Abstract. In this paper, a damping model for a high-rise building is introduced. This model is used to investigate the possibilities to identify the relative damping contribution of the internal material damping in building elements, energy loss at element interfaces and energy outflow at the interface with the ground. The building is modeled as an Euler-Bernoulli beam which is elastically supported at its base by a translational and rotation spring, including viscous damping elements. The beam has internal viscous material damping and is attached to a distributed viscous damper. Data obtained from conventional full scale measurements of the vibrations at the top of a high-rise building
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