Building seismic behavior improvement using an optimal control algorithm
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Munteanu, Ruben Iacob; Nica, George Bogdan; Calofir, Vasile; Iliescu, Sergiu Stelian; Sirbu, Octavian Tiberiu
- Source
- 2020 IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics (AQTR) Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics (AQTR), 2020 IEEE International Conference on. :1-6 May, 2020
- Subject
- Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
General Topics for Engineers
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Degradation
Analytical models
Force
Buildings
Optimal control
Numerical models
Plastics
control force
simulink
structural control
nonlinear behavior
Force Analogy Method
- Language
Designing civil engineering structures to meet the economic requirements implies that the structural engineer accounts from the early design stage for certain structural damage. The structural damages are thus managed to occur in specified locations and quantity, judging that after the seismic event takes place, the structural rehabilitation can be easily conducted. Recent New Zealand earthquakes events showed that this engineering philosophy can be obsolete: although the structures did not collapsed, the rehabilitation costs in time and money were almost the same as for a new building. This paper investigates the active control technology and their benefits in the case of seismic structural behavior. The optimal control theory together with Force Analogy Method is used and numerically applied for a 10 story RC frame structure. A comparison between the “controlled” and “no control” scenario is performed.