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Modeling Human-Structure Interaction Using Control Models: External Excitation

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Modeling the human-structure interaction (HSI) phenomenon on flexible structure when a person is performing an activity such as dancing remains a challenge. Human activity on a flexible structure can generate excessive vibrations that can cause serviceability problems. Traditional models for human-structure interaction considered the human as a mass-spring-damper system that do not allow the use of external excitation to the human (e.g. music). Recently, researchers have proposed the use of control systems to model the human that will allow the use of external excitation. However, the use of control laws for modeling human-structure interaction has only been performed when the human is standing. This paper focuses on expanding these models to model people in motion. The paper presents an experimental study describing testing on a cantilever structure. The uncertainty of the models is estimated using Bayesian inference.

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Alzubaidi, A.T., Caicedo, J.M. (2019). Modeling Human-Structure Interaction Using Control Models: External Excitation. In: Pakzad, S. (eds) Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74421-6_24

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