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Apr 26, 2012
Variation of Supplemental Stiffness and Damping Using Adjustable Passive Fluid Spring and Damper in Scissor Jack System
Publication: Structures Congress 2009: Don't Mess with Structural Engineers: Expanding Our Role
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In this paper a new adjustable passive fluid spring and damper (APSD) is studied experimentally. The APSD is capable of varying the stiffness and damping independently; thus, the device can be used as an adjustable damper or as an adjustable fluid spring or as a combined stiffness and damping device. This allows a range of possibilities to modify structural stiffness and damping properties by placing the APSD at appropriate locations in the bracing system of the structure. In this paper the experimental results of the APSD under cyclic and ramp loading are presented. The versatile properties of the APSD are shown by means of experimental for displacement loops.
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Structures Congress 2009: Don't Mess with Structural Engineers: Expanding Our Role
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© 2009 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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Dept. Civil & Envi. Engr. and Dept. of Mech. Eng. & Mat. Sc., Rice University, 6100 Main St., MS-318, Houston, Texas-77005. E-mail: [email protected]
Douglas Taylor
Taylor Devices Inc., Buffalo NY
J. Dyck
TMBP Consulting Eng., Dallas, Texas
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