Workshop: Future Directions of Smart Structures Technology & Experimental Benchmark: 5th International Workshop on Structural Control and Monitoring; Dalian, China; June 5-6, 2

该项目将支持年轻和成熟的研究人员参加2008年6月5-6日在大连举行的结构控制和监测国际研讨会，中国。美国研究人员将与致力于智能结构技术领域的国际研究人员互动，制定未来结构控制和结构健康监测领域的研究方向。研讨会参与者将制定一个国际实验基准问题的工程细节，供美国和台湾国家地震工程研究中心的其他国际科学家使用。完成后，这一试验性基准问题将用于评估各种控制方法和结构健康监测方案的适用性，这些方法和方案正由研究界研究在建筑结构上实施。这将提供一个共同的平台和量化框架，以便在现实的实际环境中测试和验证不同的控制和监测概念。这将极大地促进将研究成果转化为实践，从而有望提高建筑结构在动态力作用下的安全性和性能。建议青年研究人员参加研讨会也将有助于推动他们的研究和专业事业，并促进国际交流与合作活动。

This project will support the travel of young and established researchers to participate in an international workshop on Structural Control and Monitoring in Dalian, China, June 5-6, 2008. The US researchers will interact with international researchers who are working in the area of smart structures technology to formulate future research directions in the area of structural control and structural health monitoring. The workshop participants will develop the engineering details of an international experimental benchmark problem that can be used by the US and other international scientists at the National Center for Research in Earthquake Engineering in Taiwan. When completed, this experimental benchmark problem will be used to evaluate the applicability of various control methods and structural health monitoring schemes that are being studied by the research community for implementation on building structures. This will provide a common platform and quantitative framework to test and validate different control and monitoring concepts in a realistic practical setting. This will immensely facilitate the transfer of research results to practice, which is expected to improve the safety and performance of building structures subjected to dynamic forces. The proposed participation by young researchers in the workshop will also help in advancing their research and professional careers, and promote international exchange and collaboration activities.