Abstract: For more than twenty years, statistical energy analysis (SEA) has been used for the analysis of steady-state response distributions in complex coupled structures and sound-structure systems. ...

Abstract: The prediction, by the statistical energy analysis (SEA) method, of transient vibration envelopes for coupled systems is investigated. The relation between the time-varying energy transferred between ...

Abstract: In practice, light secondary systems attached to the massive primary system are treated independently in the seismic design. Evaluation of the secondary systems and their design forces are performed as equivalent static ...

Abstract: Statistical energy analysis (SEA) techniques, which are very useful in the dynamic analysis of complex systems, are applied to the study of dynamics of primary‐secondary structural systems. The dynamic response of a system ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of shaking table studies on the inelastic behavior of two identical 2/5-scale three-story steel structures, one with and the other without viscoelastic (VE) dampers. The VE dampers were ...

Abstract: Seismic response characteristics of a 2/5‐scale steel frame structure with added viscoelastic dampers are studied experimentally. The major emphasis is placed on the ambient temperature effect. It is shown that, while ...

Abstract: This paper describes the results of an extensive study on the seismic behavior of a viscoelastically damped structure under mild and strong earthquake ground motions. Shaking-table studies were conducted on a 2/5-scale ...

Abstract: A full-scale five-story steel-frame structure with added viscoelastic (VE) dampers is studied experimentally and analytically. The experimental program includes free-vibration and harmonic forced-vibration tests. Dynamic ...