Abstract: This paper proposes a general control system for building structures by active tendons. The practical feasibility of the control system is numerically tested by a discrete‐time mathematical model, which takes into account ...

Abstract: This paper is continuation of a companion paper in which a numerical assessment about the efficiency and the robustness of predictive control of structures was performed on single‐degree‐of‐freedom systems. In this paper ...

Abstract: In this and a companion paper, a methodology for implementation of modal predictive control of structures is described. Predictive control is formulated, within an independent modal space control (IMSC) approach, for the ...

Abstract: This paper presents a general strategy to select the numerical values of the coefficients defining an uniaxial tensioned concrete equivalent constitutive relationship to simulate, under serviceability conditions, the ...