An innovative concept, smart structural systems have proven to be extremely effective in absorbing damaging energy and counteracting potentially devastating force, thus limiting structural collapse and subsequent injury. This text organizes current research and technology to provide researchers, practicing engineers, and advanced students with the means to learn about and apply the very latest smart structure innovations. Key features include complete mathematical formulations and numerical procedures, new technologies, design guidelines and examples based on current official codes, consideration of smart structures on a variety of foundations, and discussion of the use of smart structures with passive or semi-active devices.

Franklin Y. Cheng, Hongping Jiang, Kangyu Lou

Preface. Acknowledgements. About the Authors. Basic Concept of Smart Structure Systems. Base Isolation Systems. Damping Systems. Smart Seismic Structures Using Active Control Systems. Smart Seismic Structures Using Semiactive and Hybrid Control Systems.Sensing and Data Acquisition Systems for Smart Seismic Structures. Optimal Device Placement for Smart Seismic Structures.
Active Control Considering Soil-Structure Interaction. Active Control Considering Soil-Structure Interaction. Hybrid Control of Structures on Shallow Foundation with Existing and Generated Earthquakes. Appendix A: MATLAB. Appendix B: Green's Function. Appendix C: Element Stiffness and Mass Coefficients.