Vibration Control and Actuation of Large-Scale Systems

Vibration Control and Actuation of Large-Scale Systems gives a systematically and self-contained description of the many facets of envisaging, designing, implementing, or experimentally exploring advanced vibration control systems. The book is devoted to the development of mathematical methodologies for vibration analysis and control problems of large-scale systems, including structural dynamics, vehicle dynamics and wind turbines, for example. The research problems addressed in each chapter are well motivated, with numerical and simulation results given in each chapter that reflect best engineering practice.

• Provides a series of the latest results in vibration control, structural control, actuation, component failures, and more
• Gives numerical and simulation results to reflect best engineering practice
• Presents recent advances of theory, technological aspects, and applications of advanced control methodologies in vibration control

1. Static output-feedback vibration control of seismically excited buildings: an effective multi-step approach 2. Analysis of vibration Signals 3. Vibration protection of statues and cultural heritage objects 4. Novel Robust Adaptive Parameter Estimation and Control for Vehicle Active Suspension Systems 5. Robust fault-tolerant Hinf control of seat suspension systems with quantization 6. Design of Small Wind Turbine Structure with Optimized Response in Frequency Domain 7. Vibration suppression of force controllers using Disturbance Observers 8. Implicit Resonances in Time-Delayed Nonlinear Systems 9. Finite-time Vibration Control for Vehicle Active Suspension Systems 10. Fault-tolerant control of vibration control systems 11. Finite-time robust vibration H8 control of vehicle active suspension system 12. Nonlinear Vibrations of Wind Turbine Gear Boxes 13. A review on vibration control and actuation schemes for mechanical systems 14. Vibration control of a negative stiffness mechanism based semi-active seat suspension system 15. Low complexity controller for active vibration damping of thin mechanical structures