Structural Control

The Feasibility of Active Control of Tall Buildings.- A Controllability-Stabilizability Result for the NASA-IEEE Spacecraft Control Laboratory Experiment (S.C.O.L.E.) Configuration.- Identification of Structural Systems Using Walsh Functions.- Compatibility Aspects of Active Control Technologies with Aircraft Structure Design.- Stabilization of Structures under Non-conservative Loads.- An Active Protection System for Wind Induced Vibrations of Pipeline Suspension Bridges.- The Past and Future of Seismic Effectiveness of Tuned Mass Dampers.- Active Minimization of Vibrational Energy in Periodically Excited Structures.- On-Line Parameter Control of Nonlinear Flexible Structures.- Passive Structural Control by Means of Connections with Adaptable Parameters.- Increase in Efficiency and Reliability of Load Bearing Members by Active Deformation Control (5 Papers, pp. 172-220).- Survey, Advantages and Restraints of ADC in Civil Engineering.- Reference Measuring Systems as a Constructional Element of Load Bearing Assemblies with ADC.- Control Design for ADC Girders.- Fluid Technical Unit for Active Control of Deformations.- Modeling and Control of an Industrial Robot with Elastic Components.- Structural Control of Aircraft.- The Effect of Small Structural Changes on Optimized Active Control Systems.- On a New Concept of Active Vibration Damping of Elastic Structures.- Practical Experiences in Passive Vibration Control of Chimneys - Conclusions from wind tunnel and full scale tests.- Active Control of Stresses and Deflections of Elastic Structures by Means of Imposed Distortions.- Active Control Performance Enhancement for Reduced Order Models of Large Scale Systems.- Symmetrizable Structures and Modal Control.- Application of Limiting Performance Concepts to Structural Control Problems.- Semi-Active Control of Wind Induced Oscillations in Structures.- Methods of Optimal Control Applied to a Problem of Nonlinear Systems Identification.- Bounded State Control of Linear Structures.- Rotor-to-Base Control of Rotating Machinery to Minimize Transmitted Force.- Homogenization and Reinforced Structures.- Control Issues for Pseudo Dynamic Testing.- Control of Flutter in Bridges.- On the Control of Instabilities in Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems.- A MESS-like Compensator for Active Control of Selected Modes of a Large Space Structure.- Fundamental Aspects of Structural Control.- Graphical Feedback Stability Criterion for Undamped Continuous Elastic Systems.- Eigenvalue Specification Using Feedback for a Class of Infinite Dimensional Control Systems.- An On-Line Control Algorithm for Inelastic Structures.- Predictive Structural Control.- Approximate Methods for Multiobjective Distributed Control of a Vibrating Beam.- Active Tendon Control System for Wind-Excited Tall Building.- Identification and Model Adjustment of a Hanging Plate Designed for Structural Control Experiments.- Active Control of Floating Structures.- A Standardized Model for Structural Control Experiments and Some Experimental Results.- A General Theory of Nondestructive Damage Detection in Structures.- Discontinuous Pulse Control of Longitudinal Vibrations within a Train Consist.- Reliable Stabilization of Interconnected Systems Using a Switching Multilayer Control Structures.- Optimal Control Algorithms for Earthquake-Excited Building Structures.- Research Topics for Practical Implementation of Structural Control.- Optimal Design and Control of Centrifugally Tuned Dynamic Vibration Absorbers.- Chaotic Instability in Mechanical Systems.