Optimal placement of DVFC controllers on buildings subjected to earthquake loading

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-141

  Abdullah, Makola M ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake design; Optimal placement; Tall buildings

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FEEDBACK CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; STATE FEEDBACK; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TALL BUILDINGS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CONTROLLER PLACEMENT; OUTPUT FEEDBACK CONTROL;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

ACTIVE CONTROL; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0033082898     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199902)28:2<127::AID-EQE807>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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