Experimental performance evaluation of an equipment isolation using MR dampers

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-305

  Fan, Yu Cheng ^a   Loh, Chin Hsiung ^a   Yang, Jann N ^b   Lin, Pei Yang ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decentralized control; Equipment isolation; MR damper; Sliding mode control

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DAMPING; EARTHQUAKES; EQUIPMENT; FLOORS; SLIDING MODE CONTROL;

CIRCUIT BREAKER; CONTROL ALGORITHMS; CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC LOSS; EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY; ISOLATION SYSTEMS; LQR CONTROL; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL; MR DAMPERS; MR-DAMPER; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SEISMIC PROTECTION; SEMIACTIVE CONTROL; SHAKING TABLE TESTS; SLIDING FRICTION; STEEL FRAME;

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL;

ACTIVE CONTROL; ALGORITHM; CONTROL SYSTEM; DAMPING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SHAKING TABLE TEST; STRONG MOTION; VIBRATION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 66149155084     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.844     Document Type: Article

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