Prevention of suspension bridge flutter using multiple tuned mass dampers

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-256

  Ubertini, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deck flutter; Frequency mis tuning; Hopf bifurcation; Indicial functions; Multiple tuned mass dampers; Robust control

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; AEROELASTICITY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); HOPF BIFURCATION; ROBUST CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AEROELASTIC STABILITY; AEROELASTIC STABILITY ANALYSIS; CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS; INDICIAL FUNCTIONS; MULTIPLE TUNED MASS DAMPERS; PROBABILISTIC FRAMEWORK; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS;

VIBRATION CONTROL;

EID: 77953250363     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.2010.13.3.235     Document Type: Article

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