Semi-decentralized Strategies in Structural Vibration Control

• Main Authors: F. Palacios-Quiñonero, J.M. Rossell, H.R. Karimi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Society of Automatic Control 2011-04-01
• Series: Modeling, Identification and Control
• Subjects: Decentralized control; Structural Vibration Control
• Online Access: http://www.mic-journal.no/PDF/2011/MIC-2011-2-2.pdf

In this work, the main ideas involved in the design of overlapping and multi-overlapping controllers via the Inclusion Principle are discussed and illustrated in the context of the Structural Vibration Control of tall buildings under seismic excitation. A detailed theoretical background on the Inclusion Principle and the design of overlapping controllers is provided. Overlapping and multi-overlapping LQR controllers are designed for a simplified five-story building model. Numerical simulations are conducted to asses the performance of the proposed semi-decentralized controllers with positive results.