. The performance of SACM is compared with other control methods and results show that this method is successful to improve the structural performance of a nonlinear building subjected to earthquakes. 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

authors

• Hurlebaus, Stefan

published proceedings

• ENGINEERING STRUCTURES

author list (cited authors)

• Bitaraf, M., & Hurlebaus, S.

citation count

• 39

complete list of authors

• Bitaraf, Maryam||Hurlebaus, Stefan

publication date

• November 2013

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Engineering Structures  Journal

keywords

• Adaptive Control Method
• Mr Damper
• Nonlinear Behavior
• Semi-active Control Device

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.08.031

start page

• 2107

end page

• 2118

volume

• 56

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.engstruct.2013.08.031