Comparing the various analytical results reported in the literature is often difficult due to the lack of common models, control objectives, etc. A common basis for the comparison is needed to assess the efficacy and relative merits of the various control strategies. In 1997, the ASCE Committee on Structural Control initiated benchmark control activities by sponsoring a benchmark structural control session at the 1997 ASCE Structures Congress. The results of this study were published in a special issue of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics in Vol. Subsequently, the IASC partnered with ASCE to develop the next generation of benchmark problems for dynamically excited buildings.
All researchers are welcome to study the structural control benchmark problem.
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