Passive Energy Dissipation Systems in Structural Engineering

by T.T. Soong, G.F. Dargush, G. F. Dargush

One of the principal challenges in structural engineering concerns the development of innovative design concepts to better protect structures, together with their occupants and contents, from the damaging effects of destructive environmental forces including those due to winds, waves and earthquakes. Passive energy dissipation devices, when incorporated into a structure, absorb or consume a portion of the input energy,thereby reducing energy dissipation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471968218
• ISBN13: 9780471968214
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"