myBWDE

myBWDE calculates the dissipated energy of Bouc-Wen hysteretic systems analytically.

This program uses analytic procedures to calculate the dissipated energy of Bouc-Wen hysteretic systems. The calculation refers to a complete cycle during steady-state response under symmetric cyclic excitation.

For more information, please refer to the following papers:

Charalampakis AE, Koumousis VK. On the response and dissipated energy of Bouc–Wen hysteretic model. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 309 (2008): 887–895, doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2007.07.080.

[attached software : myBWDE :  executable]