A method of analyzing building earthquake response based on the wavelet method was proposed. The method was tested using a mathematical model. The model was a second order differential equation as the model, where the stiffness of the structure could vary with time, solved under the Runge-Kutta numerical method. The solution data was used to validate the continuous wavelet transform based analysis technique. The algorithm created successfully reconstructed the stiffness loss in the model under a general visual inspection.

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Creator

• Hendrickson, Daniel Christopher

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 03E007M

Advisor

• Hou, Zhikun

Year

• 2003

Date created

• 2003-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright