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Technical papers

Design of controlled elastic and inelastic structures

A. M. Reinhorn, O. Lavan and G.P. Cimellaro

Real-time hybrid simulation for structural control performance assessment

Juan E Carrion, BF Spencer Jr and Brian M Phillips

Design approaches for active, semi-active and passive control systems based on analysis of characteristics of active control force

Ou Jinping and Li Hui

A new type of damper with friction-variable characteristics

Zhou Xiyuan and Peng Lingyun

Efficiency of the motion amplification device with viscous dampers and its application in high-rise buildings

Henry C. Huang

Seismic response control with density-variable tuned liquid dampers

Yuxiang Xin, Genda Chen and Lou Menglin

Optimal design theories of tuned mass dampers with nonlinear viscous damping

Lap-Loi Chung, Lai-Yun Wu, Hsu-Hui Huang, Chung-Hsin Chang and Kuan-Hua Lien

Structural vibration passive control and economic analysis of a high-rise building in Beijing

Chen Yongqi, Cao Tiezhu, Ma Liangzhe and Luo Chaoying

Mitigation of micro vibration by viscous dampers

Tzu-Kang Lin, Chun-Chung Chen, Kuo-Chun Chang, Chu-Chieh Jay Lin and Jenn-Shin Hwang

Output only modal identification and structural damage detection using time frequency & wavelet techniques

S. Nagarajaiah and B. Basu

Optimal weakening and damping using polynomial control for seismically excited nonlinear structures

Gian Paolo Cimellaro

H∞ drift control of time-delayed seismic structures

Chang-Ching Chang and Chi-Chang Lin

Seismic protection of frame structures via semi-active control: modeling and implementation issues

Vincenzo Gattulli, Marco Lepidi and Francesco Potenza

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