TY - JOUR N2 - The topic of smart structures, their active control and implementation, is relatively new. Therefore, different approaches to the problem can be met. The present paper discusses variable aspects of the active control of structures. It explains the idea of smart systems, introduces different terms used in smart technique and defines the structural smartness. The author indicates differences between actively controlled structures and structural health monitoring systems and shows an example of an actively controlled smart footbridge. The analyses presented in the study concern tensegrity structures, which are prone to the structural control through self-stress state adjustment. The paper introduces examples of structural control performed on tensegrity modules and plates. An influence of several self-stress states on displacements is analyzed and a study concerning damage due to member loss is presented. L1 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/83990/mainfile.pdf L2 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/83990 PY - 2014 IS - No 4 EP - 534 KW - smart structure KW - active control KW - tensegrity KW - member loss KW - deployable footbridge A1 - Al Sabouni-Zawadzka, A. PB - WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING and COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES DA - 31.12.2014 T1 - Active control of smart tensegrity structures SP - 517 UR - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/83990 T2 - Archives of Civil Engineering ER -