Functional recovery evaluation of hybrid self‐centering piston‐based braced frames

N Rahgozar, MS Alam - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Severe earthquakes possess formidable destructive potential, leading to substantial
damage, widespread disruptions, and tragic loss of life. In response, researchers and …

Optimal design of self-centering bi-rocking braced frames using metaheuristic algorithms

MR Mohammadi, EM Dehcheshmeh… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Residual drift of structural systems after seismic events can make buildings uninhabitable
and may cause their collapse in aftershocks, as seen in the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake …

Self-centering rocking steel frame with column mid-height uplift: Experimental and numerical investigation

Y Guo, M Lian, Y Zhou, M Su - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a self-centering rocking steel frame with column mid-height uplift
(SCRSF-CMU) that exhibits high post-yield stiffness and energy dissipation capacity. The …

Seismic isolation strategy via controlled soft first story with innovative multi-stage yielding damper: Experimental and numerical insights

S Ghasemi, M Hosseini, S Hu, A Shahram - Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
While the presence of a soft story within a building is typically discouraged in structural
engineering due to potential vulnerabilities, this research proposes a strategy that …

Effect of Design Optimality and Overstrength on the Seismic Performance of Steel Plate Shear Walls

P Arezoomand Langarudi, M Adibramezani… - Iranian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
This study proposes and implements an automated design optimization program for steel
plate shear wall (SPSW) systems and evaluates the effect of design conservatism level on …