Optimal design of added viscoelastic dampers and supporting braces

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 465-484

  Park, Ji Hun ^a   Kim, Jinkoo ^b   Min, Kyung Won ^c  

^a MIDASIT Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Optimization; Passive control; Supporting braces; Viscoelastic dampers

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSIONS; SUPPORTING BRACES; VISCOELASTIC DAMPERS (VED);

EARTHQUAKES;

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; SEISMIC ISOLATION;

EID: 2342422692     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.359     Document Type: Article

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