Influence of Fluid Viscous Damper on the Dynamic Response of Suspension Bridge under Random Traffic Load by Yue Zhao, Pingming Huang, Guanxu Long, Yangguang Yuan, Yamin Sun

“…The benefits of low velocity exponent also reduced when the damping coefficient was high enough, so if the velocity exponent has to be increased, the damping coefficient can be enlarged to fit with the velocity exponent. …”
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Dynamic Nonlinear and Residual Deformation Behaviors of the Fly Ash-Modified Loess by Qian Wang, Jun Wang, Xiumei Zhong, Haiping Ma, Xiaowei Xu

“…The dynamic shear modulus ratio, the damping ratio, and the dynamic residual strain of the modified loess were analyzed. …”
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Nonlinear Vibration Analysis of Submerged Floating Tunnel Tether by Sheng-nan Sun, Zhi-bin Su, Yun-fen Feng

“…Thus, the sag only affects the damping ratio of the in-plane symmetric mode, namely, that of the first and the third mode. …”
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Study on Dynamic Characteristics of Aerostatic Bearing with Elastic Equalizing Pressure Groove by Xiao-long Zhao, Hao Dong, Zhou Fang, Deng-di Chen, Jun-an Zhang

“…Dynamic stiffness and equivalent damping coefficient are the main indexes to evaluate the dynamic characteristics of the aerostatic bearing. …”
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Monolithic electrostatic actuators with independent stiffness modulation by Yuejun Xu, Jian Wen, Etienne Burdet, Majid Taghavi

“…Biological muscle modulates their stiffness and damping, varying viscoelastic properties and force in interaction with the surroundings. …”
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Mechanical Performance and Design Method of Improved Lead Shear Damper with Long Stroke by Baoshun Wang, Weiming Yan, Haoxiang He

“…The method of calculating damping force is reasonable and accurate. In order to verify the damping effect of ILSD-LS for the structures with long periods under long-period ground motions, the nonlinear time history analysis of a typical high-rise structure with ILSD-LS is carried out. …”
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Instantaneous Modal Parameter Identification of Linear Time-Varying Systems Based on Chirplet Adaptive Decomposition by Jie Zhang, Zhiyu Shi

“…Instantaneous modal parameter identification of time-varying dynamic systems is a useful but challenging task, especially in the identification of damping ratio. This paper presents a method for modal parameter identification of linear time-varying systems by combining adaptive time-frequency decomposition and signal energy analysis. …”
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Decoupling Optimization Design of Under-Chassis Equipment Suspension System in High-Speed Trains by Zhanghui Xia, Dao Gong, Jinsong Zhou, Wenjing Sun, Yu Sun

“…The vibrations of high-speed trains may strongly affect the safety and ride comfort of passengers, which issue requires the damping optimization of under-chassis equipment (UCE). …”
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Shaking Table Tests of Curved Bridge considering Bearing Friction Sliding Isolation by Lei Yan, Qingning Li, Chun Han, Haotian Jiang

“…The experimental results show that the isolation model curved bridge suffered less seismic damage than the seismic model curved bridge. The fundamental frequencies of the seismic model bridge and isolation model bridge decreased and the damping ratio increased with the increase of seismic intensity. …”
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Nuclear Alarmin Cytokines in Inflammation by Lili Jiang, Yijia Shao, Yao Tian, Changsheng Ouyang, Xiaohua Wang

“…These endogenous proteins were named damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) or alarmins. …”
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Holding the Inflammatory System in Check: TLRs and Their Targeted Therapy in Asthma by Zhiyong Dong, Lingxin Xiong, Weijie Zhang, Peter G. Gibson, Ting Wang, Yanjiao Lu, Guoqiang Wang, Hui Li, Fang Wang

“…TLRs are the primary proteins associated with the innate and adaptive immune responses to these fatal factors and play an important role in recognizing pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), which initiates the downstream immune response. …”
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Analytic expressions for quasinormal modes of the general parametrized spherically symmetric black holes and the Hod's proposal by Alexey Dubinsky

“…As an application of this analytic formula, we demonstrate that such generic black holes satisfy Hod's proposal, which constrains the damping rate of the least damped mode in relation to the Hawking temperature.…”
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Development and Analysis of the Control Effect of a Reid Damper with Self-Centering Characteristics by Ying-jie Kang, Ling-yun Peng

“…The additional equivalent damping ratios of the 10 schemes are equal, whereas the energy dissipation coefficients of the dampers are different. …”
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Seismic Response Analysis of an Isolated Structure with QZS under Near-Fault Vertical Earthquakes by Dewen Liu, Yang Liu, Dongfa Sheng, Wenyuan Liao

“…The results show that seismic responses of the structure can be controlled by setting the appropriate static equilibrium position, vertical isolation period, and vertical damping ratio. Adding a damping ratio is effective in controlling the vertical large deformation of the isolator.…”
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Experimental and Analytical Study on the Vibration Performance of U-Shaped Steel-Concrete Composite Hollow Waffle Slab by Xi Zhang, Qiming Wang, Yousan Wang, Qing Li

“…The large-span floor system being lightweight with low frequency and low damping is prone to suffer severe vibration under human excitations. …”
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Determination of coupled sway, roll, and yaw motions of a floating body in regular waves by S. N. Das, S. K. Das

“…The governing equations of motion describing the balance of wave-exciting force with the inertial, damping, and restoring forces are transformed into frequency domain by applying Laplace transform technique. …”
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Danger Signals Activating the Immune Response after Trauma by Stefanie Hirsiger, Hans-Peter Simmen, Clément M. L. Werner, Guido A. Wanner, Daniel Rittirsch

“…With popularization of the “danger theory,” numerous DAMPs and PAMPs and their corresponding pathogen-recognition receptors have been identified. …”
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Design of SVC Controller Based on Improved Biogeography-Based Optimization Algorithm by Feifei Dong, Dichen Liu, Jun Wu, Bingcheng Cen, Haolei Wang, Chunli Song, Lina Ke

“…The simulation results of Jinjie plant indicate that the subsynchronous damping controller optimized by the IBBO algorithm can remarkably improve the damping of torsional modes and thus effectively depress SSR, and ensure the safety and stability of units and power grid operation. …”
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Identification of the Anisotropic Elastic Parameters of NiCrAlY Coating by Combining Nanoindentation and Finite Element Method by Jingyu Zhai, Yugang Chen, Xinyuan Song, Hongchun Wu, Qingkai Han

“…For vibration damping, coatings are prepared on surface of the structures (substrates), which constitute the coating-substrate composite structures. …”
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Hybrid sensor network control of vehicle ride comfort, handling, and safety with semi-active charging suspension by Shaoyi Bei, Chen Huang, Bo Li, Zhiyu Zhang

“…However, few of them are about the relationship among the damping of adjustable damping shock absorber, handling stability, and safety. …”
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