Numerical evaluation of adaptive base-isolated structures subjected to earthquake ground motions

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-119

  Wongprasert, Nat ^a   Symans, M D ^b  

^a Colin Gordon and Associates ^*  (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive systems; Base isolation; Damping; Earthquake resistant structures; Fuzzy sets; Seismic isolation; Seismic response; Vibration control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FUZZY SETS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEISMOLOGY;

DAMPING MECHANISMS; ISOLATION SYSTEMS; MULTISTORY STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL EVALUATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 13244288771     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2005)131:2(109)     Document Type: Article

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