Parametric study of active mass dampers for wind-excited tall buildings

Engineering Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-76

  Xu, Y L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Active mass damper; Aeroelastic model; Parametric study; Tall building; Wind excitation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TALL BUILDINGS; WIND; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

ACTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM; ACTIVE MASS DAMPERS; AEROELASTIC MODEL; ALONGWIND; CROSSWIND; PARAMETRIC STUDY; TORSIONAL RESPONSE; WIND EXCITATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029776280     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-0296(95)00108-8     Document Type: Article

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