Testing and modeling of prestressed isolators

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 857-866

  Kasalanati, Amarnath ^a   Constantinou, Michael C ^b  

^a DIS Inc   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial loads; Excitation; Isolation; Tensile loads; Uplift resistance

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADS; EXCITATION; ISOLATION; TENSILE LOADS; UPLIFT RESISTANCE;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); ELASTOMERS; FRICTION; PENDULUMS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE TESTING;

PRESTRESSING;

EID: 20444498137     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2005)131:6(857)     Document Type: Review

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