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CENTER FOR
EARTHQUAKE
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Experimental & Analytical Investigation

of Seismic Retrofit of Structures with
Supplemental Damping, Part 1: Fluid
Viscous Damping Devices

by

A.M. Reinhorn, C. Li and M.C. Constantinou

Technical Report NCEER-95-0001

January 3, 1995

This research was conducted at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York
and was supported in whole or in part by the National Science Foundation under grant
number BCS 90-25010and the New York State Science and Technology Foundation
under Grant No. NEC-91029.
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