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    944 Index

    Step force, 129 Tributary length, 3


    with finite rise time, 132 Tuned mass damper (see Vibration absorber)
    Stiffness Two-DOF systems, analysis of
    complex, 886 analytical solution for harmonic
    lateral, 9, 27, 45 excitation, 468
    Stiffness coefficients
    uniform flexural element, 11, 33 Unit impulse, 126
    Stiffness component of a system, 7, Unit impulse response function, 127
    15, 352 Unit impulse response of MDF systems
    Stiffness influence coefficient, 354 classically damped systems, 620
    Stiffness matrix nonclassically damped systems, 632, 643
    computation of Upland, California earthquake (February 28,
    direct equilibrium method, 355, 378 1990), 561
    direct stiffness method, 355, 379
    condensed, 370 Velocity resonant frequency, 82
    lateral, 376 Velocity response factor, 80
    two-story shear building, 349 Vibration absorber, 470
    Story stiffness, 323, 349 Vibration generator, 85
    Strong-motion accelerograph, 198 Vibration isolation
    Structural idealization, quality of, 561 applied force excitation, 90
    Structure–fluid system, 32, 463 ground motion excitation, 91
    Structure–soil system, 32, 463 Vibration-measuring instruments,
    Supplemental dampers, 284 95
    buckling restrained brace, 287 Virtual displacements, principle of,
    fluid viscous, 284 311, 324, 733
    friction, 287 Viscoelastic dampers, 284
    metallic yielding, 287 Viscous damping, 13, 355
    viscoelastic, 284 Viscous damping effects
    Support excitation (see Earthquake in earthquake response, 226, 280
    excitation) in free vibration, 50–51
    System identification, 452 response to harmonic excitation, 76–79
    response to pulse force, 154
    Timoshenko beam theory, 705
    Tohoku, Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011), 199 Weak first-story buildings, 782
    Transient response (see Transient vibration) concentration of yielding in first story,
    Transient vibration, 66, 73 783
    Transmissibility, 91–92 Wind-induced vibration of buildings, 472

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