Monitoring and control of smart civil infrastructure systems (Q2725714)

Based on many discussions, it seems highly desirable to encourage structural engineers and architects to seriously consider exploiting the capabilities of structural control for renewing threatened existing structures and also enhancing the performance of prospective new structures that may be subjected to strong earthquake shaking.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEEven though a considerable amount of progress has been achieved in the field of seismic response control using various passive and active approaches, there are still many diverse research topics related to the control and monitoring of structural systems that need study and await resolution before the promise of the smart structures and materials technology is fully realized in the context of seismic response control of civil infrastructure systems. Progress in the field will be expedited by international efforts involving worldwide collaborative research projects, exchange of personnel, jointly organized tests, and exchange of data and technical information.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0959.00020].