Modeling of a viscoelastic damper and its application in structural control.

Conventional seismic rehabilitation methods may not be suitable for some buildings owing to their high cost and time-consuming foundation work. In recent years, viscoelastic dampers (VEDs) have been widely used in many mid- and high-rise buildings. This study introduces a viscoelastic passive contro...

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Main Authors: M H Mehrabi, Meldi Suhatril, Zainah Ibrahim, S S Ghodsi, Hamed Khatibi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5453423?pdf=render