Abstract: Previous solutions to the vortex-induced vibration of structures have been primarily based on modal analysis, using a one or two-mode approximation. Such an analysis is generally meaningful only ...

Abstract: Many cable-stayed bridges around the world have displayed excessive and unanticipated vibrations of the main stays, often associated with the simultaneous occurrence of wind and rain, and mitigation of these vibrations has ...

Abstract: Free vibrations of a taut cable with an attached linear viscous damper are investigated in detail using an analytical formulation of the complex eigenvalue problem. This problem is of considerable practical interest in the ...

Abstract: Free vibrations of a taut cable with a nonlinear power-law damper attached near the end are considered. An approximate analytical solution for the amplitude-dependent effective damping ratios in each mode is developed by ...

Abstract: Recent events such as Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki have shown that wind-related disasters occur in the United States with consequences much more far-reaching and severe than expected. During this International Decade for ...