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Earthquake Ground Motion Matching on a Small Electric Shaking Table Using a Combined NN-PDFF Controller
Joint Authors
Larbi, Selma H.
Bourahla, Nouredine
Benchoubane, Hacine
Choutri, Khireddine
Badaoui, Mohammed
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-05-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Replicating acceleration time histories with high accuracy on shaking table platforms is still a challenging task.
The complex interference between the components of the system, the inherent nonlinearities, and the coupling effect between the specimen and the shaking table are among other reasons that most affect the control performance.
In this paper, a neural network- (NN-) based controller has been developed and experimentally implemented to improve the acceleration tracking performance of an electric shaking table.
The latter is a biaxial shaking table driven by linear motors and controlled by a proportional-derivative-feedforward (PDFF) controller that is very efficient in reproducing displacement waveforms on the detriment of the simulation of the prescribed acceleration ground motions.
In order to bypass this shortcoming, a control scheme combining the PDFF as a basic control function with a NN controller which filters the shaking table feedback signal and acts on the drive signal by compensating for acceleration distortions is proposed in this study.
Several experimental tests have been carried out to build a database for offline training, validating, and testing of the proposed NN control model.
Subsequently, the well-trained NN is implemented in the inner control loop of the shaking table to compensate, in parallel with the PDFF controller, the distortions during the replication of acceleration signals.
Results of tests using earthquake records showed an enhancement in signal matching when integrating the NN model for both bare and loaded conditions of the shaking table.
The tracking errors, estimated using the relative root-mean-square error, between the measured and the desired signal, are significantly reduced in time and frequency domains with the additional NN online controller.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Larbi, Selma H.& Bourahla, Nouredine& Benchoubane, Hacine& Choutri, Khireddine& Badaoui, Mohammed. 2020. Earthquake Ground Motion Matching on a Small Electric Shaking Table Using a Combined NN-PDFF Controller. Shock and Vibration،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210261
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Larbi, Selma H.…[et al.]. Earthquake Ground Motion Matching on a Small Electric Shaking Table Using a Combined NN-PDFF Controller. Shock and Vibration No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210261
American Medical Association (AMA)
Larbi, Selma H.& Bourahla, Nouredine& Benchoubane, Hacine& Choutri, Khireddine& Badaoui, Mohammed. Earthquake Ground Motion Matching on a Small Electric Shaking Table Using a Combined NN-PDFF Controller. Shock and Vibration. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210261
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1210261