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NATIONALCENTER FOREARTHQUAKEENGINEERINGRESEARCH
ISSN 1088-3800
Seismic Behavior and Design Guidelines for Steel Frame Structures with Added
Viscoelastic Dampers
by
K.C. Chang, M.L. Lai, T.T. Soong, D.S. Hao and Y.C. Yeh
Technical Report NCEER-93-0009
May 1, 1993
This research was conducted at the National Taiwan University, The 3M Company, University at Buffalo, National Seoul Polytechnic University and Beijing Polytechnic
University and was supported in whole or in part by the National Science Foundation under grant number BCS 90-25010 and the New York State Science and Technology
Foundation under Grant No. NEC-91029.
NOTICEThis report was prepared by the National Taiwan University, The 3M Company, Univer-sity at Buffalo, National Seoul Polytechnic University and Beijing Polytechnic University as a result of research sponsored by the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER) through a grant from the National Science Foundation, and other sponsors. Neither NCEER, associates of NCEER, its sponsors, the National Taiwan Uni-versity, The 3M Company, University at Buffalo, National Seoul Polytechnic University and Beijing Polytechnic University nor any person acting on their behalf:
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