A distributional approach to the dynamics of rigid blocks

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Baratta, A ^a   Corbi, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alfa functions; Dirac; Distributional approach; Rocking motion; Structural dynamics; Unilateral model

Indexed keywords

ALFA-FUNCTIONS; DIRAC; DISTRIBUTIONAL APPROACH; DYNAMIC EQUATIONS; DYNAMIC EXCITATIONS; NULL DISTRIBUTION; PIECE-WISE; RIGID BLOCK; RIGID SYSTEMS; ROCKING MOTION;

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84858419860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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