Structural vibration is a common phenomenon existing in various engineering fields such as
machinery, aerospace, and civil engineering. It should be noted that the effective …

This paper presents a summary of current practice and recent developments in the
application of passive energy dissipation systems for seismic protection of structures. The …

In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to research and development of
structural control devices, with particular emphasis on alleviation of wind and seismic …

As passive structural control systems begin to see an increased acceptance within the
earthquake engineering community, strong research efforts have been shifted towards the …

The utilization of structural control systems for alleviating the responses of civil engineering
structures, under the effects of different kinds of dynamics loadings, has become a standard …

Yielding can be emulated in a structural system by adding an adaptive negative stiffness
device (NSD) and shifting the yielding away from the main structural system, leading to the …

An innovative concept, smart structural systems have proven to be extremely effective in
absorbing damaging energy and/or counteracting potentially devastating force, thus limiting …

The theory of fractional calculus goes back to the beginning of the theory of differential
calculus but its inherent complexity postponed the application of the associated concepts. In …

Passive fluid viscous damping systems are generally well suited to vibration control of civil
structures subjected to seismic excitation. In particular, fluid viscous dampers that operate on …

The earthquake protection of structures equipped with energy dissipation devices in the form
of nonlinear fluid viscous dampers (FVDs) is investigated. Most of the optimal design …