Engineering Research Equipment: Full Scale Component Testing and Digital Control System Upgrade

该项目为圣母大学结构控制研究的实验设备升级提供了支持。将购买的新设备包括用于全尺寸部件测试的大容量液压执行器和新的控制硬件/软件，这些硬件/软件将专门用于工程中的跨学科研究。该设备将用于支持当前和未来在结构的主动/混合、半主动和被动控制方面的研究工作，以减轻风灾和地震灾害。大容量执行器将允许对全尺寸控制设备进行测试，以展示其可扩展性。这种部件测试对于该行业接受新的控制技术是必不可少的。此外，还需要新的数字控制器来支持巴黎圣母院地震模拟器上的模型测试。购买这种设备预计将加快可在全尺寸结构中实施的控制设备/策略的开发。

This project provides support for experimental equipment upgrading for structural control research at University of Notre Dame. The new equipment to be purchased include a large capacity hydraulic actuator for full-scale component testing and new control hardware/software which will be dedicated to interdisciplinary research in engineering. The equipment will be used to support current and future research efforts in active/hybrid, semi-active and passive control of structures for wind and earthquake hazard mitigation. The large capacity actuator will allow for testing of full-scale control devices to demonstrate their scalability.. Such component testing is essential to the acceptance of new control technology by the profession. In addition, new digital controllers are requested in support of the model testing on Notre Dame's seismic simulator. Acquisition of this equipment is expected to accelerate development of control devices/strategies that are implementable in full-scale structures.