Active control of highway bridges subject to a variety of earthquake loads

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2015-02-12
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Inthispaper,awavelet-filteredgenetic-neuro-fuzzy(WGNF)controlsystemdesignframeworkforresponsecontrolofahighwaybridgeundervariousearthquakeloadsisdiscussed.TheWGNFcontrollerisdevelopedbycombiningfuzzylogic,discretewavelettransform,geneticalgorithms,andneuralnetworksforuseasacontrolalgorithm.ToevaluatetheperformanceoftheWGNFalgorithm,itistestedonahighwaybridgeequippedwithhydraulicactuators.Itcontrolstheactuatorsinstalledontheabutmentsofthehighwaybridgestructure.Variousearthquakesusedasinputsignalsincludeanartificialearthquake,theEl-Centro,Kobe,NorthPalmSprings,TurkeyBolu,Chi-Chi,andNorthridgeearthquakes.ItisprovedthattheWGNFcontrolsystemiseffectiveinmitigatingthevibrationofthehighwaybridgeunderavarietyofseismicexcitation.