Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Pounding Response for Adjacent Inelastic MDOF Structures Based on Dimensional Analysis

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Physical quantity</td><td class="align_center">Symbol</td><td class="align_center">Dimension</td><td class="align_center">Similarity coefficient</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Length</td><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 9.16686ptpx;"><svg height="11.927pt" id="M145" style="vertical-align:-3.291101pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 9.16686 11.927" width="9.16686pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M449 634C442 637 425 643 405 650C376 660 341 666 307 666C181 666 98 590 98 485C98 400 170 343 215 310L246 288C307 243 343 204 343 147C343 67 291 18 219 18C104 18 61 124 51 202L23 199C28 124 27 71 27 47C47 22 122 -16 204 -16C324 -16 428 60 428 174C428 256 379 309 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<div>Similarity ratios of the test models.</div>

Shock and Vibration

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Table 1

Table 1: Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Pounding Response for Adjacent Inelastic MDOF Structures Based on Dimensional Analysis 