Shaking Table Tests of a Full Scale Steel Structure Isolated with MFPS

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 466, Issue , 2003, Pages 41-47

  Tsai, C S ^a   Chiang, Tsu Cheng ^a   Chen, Bo Jen ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTOMERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LUBRICANTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0242610856     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/PVP2003-2100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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