Steel frames with bracing mechanism and hysteretic dampers

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 811-825

  Phocas, M C ^a   Pocanschi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Braced steel frame; Hysteretic damping; Passive control

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; HYSTERESIS; STEEL STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS;

HYSTERETIC DAMPERS;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; SEISMIC DESIGN; STEEL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0037466618     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.253     Document Type: Article

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