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Author Lago, Alberto, author.

Title Damping technologies for tall buildings : theory, design guidance and case studies / Alberto Lago, Dario Trabucco, Antony Wood.

Publication Info. Oxford ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (1125 pages)
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Contents Front Cover; Damping Technologies for Tall Buildings; Copyright Page; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; Epigraph and Epigraph Source; Contents; Acknowledgments; Main Authors; Contributors; Main Peer Review Panel; General Peer Review Panel; 1 Executive summary; 2 Introduction; 2.1 Aim of the Book; 2.2 Terms and Definitions; 2.3 List of Symbols and Abbreviations; 2.3.1 Abbreviations; 2.3.2 Symbols; 2.3.2.1 Subscript; 2.3.2.1.1 Greek symbols; 2.4 History of Dynamic Modification Devices in Tall Buildings; 2.5 Industrial Application of Damping Devices; 2.5.1 Vibration Control
2.5.2 Vibration and Seismic Control of Industrial Machine Structures2.5.3 Vibration Isolation of Buildings and Rail structures; 2.5.4 Vibration Control of Large Industrial Chimney Stacks; 3 Damping considerations in tall buildings; 3.1 Basic Principles of Building Response; 3.1.1 Single Degree-of-Freedom System; 3.1.1.1 Equations of motion; 3.1.1.2 Free vibration properties; 3.1.1.3 Forced vibration properties; 3.1.2 Multiple Degrees-of-Freedom System; 3.1.2.1 Equations of motion; 3.1.2.2 Free vibration properties; 3.1.2.3 Forced vibration properties; 3.1.3 Equivalent Viscous Damping
3.2 Damping in Tall Buildings3.2.1 Damping Modeling; 3.2.2 Intrinsic Damping; 3.2.2.1 Intrinsic damping sources; 3.2.2.2 Intrinsic damping estimation; 3.2.2.3 Intrinsic damping prediction; 3.2.2.4 Intrinsic damping code limitations; 3.3 Effect of Damping on Building; 3.3.1 Other Development Considerations; 3.4 Tall Buildings Wind-Excited Motion; 3.4.1 Building Wind Vibration; 3.4.2 Occupant Comfort; 3.4.2.1 Code perception criteria; 3.4.3 Wind Deflection Criteria; 3.5 Tall Buildings Earthquake-Excited Motion; 3.5.1 Principles of Performance-Based Earthquake-Resistant Design for Tall Buildings
3.5.2 The Role of Damping in the Seismic Response Control of Tall Buildings3.5.3 Seismic Deflection Criteria; 3.6 Environmental and Economic Considerations; 3.6.1 Life-Cycle Assessment; 3.6.1.1 Damaged-oriented life-cycle assessment; 3.6.2 Cost Implication of buildings with Dissipation Devices; 3.7 Damping Technology Uncertainty and Robustness Performance; 3.8 Alternative to Damping Devices; 4 An introduction to dynamic modification devices; 4.1 Passive Damping Systems; 4.1.1 Distributed Damping Approaches; 4.1.1.1 Velocity-dependent devices; 4.1.1.1.1 Fluid viscous dampers
Basic design descriptionFunctional description; Specification requirements; Additional considerations; Seals; Power dissipation; Types of devices and manufacturers; 4.1.1.1.2 Viscoelastic dampers; Functional description; Material behavior; 3M ISD-111H material; High-damping rubber; Damper modeling description; Specification requirements; Type of devices and manufacturers; 4.1.1.2 Displacement-dependent devices; 4.1.1.2.1 Introduction to hysteretic models of displacement-dependent devices; 4.1.1.2.2 Materials; Steel; Lead; Copper; Aluminum; Shape memory alloys; 4.1.1.2.3 Standard devices
Note Added damping-added stiffness systems
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 06, 2018).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Structural dynamics.
Strains and stresses.
Tall buildings -- Design and construction.
Constructions -- Dynamique.
Contraintes (Mécanique)
stress.
strain.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General.
Strains and stresses
Structural dynamics
Tall buildings -- Design and construction
Added Author Trabucco, Dario, author.
Wood, Antony, 1970- author.
Other Form: Print version: Trabucco, Dario. Damping Technologies for Tall Buildings. San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology, ©2018 9780128159637
ISBN 9780128159644 (electronic book)
0128159642 (electronic book)
0128159634
9780128159637
Standard No. AU@ 000064362766
AU@ 000065065568
UKMGB 018881727

 
    
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