Torsional balance of plan asymmetric structures with viscoelastic dampers

Engineering Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 914-932

  García, Marcos ^a   de la Llera, Juan C ^a   Almazán, José L ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Empirical center of balance; Plan asymmetry; Response reduction factors; Torsional balance; Viscoelastic dampers

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TORSIONAL STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ASYMMETRIC STRUCTURES; BUILDING EDGES; EMPIRICAL CENTER OF BALANCE (ECB); MASS-ECCENTRIC STRUCTURES; TORSIONAL BALANCE; VISCOELASTIC DAMPERS;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDINGS; DAMPING; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TORSIONAL STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

DAMPING; DEFORMATION; GROUND MOTION; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TORSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 34247537656     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2006.06.022     Document Type: Article

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