Field vibration tests of bridge stay cables incorporated with magneto-rheological (MR) dampers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4696, Issue , 2002, Pages 30-40

  Ko, J M ^a   Zheng, G ^a   Chen, Z Q ^b   Ni, Y Q ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bridge stay cable; Equivalent modal damping; Field vibration test; Magneto rheological (MR) damper; Optimal voltage input; Vibration control

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RAYLEIGH FADING; VIBRATION CONTROL;

MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL (MR) DAMPERS;

BRIDGE CABLES;

EID: 0036378721     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.472567     Document Type: Article

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