A New Visco-Plastic Device for Seismic Protection of Structures
A new visco-plastic damper for seismic protection is introduced. This device combines and enhances many of the proven characteristics of both displacement-dependent and velocity-dependent devices. The device consists of a block of a high-damping viscoelastic material sandwiched between two steel...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26193 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02142005-120040/ |