Chapter 9

Damping Systems

George T. Michaltsos and Ioannis G. Raftoyiannis

Abstract

In this chapter, the most characteristic cases of damping systems in bridges are presented. Damping systems are categorized into external damping systems (such as special bearings) and internal damping systems (such as masses and dampers in the bridge) and their modeling aspects are presented in detail.

Total Pages: 257-278 (22)

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