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Automatic Active Control of Tall Buildings

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Control of structures

Part of the book series: Mechanics of Elastic Stability ((MEST,volume 11))

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In this chapter, the automatic control techniques, which are applied to control tall buildings against wind forces, are presented. It is intended to develop a practically useful control mechanism and to consider the time delay effect on the effectiveness of the control. The tall buildings to be considered here are those which can be modelled as cantilever tube type structures. The tall buildings’ response against wind shall be considered first, and various control techniques shall be analyzed in detail.

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    H. H. E. Leipholz

  2. University of Kuwait, Kuwait

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Leipholz, H.H.E., Abdel-Rohman, M. (1986). Automatic Active Control of Tall Buildings. In: Control of structures. Mechanics of Elastic Stability, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4402-2_4

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