Enhancing the Structural Performance with Active and Semi-Active Devices Using Adaptive Control Strategy

Changes in the characteristics of the structure, such as damage, have not been considered in most of the active and semi-active control methods that have been used to control and optimize the response of civil engineering structures. In this dissertation, a direct adaptive control which can deal wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bitaraf, Maryam
Other Authors: Hurlebaus, Stefan
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9159