Effect of stiffness variability on the response of isolated structures

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-36

  Shenton III, Harry W ^a   Holloway, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Dynamic response; Seismic isolation; Stiffness; Variability

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STIFFNESS;

SEISMIC ISOLATION; STIFFNESS VARIABILITY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DAMPING; SEISMIC ISOLATION; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0033997416     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(200001)29:1<19::AID-EQE893>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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