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Actively and Semi-actively Controlled Structures Under Seismic Actions: Modeling and Analysis

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Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering

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Active control; Control algorithms; Hybrid control; Semi-active control; Structural control

Introduction

Structural control of seismically excited buildings and other civil structures has attracted considerable attention in recent years. The objective of this entry is to present how seismic design of structures can benefit from the structural control concepts and applications. For this purpose, control theory as applied in other engineering disciplines is adjusted and appropriately modified, where needed, in order to propose integrated control procedures suitable for civil structures subjected to earthquake excitation.

Two approaches can be taken to help buildings withstand seismic excitations. The first involves designing the structure with sufficient strength, stiffness, and inelastic deformation capacity to withstand an earthquake. The choice of material used in construction and the soil beneath the structure are important factors that influence structural vibration and the...

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Surveying and Geoinformatics, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Ag. Spyridonos Str, Egaleo-Athens, 12210, Greece

    Nikos Pnevmatikos

  2. Institute of Steel Structures, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, Zografou Campus, Athens, 15780, Greece

    Charis J. Gantes

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  1. Institute for Computer Science in Civil Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Michael Beer

  2. Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

  3. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Sustainability, Liverpool, UK

    Edoardo Patelli

  4. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Dynamics, Liverpool, UK

    Siu-Kui Au

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Pnevmatikos, N., Gantes, C.J. (2015). Actively and Semi-actively Controlled Structures Under Seismic Actions: Modeling and Analysis. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_146

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