Semi-active control of sliding isolated bridges using MR dampers: An experimental and numerical study

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 965-983

  Sahasrabudhe, Sanjay S ^a,b   Nagarajaiah, Satish ^b  

^a J Ray McDermott Engineering LLC   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridges; Controllable MR dampers; Near fault earthquakes; Seismic response; Semi active control; Sliding isolation systems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DAMPING; EARTHQUAKES; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

LYAPUNOV CONTROL ALGORITHM; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL (MR) DAMPERS; NON-LINEAR DAMPERS; SLIDING BEARINGS;

BRIDGES;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING;

EID: 21344431840     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.464     Document Type: Article

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