Analytical and experimental study of toggle-brace-damper systems

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1035-1043

  Hwang, Jenn Shin ^a,b   Huang, Yin Nan ^c   Hung, Ya Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^c the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Bracing; Damping; Energy dissipation; Seismic response; Shaking table test

Indexed keywords

BRACING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; VISCOUS DAMPING;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); ENERGY DISSIPATION; INSTALLATION; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DAMPING;

EID: 22944478658     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2005)131:7(1035)     Document Type: Article

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