Efficacy of tuned mass dampers for bridge flutter control

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1290-1300

  Chen, Xinzhong ^a   Kareem, Ahsan ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Bridges; Damping; Flutter; Wind loads

Indexed keywords

FLUTTER; SELF-EXCITED MOTION; TUNED MASS DAMPERS (TMD); WIND LOADS;

BRIDGES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TORSIONAL STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

DAMPING;

EID: 10844247254     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2003)129:10(1291)     Document Type: Article

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