Extraction of hysteretic properties of seismically isolated bridges from quick release field tests.

A simple procedure for identifying hysteretic properties of seismically isolated bridges from full scale quick release tests is presented in this paper. An analytical solution for the quick release response of a SDOF system with a bilinear spring is derived. Based on the solution, some characteristi...

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Published in:Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics. 31, 2 (2002).
Main Author: Chen, Qingben
Format: Article
Language:English
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