State of the Art of Structural Control

t years, considerable attention has been paid to research lopment of structural control devices, with particular emn alleviation of wind and seismic response of buildings ges. In both areas, serious efforts have been undertaken in wo decades to develop the structural control concept into ble technology. Full-scale implementation of active conms have been accomplished in several structures, mainly ; however, cost effectiveness and reliability considerve limited their wide spread acceptance. Because of their cal simplicity, low power requirements, and large, conforce capacity, semiactive systems provide an attractive ve to active and hybrid control systems for structural vieduction. In this paper we review the recent and rapid ents in semiactive structural control and its implemenfull-scale structures.