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Field measurement of damping in industrial chimneys and towers

  • Cho, K.P. (Department of Architectural Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics) ;
  • Tamura, Y. (Department of Architectural Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics) ;
  • Itoh, T. (Architectural Design Department, Tokyo Electric Power Services Co.) ;
  • Narikawa, M. (Architecture Group, Power Engineering R&D Center, Tokyo Electric Power Company) ;
  • Uchikawa, Y. (Architecture Group, Power Engineering R&D Center, Tokyo Electric Power Company) ;
  • Nishimura, I. (Architecture Group, Power Engineering R&D Center, Tokyo Electric Power Company) ;
  • Ohshima, Y. (Architecture Group, Power Engineering R&D Center, Tokyo Electric Power Company)
  • Published : 2001.10.25
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Abstract

In the design of industrial chimneys and towers, structural engineers must assume a level of the inherent damping in the structures. In order to better estimate the dynamic response of those structures, actual damping was measured from wind-induced vibration signals of chimneys and towers and its characteristics with respect to the response levels, the structural systems, and the wind direction were discussed. Damping ratio and natural frequency for three chimneys and two towers were calculated using random decrement technique.

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