Rigidity - plasticity - viscosity: Can electrorheological dampers protect base-isolated structures from near-source ground motions?

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 571-591

  Makris, Nicos ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Controllable fluid dampers; Near source ground motions; Seismic isolated structures

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); DAMPING; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FRICTION; HARDNESS; PLASTICITY; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION CONTROL; VISCOSITY;

CONTROLLABLE FLUID DAMPERS; ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL DAMPERS; SEISMIC ISOLATED STRUCTURES;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

DAMPING; SEISMIC ISOLATION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0031147699     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199705)26:5<571::AID-EQE658>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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