Semiactive Control of Nonlinear Structures (NEES-2005-0021)

<p><strong>Title</strong>: Semiactive Control of Nonlinear Structures (NEES-2005-0021)</p> <p><strong>Year Of Curation: </strong>2015</p> <p><strong>Description: </strong>This pre-NEESR project will conduct fast-hybrid testing at the CU NEES FHT facility using large-scale Magneto-Rheological fluid dampers (built by the Lord Corporation) as semiactive control devices distributed throughout a simulated structure for seismic protection.              </p> <p><strong>Award: </strong>http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0612661</p> <p><strong>PIs & CoPIs: </strong>Richard Christenson</p> <p><strong>Dates: </strong>May 16, 2005 - September 30, 2007</p> <p><strong>Organizations: </strong><br /> Rensselaer Polytechnic University, NY, United States<br /> Texas A & M University, TX, United States<br /> University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, United States<br /> University of Connecticut, CT, United States<br /> Utah State University, UT, United States<br /> Washington University, MO, United States</p> <p><strong>Facilities: </strong>nonlinear structure, structural damping, real-time hybrid simulation, magneto-rheological fluid damper</p> <p><strong>Sponsor: </strong>NSF - 0612661</p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong></p> <p><strong>Publications: </strong><br /> Yi Lin, "Real-Time Hybrid Testing of an MR Damper for Response-Prediction"<br /> Aly Mousaad Aly Sayed Ahmed, Richard Christenson, "On the evaluation of the efficacy of a smart damper: a new equivalent energy-based probabilistic approach."</p> <nb:citations></nb:citations>