Nested lumped-parameter models for foundation vibrations

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1051-1058

  Wu, Wen Hwa ^a   Lee, Wen How ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dynamic flexibility function; Dynamic stiffness function; Lumped parameter model; Nested division; Polynomial fraction

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS; SOILS;

LUMPED-PARAMETER MODEL; POLYNOMIAL-FRACTION APPROXIMATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FOUNDATION; MODELING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

EID: 3142738109     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.382     Document Type: Article

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