%0 Conference Paper %1 Nitzlader_2025 %A Nitzlader, Markus %A Blandini, Lucio %A Bosch, Matthias J. %A Kreimeyer, Matthias %B IABSE Symposium, Tokyo 2025: Environmentally Friendly Technologies and Structures: Focusing on Sustainable Approaches %D 2025 %I International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) %K %P 1910–1918 %R 10.2749/tokyo.2025.1910 %T Actuation Modes and Actuator Placement for Vibration Control of Adaptive Slabs with Integrated Fluidic Actuators %U http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/tokyo.2025.1910 %V 121 %X Conventional floor slabs embody up to 45% of structural greenhouse gas emissions in buildings. Recent research shows that integrating fluidic actuators in reinforced concrete slabs combined with sensors and a control unit, can significantly reduce structural mass and related emissions. Integrated fluidic actuators are purpose-built actuators, so far their development is based on requirements for quasi-static control objectives. However, employing such actuators results in slab thicknesses where dynamic loads become relevant in certain scenarios. Since actuators can also be used for vibration control this paper addresses the effect on actuator placement for two different objectives: reduction of displacements and damping of particular eigenmodes. Results show that adaptive two- way slabs with integrated fluidic actuators can be designed to withstand both static and dynamic loads, enabling significant savings in structural mass and emissions without sacrificing comfort.

@inproceedings{Nitzlader_2025, abstract = {Conventional floor slabs embody up to 45% of structural greenhouse gas emissions in buildings. Recent research shows that integrating fluidic actuators in reinforced concrete slabs combined with sensors and a control unit, can significantly reduce structural mass and related emissions. Integrated fluidic actuators are purpose-built actuators, so far their development is based on requirements for quasi-static control objectives. However, employing such actuators results in slab thicknesses where dynamic loads become relevant in certain scenarios. Since actuators can also be used for vibration control this paper addresses the effect on actuator placement for two different objectives: reduction of displacements and damping of particular eigenmodes. Results show that adaptive two- way slabs with integrated fluidic actuators can be designed to withstand both static and dynamic loads, enabling significant savings in structural mass and emissions without sacrificing comfort.}, added-at = {2025-06-10T07:53:42.000+0200}, author = {Nitzlader, Markus and Blandini, Lucio and Bosch, Matthias J. and Kreimeyer, Matthias}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/26dc78ead009e00377ee3e3df5bf977b7/mjbosch}, booktitle = {IABSE Symposium, Tokyo 2025: Environmentally Friendly Technologies and Structures: Focusing on Sustainable Approaches}, doi = {10.2749/tokyo.2025.1910}, eventdate = {18.-21.05.2025}, eventtitle = {IABSE Symposium, Tokyo 2025}, interhash = {c3adf6fcd4c8c0eb7ccdb4a4ccbfda81}, intrahash = {6dc78ead009e00377ee3e3df5bf977b7}, issn = {2221-3783}, keywords = {}, language = {English}, pages = {1910–1918}, publisher = {International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)}, timestamp = {2025-06-10T05:53:42.000+0200}, title = {Actuation Modes and Actuator Placement for Vibration Control of Adaptive Slabs with Integrated Fluidic Actuators}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/tokyo.2025.1910}, volume = 121, year = 2025 }