Yielding oscillator subjected to simple pulse waveforms: Numerical analysis & closed-form solutions

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1949-1974

  Mylonakis, George ^a   Voyagaki, Elia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Case study; Closed form solution; Near fault; Numerical analysis; Pulse; Yielding oscillator

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DUCTILITY; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); STIFFNESS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CLOSED-FORM SOLUTION; GROUND ACCELERATION PULSES; NEAR FAULT; YIELDING OSCILLATOR;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

DUCTILITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ELASTIC WAVE; FAULT; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751538601     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.615     Document Type: Article

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