Design of mechanical viscous dampers for stay cables

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 114-123

  Tabatabai, Habib ^a   Mehrabi, Armin B ^a  

^a Structural and Architectural Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CABLES; DAMPING; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FREQUENCIES; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CABLE DAMPING RATIO; NONDIMENSIONAL CABLE PARAMETER; STAY CABLES; VISCOUS DAMPERS;

CABLE STAYED BRIDGES;

EID: 0033713691     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2000)5:2(114)     Document Type: Article

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