Study of the bending hysteretic behaviour of ductile steel plates for seismic energy dissipation

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 853-862

  Escobar, J Alberto ^a   Sánchez Ramírez, A Roberto ^a   Dyer, Juan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Analytical load displacement; Analytical model; Experimental data fit; Laboratory tests; Seismic damper

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; DUCTILITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYSTERESIS; STEEL;

HYSTERETIC ENERGY;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC ISOLATION; STEEL;

EID: 0037005452     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l02-096     Document Type: Article

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