Franklin Y. (University of Missouri, Rolla, Missouri, USA) Cheng & Hongping (Robertson-Ceco Corp., Oklahoma City, OK, USA) Jiang 
Smart Structures [PDF ebook] 
Innovative Systems for Seismic Response Control

An innovative concept, smart structural systems have proven to be extremely effective in absorbing damaging energy and/or counteracting potentially devastating force, thus limiting structural collapse and subsequent injury. As this technology rapidly evolves, there is an ever-increasing need for an authoritative reference that will allow those in t