In this article, a novel application of a semi active posicast control scheme for structures with magneto-rheological (MR) dampers is presented. MR dampers are considered to be highly promising of semi-active control systems, which are becoming increasingly popular for alleviating the effects of dynamic loads on civil engineering structures because they combine the merits of both passive and active control systems. The main contribution of this article relates to the design, application, tuning and performance evaluation of the novel posicast control scheme for structural control. The efficiency of the suggested control strategy was evaluated by performing numerical simulations of a benchmark three-storey building with an MR damper, rigidly attached between the first floor and the ground. The damper's behaviour was simulated using the Bouc-Wen model. Seven evaluation criteria were used to assess the performance of the proposed posicast control scheme in reducing the excited structure's responses to dynamic loading. The simulation's results indicated that the posicast control scheme had significant advantages over conventional alternatives in terms of performance and efficiency.

In this research effort, a novel approach on the control of structures with magnetorheological (MR) dampers is presented, based on an appropriately adapted closed-loop version of the generic input shaping control theory. The MR damper is a very promising kind of semi-active control system (actuator), mixing the advantages of the active and passive structural control systems, hence their increasing use as attenuators that reject the effects of dynamic loads on civil engineering structures. The main contribution of this article is the application and performance evaluation of the novel 'Linear Matrix Inequality-based' feedback version of the input shaping control theory for the first time in the area of structural control. The need for the use of a feedback version of input shaping control stems from the design trade-off between robustness and speed of response requirements. A simulation of a benchmark three-story building with one MR damper is employed to verify the efficiency of the proposed control approach. The nonlinear behaviour of the MR damper, rigidly connected between the first floor of the structure and the ground, is captured by the well-known Bouc-Wen model. The superiority and effectiveness of the proposed scheme in reducing the responses of the structure were proved using seven quantifiable evaluation criteria and by comparing these results with those achieved by classical and well-established alternative control schemes.

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