Smart Structures and Systems
Volume 14, Number 5, 2014, pages 981-1004
DOI: 10.12989/sss.2014.14.5.981
Toward a paradigm for civil structural control
S. Casciati, A.G. Chassiakos and S.F. Masri
Abstract
Structural control is a very broad field combining the areas of automatic control and structural engineering, with applications ranging from aerospace and mechanical engineering to building and civil infrastructure systems. In this paper, the focus is placed on civil engineering applications only. The goal is to address the issues concurring to form the scientific paradigm. As a resut, possible future directions of research into this field are identified.
Key Words
design; paradigm; research program; structural code; structural control
Address
S. Casciati: Department DICAR, School of Architecture, University of Catania at Siracusa, piazza Federico di
Svevia, 96100 Siracusa, Italy
A.G. Chassiakos: College of Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd,
Long Beach, CA 90840, USA
S.F. Masri:Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kaprielian Hall, 206A, 3620 S.
Vermont Avenue, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089‐2531, USA