Pendulum tuned mass dampers for floor vibration control

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-73

  Setareh, Mehdi ^a   Ritchey, John K ^b   Baxter, Anthony J ^c   Murray, Thomas M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c ESI Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Damping; Floors; Serviceability; Steel; Vibration

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PARAMETERS; PENDULUM TUNED MASS DAMPER (PTMD); SERVICEABILITY; VIBRATIONS;

DAMPING; FLOORS; STEEL; TUNING; VIBRATION CONTROL; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 30844455562     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2006)20:1(64)     Document Type: Article

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