In some qualification such as damage detection, a more detailed representation including mass, stiffness, and damping property matrices plays a more pivotal role than an equivalent state-space model. In practice, estimating the modal parameters of the dominant modes in the signal records is superior to directly identifying the mass, stiffness, and damping matrices. In this paper, a novel techni...

This paper presents the findings of an experimental investigation on a reinforced concrete frame structure (ordinary moment resistant frame). The test model was subjected to lateral excitation employing 1994 Northridge earthquake accelerogram. fabricated in 1:3 reduced scale acquiring dimensional similarities. utilized ingredient mix ratio 1:1.65:1.75 and water binder 0.47. dynamic characterist...

Abstract—This paper presents a numerical investigation on the seismic performance of a benchmark bridge with different optimal isolation systems under near fault ground motion. Usually, very large displacements make seismic isolation an unfeasible solution due to boundary conditions, especially in case of existing bridges or high risk seismic regions. Hence, near-fault ground motions are most l...

In the current study the influence of weight percentage of HIPS, weight percentage of CNT and hardener content on damping 1st and damping 2nd properties of epoxy/HIPS/CNT hybrid composite wase valuated. Mixture design methodology was employed to generate mathematical models for predicting damping 1st and damping 2nd behaviors of new mentioned hybrid nanocomposite as function of physical factors...

in the present paper the behavior of an elastically mounted cylinder in low and high mass-damping ratio is investigated. for high mass-damping ratio, a classical wake oscillator model is used. at the first, by neglecting all damping and nonlinear terms of this model, the possibility of using a linear model for determination of the lock-in range and the dominant mode is investigated. then, witho...

Nonlinear vibration of parabolic springs employed in suspension system of a freight car has been studied in this paper. First, dynamical behavior of the springs is investigated by using finite element method and the obtained results are then used in vibration analysis of a railway freight car. For this purpose, dynamics of a parabolic spring subjected to a cyclic excitation has been studied ...

The well-known electro-mechanical analogy that equates current, voltage, resistance, inductance and capacitance to force, velocity, damping, spring constant and mass has a shortcoming in that mass can only be used to simulate a capacitor which has one terminal connected to ground. A new model that was previously proposed by the authors that combines a mass with a pulley (MP) is shown to simulat...

This paper aims to develop viscoelastic dampers, which can effectively suppress vibration in a wide frequency range. First, several materials for damping performance were selected, and different batches of cylindrical dampers fabricated by overall vulcanization. Second, the dynamic mechanical properties under amplitudes frequencies are tested, hysteretic curves loading conditions obtained. Fina...