Transmissibility concept to control base motion in isolated structures

Engineering Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1325-1331

  Morales, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Base isolation; Design; Earthquakes; Passive control; Transmissibility

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEISMOLOGY;

ISOLATED STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BUILDING; DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0037588877     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(03)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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