Identification of Sudden Stiffness Change in the Acceleration Response of a Nonlinear Hysteretic Structure

Table 7

The parameters encoded in the IMPSCO for the MR damper experiment.

Parameters	Description	Initial range of parameters
f0	Initial damping force
c	Damping of MR damper
k	Stiffness of MR damper
	Bilinear factor defined as the post- to preyield stiffness ratio of the system
	The loop fatness of the system
	The loop pinching of the system
n	The abruptness parameter of the system