Experimental investigation of adjacent buildings connected by fluid damper

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 609-631

  Xu, Y L ^a   Zhan, S ^a   Ko, J M ^a   Zhang, W S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adjacent buildings; Dynamic characteristic; Experimental investigation; Fluid damper; Harmonic response

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MODEL BUILDINGS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

FLUID DAMPER; HARMONIC RESPONSE; LINEAR VISCOUS DAMPER; MODAL DAMPING RATIO; SHEAR BUILDINGS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC POUNDING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0032785465     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199906)28:6<609::AID-EQE831>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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