Performance of passive energy dissipation systems during near-field ground motion type pulses

Engineering Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-236

  Xu, Z ^a   Agrawal, A K ^a   He, W L ^b   Tan, P ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b RSD Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation; Passive energy dissipation systems; Pulse type excitation; Response spectra; Viscous dampers; Yielding dampers

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DAMPING RATIO; NEAR-FIELD GROUND MOTION; PASSIVE ENERGY DISSIPATION SYSTEMS; PULSE-TYPE EXCITATION; RESPONSE SPECTRA; VISCOUS DAMPERS; YIELDING DAMPERS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DAMPING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GROUND MOTION; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 33750798543     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2006.04.020     Document Type: Article

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