Assessment of the separation necessary to prevent seismic pounding between linear structural systems

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-223

  Lopez Garcia, D ^a   Soong, T T ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Seismic pounding; Separation distance

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEISMOLOGY; SEPARATION; WHITE NOISE;

GAUSSIAN WHITE-NOISE; MAIN FREQUENCY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); SEISMIC EXCITATIONS; SEISMIC POUNDING; SEPARATION DISTANCE; SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM (SDOF) SYSTEMS; WIDE-RANGE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 58749113093     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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