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Robust Control of Building Structures Under Uncertain Conditions

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Base-isolated building; Building structure; Earthquake response; Interval analysis; Passive damper; Robust control; Structural control; Uncertain parameter

Introduction

Design can be regarded as an action with decision making for finding an acceptable outcome satisfying (usually optimally) a set of specified requirements called design constraints. In general, the design model (design object), the objective function, and the design constraints include various uncertainties. For example, mechanical properties of structural members have variability due to initial manufacturing errors, material deterioration, and temperature dependence (see Fig. 1). Young’s moduli and strengths of concrete exhibiting large variability and strengths of steel indicate not a small uncertainty. In addition, it is well known that passive dampers used in structural control and base-isolation systems have a large degree of variability compared to ordinary structural members. This characteristic is...

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  1. Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, 615-8540, Kyoto, Japan

    Izuru Takewaki

  2. RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Kyoto, Japan

    Kohei Fujita

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Correspondence to Izuru Takewaki .

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  1. Institute for Computer Science in Civil Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Michael Beer

  2. Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

  3. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Sustainability, Liverpool, UK

    Edoardo Patelli

  4. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Dynamics, Liverpool, UK

    Siu-Kui Au

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Takewaki, I., Fujita, K. (2015). Robust Control of Building Structures Under Uncertain Conditions. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_161

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