Optimization of tuned liquid column dampers

Engineering Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 476-486

  Gao, H ^b   Kwok, K C S ^b   Samali, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Optimization; Structural vibration; Tuned liquid column dampers; Vibration control

Indexed keywords

TUNED LIQUID COLUMN DAMPERS (TLCD);

DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; VIBRATION CONTROL;

MECHANICAL CONTROL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0031163499     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(96)00099-5     Document Type: Article

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