Experimentalvalidationofmarket-basedcontrolusingwirelesssensorandactuatornetworks.docVIP

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF MARKET-BASED CONTROL USING WIRELESS SENSOR AND ACTUATOR NETWORKS R. Andrew Swartz1), Yang Wang2), Jerome P. Lynch3), Kincho H. Law4), and Chin-Hsiung Loh5) 1) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA 2) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Tech., Atlanta, GA, USA 3) Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 4) Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA 5) Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China raswartz@mtu.edu, yang.wang@ce.gatech.edu,jerlynch@umich.edu, law@stanford.edu, lohc0220@ccms.ntu.edu.tw Abstract: Structural control is a powerful tool that can effectively limit the undesired responses of civil structures resulting from base motion occurring during a major seismic event. In particular, low cost semi-active control devices (such as varying dampers) are gaining popularity because they accomplish their control objectives by strategically changing the properties of the structure under low power requirements. However, these devices are limited in the amount of force that they can deliver compared to larger (and more costly) active control devices. As a result, high actuator densities are often required to achieve adequate control of a large structure using semi-active control devices. This dense actuator network, coupled with sensors and the structure itself, represents a complex dynamic system that is best controlled through a decentralized approach. In this study, a decentralized market-based control (MBC) solution is adopted for controlling tall buildings that employ a large number of semi-active varying dampers for response mitigation. Specifically, wireless nodes are used to collect response data from sensors (accelerometers