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    Kenneth Maples proposes to develop an optimal control system for a tuned mass damper to minimize building vibration during strong earthquakes. He will apply optimal control theory learned from Professor Gu to improve upon a previous linear control system. The research will use numerical models to verify an optimized controller that minimizes a selected cost function. Prior work on tuned mass damper control systems and coursework in control theory and linear algebra will inform the mathematical modeling approach.

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    Kenneth Maples proposes to develop an optimal control system for a tuned mass damper to minimize building vibration during strong earthquakes. He will apply optimal control theory learned from Professor Gu to improve upon a previous linear control system. The research will use numerical models to verify an optimized controller that minimizes a selected cost function. Prior work on tuned mass damper control systems and coursework in control theory and linear algebra will inform the mathematical modeling approach.

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    Harvey Mudd College Senior Thesis

    Mathematics Spring, 2005

    Research Proposal:
    Optimal Control of Tuned Mass Damper
    During Strong Earthquake
    Kenneth B. Maples
    Faculty Advisor: Prof. Weiqing Gu

    1 Introduction
    My thesis will develop an application of optimal control to a specific control system
    from structural engineering. With Professor Gu, I will first investigate optimal con-
    trol from a mathematical standpoint and gain an understanding of the theory and
    techniques. Then, I will apply these techniques to the problem to be studied.
    Optimal control is important as a method to create the provably best solution for
    control problems in engineering and science. By selecting an optimization function,
    the controller minimizing the function according to selected criteria can be deter-
    mined.

    2 Proposed Research
    My thesis will determine an appropriate optimization function and the corresponding
    controller configuration and parameters for the control scheme presented by Sone,
    Yamamoto, and Masuda [1]. The controller is designed to minimize vibrational dam-
    age to a multistory building by providing an actively generated reaction force on the
    top floor of the building. The system is non-linear and requires state-space control
    techniques. The system proposed by Sone et. al. uses a linear approximation and
    does not appear to use optimal control techniques. My research will try to reduce the
    assumptions they employed as well as optimize their controlling system.
    Although this project is interdisciplinary, my focus is on the mathematical devel-
    opments and theoretical control of the building rather than the physical controller
    design. I plan to use numerical models to verify the performance of the controller.

    3 Prior Research
    The thesis will draw from the work developed by Sone, Yamamoto, and Masuda [1]
    as well as works cited by them for the configuration of the controller. For the math-
    ematics I will draw from coursework in my previous three classes in the Engineering
    Systems series and my course in Advanced Linear Algebra. My prior reading in
    control systems includes Modern Control Engineering by Katsuhiko Ogata [2]. In
    addition, I will be working on math research this summer in optimal control.

    1
    References
    [1] A. Sone, S. Yamamoto, & A. Masuda, Sliding Mode Control for Building Us-
    ing Tuned Mass Damper with Pendulum and Lever Mechanism during Strong
    Earthquake, Copy available on request.

    [2] K. Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, Prentice Hall, 2001.

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