Active control and reliability of a structure under wind excitation

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 74-76, Issue , 1998, Pages 1047-1055

  Battaini, M ^a   Breitung, K ^a   Casciati, F ^a   Faravelli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; FUZZY CONTROL; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY; WIND EFFECTS;

ACTIVE CONTROL; LIMIT STATE FUNCTION; RESPONSE SURFACE APPROACH;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CONTROL; STABILITY; WIND LOAD;

EID: 0032051696     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(98)00096-8     Document Type: Article

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