4th International Workshop on Structural Control

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Key new technologies for structural health monitoring New sensor and sensing network techniques Performance & seismic data for actual and simulated construction This new book presents the most up-to-date research and applications on sensing technologies to monitor and control the structure and health of buildings, bridges, installations, and other constructed facilities. Written by scientists from Europe, Japan, Korea, the USA and China, the book provides engineering information on how to incorporate sensing devices and networks into buildings and how to collect and manage the data they generate. Original knowledge from all parts of the world is given for monitoring actual as well as simulated structures. Chapters are based on presentations from the International Workshop on Structural Control, held in June, 2004, and supported by the IASCM (International Association of Structural Control and Monitoring), the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and the Fu Foundation of Engineering and Applied Science. MAJOR DIVISIONS OF THE BOOK & SELECTED PAPER TITLES Recent Developments Advances in the USA * Overview of Technical Research in Europe * Practices in Japan * Monitoring Technologies in Korea Distributed Sensing for Structural Systems Structural Health Using MEMS * Networked Sensing for Health Monitoring * Converting Large Sensor Array Data into Structural Health Information Structural Control Technologies Active Control & System Identification * LMI Synthesis * Hybrid Damper Actuator Bracing * Seismic Performance of Smart Base-Isolated Buildings * Systems for Bridges * New Magneto-Rheological Fluid Valve * Tensegrity Structure Learning * Stiffness Dampers Future Directions for Structural Health Monitoring Wireless Sensor Systems * Continuous Monitoring Data * Instantaneous Modal Parameters * MEMS Sensors * GPS and Health Monitoring International Scientific Collaboration Dynamic Interactions in Cable-Stayed Bridges * ISEE: Platform for Collaborative Hybrid Tests Research Needs in Structural Control and Monitoring Challenges and Opportunities in the Engineering of Intelligent Systems