Discrete instantaneous optimal control method

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10.22099/ijstc.2004.792

Abstract

A control algorithm based on the instantaneous optimal control method is presented for on-line control of structures subjected to earthquake excitations. This algorithm employs the digital state-space equation to discretize the continuous dynamical equation of motion, and named discrete instantaneous optimal control method. Based on the Lyapunov stability method, a procedure to obtain a discrete stable weighting matrix is developed. To demonstrate the precision and the efficiency of the proposed control algorithm an 8-story shear-type building frame equipped with one active mass damper/driver (AMD) mechanism is used. Behavior of different weighting matrices is also examined.         
 

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