Workshop on Smart Structural Systems

organized for

U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research Programs on

Smart Structural Systems (Auto-adaptive Media)

and

Urban Earthquake Disaster Mitigation

Effector Technology (in Conference Room A)

1. HPFRCC Composite Damper for Structural Control

Hiroshi FUKUYAMA, Haruhiko SUWADA and Yang IISEUNG

2. Behavior of Concrete Encased Steel Composite Columns Using FRC

Hiroshi KURAMOTO, Tomohiro ADACHI and Kiyohiko KAWASAKI

3. Simplified Evaluation Rule for Dynamic Property and Performance of Visco-Elasto-Plastic Damper

Kazuhiko KASAI

4. New Protective Scheme and Analysis Methodologies for a Large Space Frame Using Viscoelastic Dampers

Yoji OOKI, Kazuhiko KASAI, and Shojiro MOTOYUI

5. Finite Element Analysis of Buckling-Restrained Braces Considering Brace-Restrainer Interactions

Kazuhiko KASAI and Pornput SURIYAMONGKOL

6. Effects of Damper Force Range ad Ground Motion Pulse Periods on the Performance of Semi-active Isolation

Henri GAVIN

7. Base Isolation Schemes Integrating the Concept of Semiactive Variable Slip-force Level Dampers

Akira Nishitani, Y.Nitta

8. Magnetorheological Fluids with Improved Stability

Takuya TOMURA, Katsuhiko HATA, Hideo FUJITANI and Shin MORISHITA

9. Development of MR Dampers for Tests with A Large Scale Structure Model

Hiroshi SODEYAMA, Hideo FUJITANI, Satsuya SODA and Katsuaki SUNAKODA

10. Semi-active Seismic Response Control of Building Structures with MR Dampers

Satsuya SODA, Norio IWATA, Hideo FUJITANI, Takeshi HIWATASHI, Yoichi SHIOZAKI and Chikahiro MINOWA

11. Semi-active Control of a Benchmark Cable-Stayed Bridge by Variable Dampers

Kazuhiko KAWASHIMA and Anat RUANGRASSAMEE

12. Practical Design and dynamic performance Considerations in Development of Full-scale MR Dampers

B. F. SPENCER, Jr.

13. Nanotechnology in Structural Engineering?

Robert J. FROSCH

14. Smart Structures Using Piezoelectric Actuators for Vibration Control of Buildings

Takafumi FUJITA

15. Piezoelectric Damper in Smart Structural System

Yoshikazu Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Tamai and Masaki Takeshita

16. Smart Composites with Shape Memory Alloy Fibers

Adolfo MATAMOROS

17. Loading Tests on Mortar-beam Reinforced by Shape Memory Alloy with Super-elastic Property

Toshifumi FUKUTA, Yoshikazu KITAGAWA, Masanori IIBA and Yuji SAKAI

18. Pseudo-dynamic Response Tests on Braced Frames with Self-returning Joint Mechanism

Kenichi OHI, Fumihiro KATANO and Takumi ITO

Structural Systems and Sensing/Monitoring Technology (in Conference Room B)

1. Damage Detection Test Using Large Scale Test Frame

Koichi MORITA, Masaomi TESHIGAWARA

2. Story Damage Detection of Multistory Buildings Using Natural Frequency Shifts of Multiple Modes

Takuji HAMAMOTO, Koichi MORITA and Masaomi TESHIGAWARA

3. Time-varying Modal Identification of Damaged Structures by Monte Carlo Filter/Smoother

Arata MASUDA, Akira SONE and Mohammad NOORI

4. Development of Health Monitoring System for an Existing Building

Masaomi TESHIGAWARA and Hiroshi ISODA

5. Structural Performance Evaluation Using Real-time Measurement of Hysteretic Behavior

W.D. IWAN

6. Development of Real-time Residual Seismic Capacity Evaluation System

Koichi KUSUNOKI and Masaomi TESHIGAWARA

7. Coaxial Cables as Continuous Sensors for Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructures

Genda CHEN, Huimin MU, James L. DREWNIAK and David POMMWENKE

8. Structural Health Monitoring –A new Paradigm

A.M.SERECI, C.D.RADULESCU, D. RADULESCU and W.D. IWAN

9. Magnetoelastic Corrosion Sensing of Steel Cables

Ming L.WANG

10. Damage Detection Using Support Vector Machine on Modal Frequency Patterns for a Building Structure

Akira MITA, Hiromi HAGIWARA

11. Development of Wireless Sensors to Detect Cracks in Welded Steel Construction

Lisa J. NOVAK, Sharon L. WOOD and Dean P. NEIKIRK

12. Bond Characterization Using Active Sensing Diagnostics

Hian-Leng Chan

13. Recent Progress in Structural Health Monitoring of NEDO Smart Material/Structure Program

Nobuo TAKEDA

14. Development of Sensor Network with RT-Linux

Kazuo YOSHIDA and Mizuo INUKAI

15. Shaking Table Tests on Rocking Structural Systems for Their Performance Verification

Tatsuya AZUHATA, Mitsumasa MIDORIKAWA, Y. MATSUBA and Akira WADA

16. Energy-based Seismic Design Method for Passively Controlled Structures

Fides FUENTES and Toshimi KABEYASAWA

17. Predictive Fuzzy Control of Structural Vibration

Hitoshi FURUTA, Michiyuki HIROKANE and Yasutoshi NOMURA

18. An Evolutionary Intelligent Fuzzy Optimal Active Hybrid Control System of Building Structures (Optimization of Method to Change Control Forces)

Kosuke TAKAGI, Akinori TANI, Hiroshi KAWAMURA and Atsushi TAKIZAWA

19. Structural Control Technologies for Retrofit of a Cable Stayed Bridge

Hirokazu IEMURA and Harris PRADONO

20. Hybrid Control System for Base-isolated Buildings

W. L. HE and A.K. AGRAWAL

21. Earthquake Responses of a Cluster of Building Structures Connected with Loose Linking Elements

Masayoshi NAKASHIMA, Tatsumi SHINOHARA, Shigehiro MOROOKA, Maho KOBAYASHI, Noriaki MISAWA, Toru NAKAGAWA, Mitsumasa MIDORIKAWA and Tadashi ISHIHARA