A. Preumont ... 436 pages - Publisher: Springer; 3rd edition (July, 2011) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 9400720327 - ISBN-13: 978-9400720329 ...
This text is an introduction to the dynamics of active structures and
to the feedback control of lightly damped flexible structures; the
emphasis is placed on basic issues and simple control strategies that
work.
Now in its third edition, more chapters have been added, and
comments and feedback from readers have been taken into account, while
at the same time the unique premise of bridging the gap between
structure and control has remained. Many examples and problems bring
the subject to life and take the audience from theory to practice.
The
book has chapters dealing with some concepts in structural dynamics;
electromagnetic and piezoelectric transducers; piezoelectric beam, plate
and truss; passive damping with piezoelectric transducers; collocated
versus non-collocated control; active damping with collocated systems;
vibration isolation; state space approach; analysis and synthesis in the
frequency domain; optimal control; controllability and observability;
stability; applications; tendon control of cable structures; active
control of large telescopes; and semi-active control. The book concludes
with an exhaustive bibliography and index.
This book is
intended for structural engineers who want to acquire some background in
vibration control; it can be used as a textbook for a graduate course
on vibration control or active structures.
A solutions manual is available through the publisher to teachers using this book as a textbook.