Damping in structures: Its evaluation and treatment of uncertainty

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 131-157

  Kareem, A ^a   Gurley, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic damping; Higher mode damping; Hydrodynamic damping; Monte carlo simulation; Offshore platform; Perturbation technique; Random decrement technique; Second moment analysis; Structural damping; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

HIGHER MODE DAMPING; RANDOM DECREMENT SIGNATURE; SECOND MOMENT ANALYSIS;

DAMPING;

EID: 0030103132     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6105(96)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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