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An SSI‐Informed Design for Tuned Mass Dampers With Small‐to‐Large Mass Ratios

open access: yesEarthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tuned Mass Dampers (TMDs) are used to mitigate structural vibrations induced by seismic or wind excitation, by tuning the device to the system's dominant resonant frequencies. However, the TMD effectiveness can be undermined by soil‐structure interaction, which can lead to elongation of the vibration periods and to combined translational ...
Davide Noè Gorini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analytical behaviour of FRP strengthened reinforced concrete beams under low velocity impact load incorporating rate dependant material constitutive models

open access: yes, 2014
Includes bibliographical references.Since the 1980s, the use of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in strengthening and rehabilitation of existing reinforced and pre-stressed structures has gained popularity.
Ruiters, Alton
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Concept, Tests, and Optimum Design of Novel Negative Stiffness Friction Dampers for Seismic Protection of Long‐Span Bridges

open access: yesEarthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Viscous dampers (VDs) are widely used to mitigate the excessive responses of long‐span bridges. However, VDs face some intricate challenges in engineering practices, including high damping coefficient requirement, potential base shear amplification and tremendous damping force under high velocity. To address these issues, this study develops a
Ruisheng Ma   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flexural behaviour of damaged concrete T-beams reinforced with ultra-high performance concrete filling

open access: yesFrontiers in Materials
To improve the flexural performance of damaged reinforced concrete T-beams, a method of filling ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) in the damaged area was adopted.
Shuai Huang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low cycle fatigue tests of reinforced concrete columns and joints built with ribbed reinforcement and plain stirrups

open access: yes, 2012
The majority of existing reinforced concrete (RC) buildings were built prior to the introduction of seismic codes. As observed in various recent earthquakes, due to their lack of structural capacity and ductility such structures are very vulnerable and
Varum, H., Rossetto, T., Borg, R. C.
core   +1 more source

Fracture analysis of debonding mechanism for FRP plates

open access: yes, 2009
Inevitable flaws in the concrete-FRP interface govern plate debonding, and are not amenable to finite element analysis because the models require far more detail than will ever be available for the interface. This thesis describes a global-energy-balance
Achintha, Paththini Marakkala Mithila
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Weak‐Story Mitigation and Drift Redistribution in Moment‐Resisting Frames Using Stepping Rocking Walls

open access: yesEarthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the seismic response of moment‐resisting frames retrofitted with a stepping rocking wall, with emphasis on weak‐story mitigation and residual drift reduction under both ordinary and pulse‐like ground motions. Nonlinear response‐history analyses are conducted on 9‐story and 20‐story SAC Los Angeles frames.
Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh
wiley   +1 more source

Applied Element Modelling of Out‐Of‐Plane Instability in Boundary Elements of Thin RC Walls

open access: yesEarthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent earthquakes in Chile (2010) and New Zealand (2011) caused extensive damage to buildings featuring reinforced concrete (RC) structural walls, with observed failure modes including out‐of‐plane instability of slender walls. This buckling‐type response under combined in‐plane and out‐of‐plane loading has also been documented in ...
Andrea Orgnoni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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