Mass dampers and their optimal designs for building vibration control

Engineering Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 454-463

  Chang, C C ^a  

^a School of Medical and Health Sciences   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

LCVA; Mass dampers; Passive control; TLCD; TMD

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION CONTROL; WHITE NOISE;

LIQUID COLUMN VIBRATION ABSORBER (LCVA); PASSIVE CONTROL; TUNED LIQUID COLUMN DAMPERS (TLCD); TUNED MASS DAMPERS (TMD);

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0033133804     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(97)00213-7     Document Type: Article

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