Nonlinear dynamic response of HDRB and hybrid HDRB-friction sliders base isolation systems

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-353

  Braga, Franco ^a   Faggella, Marco ^b   Gigliotti, Rosario ^b   Laterza, Michelangelo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Base isolation; Free vibrations; Friction sliders; HDRB; Nonlinearity effects; System identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844461074     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-005-1242-2     Document Type: Article

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