A state-of-the-art review of passive energy dissipation systems in steel braces

MD Titirla - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
An extensive investigation of the international literature is carried out regarding the passive
energy dissipation systems and more specifically the dampers that can be positioned in …

Classification and unified phenomenological modeling of complex uniaxial rate-independent hysteretic responses

N Vaiana, L Rosati - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
The number and nature of hysteretic responses typically exhibited by mechanical systems
and materials are so huge that their modeling and identification are usually carried out on an …

State of the art of seismic protection technologies for non-engineered buildings (N-EBs) in developing regions of the world

S Galano, A Calabrese - Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
On a global scale, most earthquake casualties are the result of non-engineered buildings (N-
EBs) collapsing in developing regions of the world. This is because developing countries …

Evaluation of path-dependent work and internal energy change for hysteretic mechanical systems

N Vaiana, R Capuano, L Rosati - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The accuracy of procedures for the analysis and design of hysteretic mechanical systems, in
which both generalized rate-dependent and rate-independent hysteretic forces have a non …

Experimental evaluation and numerical simulation of low-yield-point steel shear panel dampers

Z Yao, W Wang, Y Zhu - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Shear panel dampers are considered as a type of reliable passive energy dissipation device
for seismic resistant structures with a damage-controlling concept. It has been revealed that …

Nonlinear dynamic analysis of hysteretic mechanical systems by combining a novel rate-independent model and an explicit time integration method

N Vaiana, S Sessa, F Marmo, L Rosati - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
This paper presents a computational strategy that combines a novel rate-independent
phenomenological model with an explicit time integration method to efficiently perform …

An inverse identification strategy for the mechanical parameters of a phenomenological hysteretic constitutive model

S Sessa, N Vaiana, M Paradiso, L Rosati - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2020 - Elsevier
An inverse strategy is developed for identifying the parameters of the hysteretic
phenomenological constitutive model presented in Vaiana et al.(2019) and belonging to a …

Seismic design and retrofit of frame structures with hysteretic dampers: a simplified displacement-based procedure

I Nuzzo, D Losanno, N Caterino - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2019 - Springer
This paper describes an effective and easy to use displacement-based procedure for
seismic design or retrofit of frame structures equipped with hysteretic dampers, taking into …

Experimental and numerical investigation of arc-shaped corrugated steel plate damper

C Shang, Y Zhou, J Li, K Jiang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Shear panel damper (SPD) is a commonly utilized hysteretic steel plate damper for energy
dissipation. However, the premature buckling of the web plate of SPD has become a major …

Enhancing the cyclic performance of shear links using longitudinal stiffeners

A Elgammal, MF Hassanein, A Seleemah - Journal of Constructional Steel …, 2023 - Elsevier
Shear links constitute the most crucial part of eccentrically braced frames. Their main
responsibility is to dissipate the earthquake input energy away from the main structural …