LIQUID DAMPERS FOR MITIGATION OF
STRUCTURAL RESPONSE: THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT AND
EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION

A Dissertation
Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Notre Dame
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

by

Swaroop Krishna Yalla, B.Tech, M.S.

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1.   Abstract
2.   Table of Contents
3.   Chapter 1 : Introduction
4.   Chapter 2 : Modeling of Sloshing
5.   Chapter 3 : Tuned Liquid Column Dampers
6.   Chapter 4 : Beat Phenomenon
7.   Chapter 5 : Semi-active Systems and Applications
8.   Chapter 6 : TLD experiments
9.   Chapter 7 : TLCD experiments
10. Chapter 8 : Design, implementation and Reliability issues
11. Chapter 9 : Conclusions
12. Appendix
13. References
 

last modified July 14th 2001
Swaroop Yalla