Abstract: The mitigation of in-plane stay oscillation in cable-stayed bridges is commonly addressed by placing an external mechanical damper, linear or nonlinear, on each stay or by introducing transverse cross-ties among cables. ...

Abstract: The influence of linear elastic support on the damper effectiveness of a cable-damper system was investigated by modeling the system as a taut string, an intermediate damper, and a spring in series. Two types of damper ...

Abstract: The pointing control system of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) represents the current state of the art for the precision control of a large spacecraft. The proposed Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) will require an ...

Abstract: The aeroelastic response of cable‐stayed bridges to wind is a complex interaction of aerodynamic loading and coupled structural motion. The present paper presents an empirically based analysis method for such structures, ...

Abstract: Many oscillating systems in practice are subject to periodic, impulsive loads during their motion. For nonlinear systems traditional methods, such as the slowly varying parameter technique, have ...

Abstract: This paper outlines the development of a technique for the examination of the seismic performance of joist and beam bearing connections in unreinforced masonry structures. An understanding of these “pocket” connections ...

Abstract: While personal‐computer‐based data‐acquisition systems have become commonplace in the laboratory environment over the past several years, their use as remote, automatically triggered data‐collection systems has been somewhat ...

Abstract: The pointing control system of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) represents the current state of the art for the precision control of a large spacecraft. The proposed Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) will require an ...

Abstract: As is well known, long, suspended bridge spans require, in the design stage, careful study of their resistance and response to site winds. This has driven, on the one hand, detailed quantitative observation of bridge models ...