VFPI: An isolation device for aseismic design

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 603-627

  Pranesh, M ^a   Sinha, Ravi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Base isolation; Earthquake engineering; Energy dissipation; Passive control; Structural control; VFPI

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BASE ISOLATION; FRICTION PENDULUM SYSTEM; ISOLATION DEVICE; PASSIVE CONTROL; SINGLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; VARIABLE FREQUENCY PENDULUM ISOLATOR;

PENDULUMS;

DAMPER; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

BASE ISOLATION; DAMPING; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0034103527     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(200005)29:5<603::AID-EQE927>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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