This comprehensive handbook is designed to provide the reader with the knowledge needed to successfully implement an active, hybrid or semi-active control system to a structure, safeguarding it against environmental forces such as wind or earthquakes. Written by leading experts in structural control, this book:

• Emphasises fail-safe techniques and validates their implementation through simulations.
• Examines the implicit issues between theoretical development and actual implementation of systems.
• Identifies important hardware and software safety features.
• Describes a PC-based system simulator, which simulates the real-time response of structure and control hardware.

Active, Hybrid and Semi-active Structural Control is a must have reference for researchers, practitioners and design engineers working in civil, aerospace, automotive and mechanical engineering. It is undoubtedly the key resource for all postgraduate students in this rapidly growing area of research interest and development.

Active, Hybrid and Semi-active Structural Control is a must have reference for researchers, practitioners and design engineers working in civil, aerospace, automotive and mechanical engineering. It is undoubtedly the key resource for all postgraduate students in this rapidly growing area of research interest and development.

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This comprehensive handbook is designed to provide you with the knowledge needed to successfully implement an active, hybrid or semi-active control system to a structure for safeguarding it against environmental forces such as wind or earthquakes.

Important issues involved in the integrated implementation of active control systems are addressed along with key features: * With fantastic breadth of information, Soong covers practical control techniques and validation of implementation through simulations. * Great emphasis on fail-safe techniques and validation of the implementation through simulations is the technical strength of the work.

A must have reference on the desktop of any researchers, practitioners and design engineers working in civil, aerospace, automotive and mechanical engineering. Undoubtably the key resource for all postgraduate students in the field leanding to the superbly organised collection of information from the control engineering area.

Preface.

1 Introduction.

1.1 General.

1.2 Basic Principles.

1.3 State-of-the-Practice.

1.4 Implementation-Related Issues.

1.5 Organization.

2 Hardware Description.

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Active Control Force Generation System.

2.3 Measuring Equipment.

2.4 Signal Interface System.

2.5 Digital Control System.

2.6 Case Study.

3 Control Software Implementation.

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Practical Considerations.

3.3 Digital Control System (Software).

3.4 Appropriate Design Morphology.

3.5 Case Study.

4 Theoretical and Practical Control Techniques.

4.1 General.

4.2 Continuous-Time Optimal Direct Output Feedback.

4.3 Effect of Time Delay.

4.4 Discrete-Time Control Analysis and Design.

4.5 Analytical Simulations of Discrete-Time Control.

4.6 Case Study.

5 Control Performance Verification.

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Real-Time Structural Simulator.

5.3 Real-Time Control Verification of the Hybrid/Active Mass Damper Model.

5.4 Case Study.

6 Summary.

6.1 Directions of Future Development.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.