Structural control prevents structural damage and provides the desirable performance level
through the ductility of components and using passive energy dissipation systems. In this …

A cryo scanning transmission X-ray microscope, the cryo-STXM, has been designed and
commissioned at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron. The instrument is designed to …

Viscoelastic dampers are one of the most popular earthquake mitigation devices for building
structures with a large number of applications in civil engineering. The seismic performance …

The present study involves the application of surface viscoelastic damping treatments to
remedy panel flutter problems in existing aircraft components in which active control …

Among the passive control systems for attenuation of vibrations in structures, those that use
viscoelastic materials as a damping core in laminated-plate-like components are focused …

Appropriate modelling of the real behavior of viscoelastic materials is of fundamental
importance for correct studies and analyses of structures and components where such …

This paper presents a study on the energy-absorbing capacities of viscoelastic dampers
(VEDs) for reducing the resonant vibrations of simply supported high-speed railway bridges …

Viscoelastic coupling dampers (VCDs) are used for the seismic and wind protection of tall
buildings. In the past, several tests have been carried out on VCDs under severe loading …

The usefulness of supplementary energy dissipation devices is now quite well-known in the
earthquake structural engineering community for reducing the earthquake-induced …

Several important topics covering a variety of areas are investigated with a view to aiding
designers to make appropriate judgments in the design of damping devices to suppress …