Effect of earthquake energy input characteristics on hysteretic damper efficiency

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 827-843

  Yamaguchi, Hiroki ^a   El Abd, Ashraf ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominant earthquake period; Effective duration; Hysteretic damper; Maximum energy input; Robust performance

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DEFORMATION; HYSTERESIS;

HYSTERETIC DAMPERS;

EARTHQUAKES;

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GROUND MOTION; HYSTERESIS; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; SEISMIC DESIGN;

EID: 0038403797     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.250     Document Type: Article

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