An experimental study on using MR damper to mitigate longitudinal seismic response of a suspension bridge

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1171-1181

  Yang, Meng Gang ^a   Chen, Zheng Qing ^b   Hua, Xu Gang ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanical model; MR damper; Seismic response reduction experiment; Suspension bridge

Indexed keywords

BANG-BANG CONTROL; EARTHQUAKE EXCITATION; EARTHQUAKE WAVE; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT; FORCE-VELOCITY; GENERALIZED SYSTEMS; HYSTERETIC MODEL; INPUT CURRENT; LONGITUDINAL MODES; LONGITUDINAL RESPONSE; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL DAMPERS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL MODEL; MODEL PARAMETERS; MR DAMPER; MR DAMPERS; NON-LINEAR; OPTIMUM INPUT; PASSIVE CONTROL; SEMI-ACTIVE; TEST DATA;

BANG BANG CONTROL SYSTEMS; DAMPING; EARTHQUAKES; EXPERIMENTS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

BRIDGE; DAMPING; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

EID: 79956323234     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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