Single- and multiple-tuned liquid column dampers for seismic applications

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 439-463

  Sadek, Fahim ^a,b   Mohraz, Bijan ^a,b   Lew, H S ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Earthquake loading; Energy dissipation; Passive control; Tuned liquid column dampers; Tuned mass dampers

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OSCILLATIONS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

LIQUID COLUMN DAMPERS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0032077021     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199805)27:5<439::AID-EQE730>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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