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A design concept of autonomous controller for improving seismic proof capability of semi-active control device

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  1. Department of Construction Engineering, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, 811, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    M.-H. Shih (Professor)

  2. Department of Landscape Architecture, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, 41111, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    W.-P. Sung (Professor)

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Shih, MH., Sung, WP. A design concept of autonomous controller for improving seismic proof capability of semi-active control device. Exp Tech 34, 20–26 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1567.2009.00534.x

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