Passivity based control of a seismically excited building

Authors:	Alvarez-Icaza Luis, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico Cornejo Cecilia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Topic:	2.1 Control Design
Session:	Control Design II
Keywords:	passive compensation, passivity based control, interconnection and damping assignment

Abstract

The design of a passivity based control law with interconnection and damping assignment to attenuate motion of a building seismically excited is presented. The actuator is a magneto-rheological damper placed between ground and first story. Significant motion reduction is attained when compared with the case of building free response.