A study has been made of the use of three semi-active friction devices, herein referred to as dampers, to control the seismic response of a building modelled as three masses. With a pseudo-random earthquake input, peak lateral accelerations, inter-storey drift and base displacement relative to groun
Controlling seismic response of eccentric structures by friction dampers
β Scribed by O. A. Pekau; R. Guimond
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 856 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-8847
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