Seismic performance analysis of Kuala Lumpur air traffic control tower by friction damper

• Main Author: Ong, Peng Pheng
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11125/1/OngPengPhengMFKA2009.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11125/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

In structural earthquake engineering, different kinds of energy absorption devices were invented during last 30 years (Guan et al, 2004). And more than one-decade research has shown that, on account of the virtue of no power requirement, rapid response and coulomb friction principle of friction damp...