Comparison of methods for computing equivalent viscous damping ratios of structures with added viscous damping

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-44

  Charney, Finley A ^a   McNamara, Robert J ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b McNamara/Salvia Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Computation; Damping; Passive control; Seismic effects; Structural analysis; Structural dynamics

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE CONTROL; TOGGLE-BRACED SYSTEMS; VISCOUS DAMPING;

COMPUTATION THEORY; DAMPING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; SEISMIC DESIGN; STRAIN ENERGY;

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

EID: 37249065648     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2008)134:1(32)     Document Type: Article

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