Arop, Martin DeosbornsKasumba, HenryKasozi, JumaBerntsson, Fredrik2024-06-112024-06-112024-05-24Arop, M. D., Kasumba, H., Kasozi, J. & Berntsson, F. (2024). Optimal actuator design for control of vibrations induced by pedestrian-bridge interactions. Mathematics in Applied Sciences and Engineering: 1-20. https://doi.org/10.5206/mase/16958.2563-1926https://dir.muni.ac.ug/handle/20.500.12260/640In this paper, we are interested in finding an optimal control support design for controlling vibrations due to pedestrian-bridge interactions. Therefore, we derive the topological derivatives of the proposed functionals using the averaged adjoint approach. A numerical algorithm initialized by these sensitivities is used as a solution strategy. The algorithm is tested numerically for two different cases of initial conditions.enOptimal actuatorControl of vibrationsPedestrian-bridge interactionsArticle