Full-scale measurements of the dynamic characteristics of buildings in the UK

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 365-382

  Ellis, B R ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damping; Dynamic characteristic; Forced vibration test; Frequency sweep; Full scale measurement; Glass panel; Nonlinearity; Soil structure interaction; Viscoelastic model

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VISCOELASTICITY;

FORCED VIBRATION TEST; FREQUENCY SWEEP;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0030100940     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6105(96)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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