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- Title
- Construction of Inelastic Response Spectra for Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems: Computer Program and Applications.
- File
- PB84208834.pdf
- Author(s)
- Mahin, S. A.; Lin, J.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., June 1983, 98 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UCB/EERC-83/17
- Abstract
- This report describes a computer program written to analyze the inelastic response of viscously damped single-degree-of-freedom systems to either support excitation or external loadings. Various methods of developing design aids based on computed inelastic response are discussed. The computer program has been written to allow the user to conveniently obtain detailed information regarding the inelastic response of a system and to study systematically the effect of variations in the mechanical and dynamic characteristics of the system and of different excitations.
- Keywords
- Structures; One degree of freedom; Mathematical models; Structural design; Computer applications; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; Guidelines; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis