The vertical spanning strip wall as a coupled rocking rigid body assembly

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-453

  Sorrentino, Luigi ^a   Masiani, Renato ^a   Griffith, Michael C ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amplitude dependency; Impulsive energy dissipation; Rocking response; Scale effect; Threshold acceleration

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENERGY DISSIPATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RIGID STRUCTURES; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

AMPLITUDE DEPENDENCY; IMPULSIVE ENERGY DISSIPATION; ROCKING RESPONSE; SCALE EFFECTS; THRESHOLD ACCELERATION;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

EID: 46749099408     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2008.29.4.433     Document Type: Article

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