Evaluation of amplitude-dependent damping and natural frequency of buildings during strong winds

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 115-130

  Tamura, Yukio ^a   Suganuma, Shin Ya ^a  

^a TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air traffic control tower; Damping ratio; Full scale measurement; Natural frequency; Nonlinear structure; Random decrement technique; Wind induced response

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DAMPING; NATURAL FREQUENCY; WIND EFFECTS;

BUILDINGS; CONTROL TOWERS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RANDOM PROCESSES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WIND EFFECTS;

AMPLITUDE DEPENDENT DAMPING; NONLINEAR STRUCTURES; RANDOM DECREMENT SIGNATURE;

DAMPING;

EID: 0030088407     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6105(96)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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