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Response History Analysis of Structureswith Seismic Isolation and Energy Dissipation

Systems: Verification Examples forProgram SAP2000

by

Joern Scheller and Michael C. ConstantinouUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York

School of Civil, Structural and Environmental EngineeringKetter Hall

Buffalo, New York 14260-4300

Technical Report MCEER-99-0002

February 22, 1999

This research was conducted at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York and wassupported in whole or in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CMS 97-01471.

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