Full-Scale Active Control Research and Implementation

几年来，现在的进展是，大规模实施是可行的。近年来，日本已经建造并测试了全尺寸的原型系统，拟议的系统包括一个150英尺高的塔式研究结构，将在俄亥俄州阿克伦的国家发明家名人堂组装。该塔将能够受到(I)模拟地震、(Ii)自然风和(Iii)其他类型的机械运动的动态激励。并将纳入一些功能，以使最先进的主动控制技术能够被开发和测试。该项目将由一个以工业和学术为基础的合作研究团队进行。

This project concerns research, development, design and implementation of a large-scale active control structural system. Considerable analytical and experimental works have been carried out in active control of civil engineering structures under environmental loads over the past 20 years, and now the progress is such that large-scale implementation is feasible. Full-scale prototype systems have been built and tested in Japan in recent years, but no full-scale research and state-of- the-art system of this important new technology in the U.S. has been developed to date. The proposed system comprises a 150- foot high tower research structure to be assembled at the National Inventor's Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio. The tower will be capable of dynamic excitations by (i) simulated earthquakes, (ii) natural winds, and (iii) other types of motions by mechanical means. The design will be flexible, permitting the dynamic properties and control configuration of the tower to be varied for research use, and will incorporate features to enable state-of-the-art active control techniques to be developed and tested. The project will be carried out by a collaborative industrial and academic based research team.