Vibration Protection of a Famous Statue against Ambient and Earthquake Excitation Using A Tuned Inerter–Damper

This paper deals with the performance analysis of a vibration-isolation system for Michelangelo Buonarroti’s famous Ronadanini Pietà statue based on the monitoring and analysis of vibration signals. A tuned mass-damper–inerter is introduced in order to increase the effectiveness of the isolator in t...

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Main Authors: Ali Siami, Alfredo Cigada, Hamid Reza Karimi, Emanuele Zappa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-12-01
Series:Machines
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/5/4/33