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Earthquake engineering

a piston device that forces fluid through orifices to dissipate energy, added to structures to reduce earthquake and wind response.

In earthquake engineering, fluid viscous damper refers to a piston device that forces fluid through orifices to dissipate energy, added to structures to reduce earthquake and wind response. This meaning comes from Constantinou (1993) in The Structural Design of Tall Buildings.[1]

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References

Constantinou, M. C., & Symans, M. D. (1993). Seismic response of structures with supplemental damping. The Structural Design of Tall Buildings, 2(2), 77-92. https://doi.org/10.1002/tal.4320020202

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