A method of estimating the parameters of tuned mass dampers for seismic applications

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 617-635

  Sadek, Fahim ^a,b   Mohraz, Bijan ^a,b   Taylor, Andrew W ^a   Chung, Riley M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

Building technology; Energy dissipation; Passive control; Seismic design; Tall buildings; Tuned mass dampers

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TALL BUILDINGS;

PASSIVE CONTROL; SEISMIC DESIGN; TUNED MASS DAMPERS;

VIBRATION CONTROL;

DAMPING; SEISMIC DESIGN; VIBRATION CONTROL;

EID: 0031172041     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199706)26:6<617::AID-EQE664>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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