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Dynamic Absorber

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To absorb the kinetic energy produced by dynamic loading such as wave, wind, earthquake and ice loading on a structure.

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Jia, J. (2017). Dynamic Absorber. In: Modern Earthquake Engineering . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31854-2_24

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