Active Control of Structures Review

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(More customer reviews)One of the authors, Prof. Seto, has been leading active control technology development in Japan for more than 20 years. The latter half of this book is full of his experiences applied to tall buildings and long span bridegs. Illustrations of these successfull applications are good part of this book. Unfortunately, applications to motor vehicles and aerospace structures are not disclosed. The theories introduced in this book is relatrively easy to understand even for college students. The reason may be because the theory the authors used is a little bit classic. So, if you like mathematics, then this book is not for you. However, if you are engineers who seek real things, you should read this book.

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With Active Control of Structures, two global pioneers present the state-of-the-art in the theory, design and application of active vibration control. As the demand for high performance structural systems increases, so will the demand for information and innovation in structural vibration control; this book provides an effective treatise of the subject that will meet this requirement. The authors introduce active vibration control through the use of smart materials and structures, semi-active control devices and a variety of feedback options; they then discuss topics including methods and devices in civil structures, modal analysis, active control of high-rise buildings and bridge towers, active tendon control of cable structures, and active and semi-active isolation in mechanical structures.
Active Control of Structures:
Discusses new types of vibration control methods and devices, including the newly developed reduced-order physical modelling method for structural control;
Introduces triple high-rise buildings connected by active control bridges as devised by Professor Seto;
Offers a design strategy from modelling to controller design for flexible structures;
Makes prolific use of practical examples and figures to describe the topics and technology in an intelligible manner.

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