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Building Tutorials Building Vibration Standards: building.pdf Transamerica Pyramid Design: pyramid.pdf Kijewski and Kareem, Analysis of full-scale data from a tall building in Boston: damping estimates: Boston.pdf Livanos, Raffan, and Coltrona, Active Control of Vibration in Tall Buildings VibrationTallBuildings.pdf Womack and Halling, Forced Vibration Testing of the I-15 South Temple Bridge: temple_bridge.pdf United Facilities Criteria (UFC) Structural Load Data, US Department of Defense: ufc_3_310_01.pdf Structures Incorporating Tuned Mass Dampers: TMD_Table.pdf See also Earthquake Engineering Page

Transportation & Construction-Induced Vibration Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment: FTA_Noise_and_Vibration_Manual.pdf Transportation and Construction-Induced Vibration Guidance Manual, California Department of Transportation: CDT_TC.pdf Henwood & Haramy, Vibrations Induced by Construction Traffic: A Historic Case Study: 043henwood_construction_vibrations.pdf

Software Fundamental Frequency of a Tall Building: building.exe - Calculation of a velocity spectrum from an acceleration or velocity time history, per the Colin Gordon velocity criteria. Disclaimer: This software program is not officially endorsed by Colin Gordon and associates. velox.exe velox.cpp

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