A Review of Benchmark Study on Response Control of Seismically-Excited Highway Bridges

A benchmark model of seismically excited bridge has been proposed in 2004. The benchmark problem package consists of dynamical model of the bridge with designs of sample controllers in MATLAB environment with prescribed evaluation criteria and ground motions. Research contributions to the benchmark study by researchers around the world have been published in as special issue (vol. 16, issues; 5–6, year; 2009) of Structural Control and Health Monitoring. This paper presents a review of contributions to the benchmark study and analysis of competing control strategies in the benchmark study.