A family of efficient sloshing liquid dampers for suppression of wind-induced instabilities

JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 361-386

  Modi, V J ^a   Akinturk, A ^a   Tse, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow induced instabilities; Nutation dampers; Vibrational control

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; LIQUID SLOSHING; OPTIMIZATION; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

FLOW INDUCED INSTABILITIES; NUTATION DAMPERS; VORTEX RESONANCE;

VIBRATION CONTROL;

EID: 0037336108     PISSN: 10775463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107754603030773     Document Type: Article

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