Passive and Active Structural Vibration Control in Civil Engineering

✍ Scribed by T. T. Soong, M. C. Costantinou (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Wien
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 380
• Series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences 345
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Base isolation, passive energy dissipation and active control represent three innovative technologies for protection of structures under environmental loads. Increasingly, they are being applied to the design of new structures or to the retrofit of existing structures against wind, earthquakes and other external loads. This book, with contributions from leading researchers from Japan, Europe, and the United States, presents a balanced view of current research and world-wide development in this exciting and fast expanding field. Basic principles as well as practical design and implementational issues associated with the application of base isolation systems and passive and active control devices to civil engineering structures are carefully addressed. Examples of structural applications are presented and extensively discussed.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages ii-viii
Mechanical Vibrations and Vibration Control....Pages 1-78
Seismic Isolation Systems: Introduction and Overwiew....Pages 81-96
Properties of Sliding Bearings: Theory and Experiments....Pages 97-109
Design and Applications of Sliding Bearings....Pages 111-135
Hybrid Earthquake Loading Tests of Various Types of Base Isolation Bearings....Pages 137-160
Earthquake Energy Partitioning in Bridge Structures with Seismic Isolators....Pages 161-168
Seismic Isolation Development in U.S.: Case Studies....Pages 169-185
Base Isolation Development in Japan — Code Provisions and Implementation....Pages 187-197
Seismic Isolation Development in Europe....Pages 199-208
Principles of Friction, Viscoelastic., Yielding Steel and Fluid Viscous DAMPERS: Properties and Design....Pages 209-240
Principles of TMD and TLD — Basic Principles and Design Procedure....Pages 241-253
Passive Energy Dissipation Development in U.S.....Pages 255-269
Introduction to Active Control....Pages 271-274
Active Control: Concepts and Strategies....Pages 275-318
Active Control Experiments and Structural Testing....Pages 319-344
Active Control Development in the U.S. and Case Studies....Pages 345-354
Active and Hybrid Control Development in Japan....Pages 355-371
Summary and Concluding Remarks....Pages 373-380

✦ Subjects

Control Structures and Microprogramming; Input/Output and Data Communications; System Performance and Evaluation; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Building Construction