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Structural dynamics

a hysteresis model built from parallel spring-slider elements, widely used to represent frictional joints.

In structural dynamics, Iwan model refers to a hysteresis model built from parallel spring-slider elements, widely used to represent frictional joints. This meaning comes from Iwan (1966) in Journal of Applied Mechanics.[1]

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References

Iwan, W. D. (1966). A Distributed-Element Model for Hysteresis and Its Steady-State Dynamic Response. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 33(4), 893-900. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3625199

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