简介:Anewandefficienttechniquefordeterminingoptimallocationsofsensorsandactuatorsofintelligentstructuresispresented.Theoptimizationofsensorandactuatorlocationsisbasedonthe1stordersingularvalueperturbationsofobservabilityandcontrollability.Usingthismethodtheoptimalplacementsofsensorsandactuatorsoftheintelligentstructurercanbeselected.Twonumericalexamplesaregiventodemonstratetheapplicationsofthemethod.Theimpulseresponsesofstructuresduetodifferentlocationsofactuatorswiththesamecontrollawareanalyzedindetail.