Structural Motion Engineering

This innovative volume provides a systematic treatment of the basic concepts and computational procedures for structural motion design and engineering for civil installations. The authors illustrate the application of motion control to a wide spectrum of buildings through many examples. Topics covered include optimal stiffness distributions for building-type structures, the role of damping in controlling motion, tuned mass dampers, base isolation systems, linear control, and nonlinear control. The book's primary objective the satisfaction of motion-related design requirements such as restrictions on displacement and acceleration and seeks the optimal deployment of material stiffness and motion control devices to achieve these design targets as well as satisfy constraints on strength. The book is ideal for practicing engineers and graduate students.

Broadens practitioners' understanding of structural motion control, the enabling technology for motion-based design Provides readers the tools to satisfy requirements of modern, ultra-high strength materials that lack corresponding stiffness, where the motion requirements control the design Equips engineers and designers to adapt to more-excitable, contemporary structures that experience more structural motion under service loading Explains the severe design constraints attending structures such as micro-device and semiconductor manufacturing centers in which the environment must be virtually motion free Illustrates motion-based energy absorption mechanisms as a cost-effective alternative over inelastic deformation to dissipate energy and control structural response Features nearly 400 figures

Autorentext
Dr. Jerome Connor is Professor of Civil Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Simon Laflamme is Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Part 1. Passive Control.- Optimal Stiffness DistributionStatic Loading.- Optimal Stiffness/Damping for Dynamic Loading.- Optimal Passive Damping Distribution.- Tuned Mass Damper Systems.- Base Isolation Systems.- Part 2. Active and Semi-Active Control.- Applications of Active Control.- Structural Control Dynamics.- Linear Control.- Advanced Control Theory.