Experimental verification of a wireless sensing and control system for structural control using MR dampers

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1303-1328

  Loh, Chin Hsiung ^a   Lynch, Jerome P ^b   Lu, Kung Chun ^a   Wang, Yang ^c   Chang, Chia Ming ^a   Lin, Pei Yang ^d   Yeh, Ting Hei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decentralized control; LQG control algorithm; MR damper; Wireless active sensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DAMPING; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FORCE CONTROL; RHEOLOGY; SENSORS;

FEEDBACK STRUCTURAL CONTROL; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL (MR) DAMPERS; WIRELESS ACTIVE SENSOR; WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM;

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

ALGORITHM; CONTROL SYSTEM; DAMPING; RHEOLOGY; SHAKING TABLE TEST; STEEL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 34547416483     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.682     Document Type: Article

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