Abstract
Considering lessons from the recent earthquake disasters, NIED is now constructing the three-dimensional full scale earthquake testing facility (E-defence). To develop a new operation and control method for the shaking table, the Minimal Control Synthesis (MCS) algorithm, which is one of the model reference adaptive control (MRAC) methods, was applied to the system of shaking table-test model. We have proposed an operation and control method for small and medium sized shaking tables and the method have been implemented. The efficacy of the MCS method has been proved by the experiments. This paper reports the results of the experimental studies.
