Design of viscous fluid passive structural control systems using pole assignment algorithm

SUMMARY A methodology is developed for the design of optimum viscous fluid passive energy dissipation systems using pole assignment active control algorithm. In this method, the procedure to assign the new structural poles is slightly modified such that the resulting structural properties (i.e., the optimum locations of system poles) can be achieved merely by modification of structural stiffness and addition of a passive control system. A combination of stiffness reduction and increase of damping is utilized to reduce both acceleration and displacement response. It is shown that the control systems designed using this method provide structural performances slightly better than or close to those of ordinarily designed optimum passive systems. Furthermore, by an educated selection of the locations of the structural poles, the proposed method provides more versatility in the design of passive control systems. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Received 21 April 2013; Revised 12 October 2013; Accepted 19 October 2013

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