Permanent construction has evolved from the Palaeolithic age to today's skyscrapers.
Constructing the structure, which promises occupants safety, has become a concern …

This study addresses the nonlinear seismic responses of ordinary moment frame building
upgraded with a series of passive protective systems. To this, friction damper (FD) as an …

A passive tuned mass damper can only be designed to have a good damping effect near the
resonance frequency of the primary structure. To overcome this limitation, a novel semi …

Friction dampers are widely used energy dissipators for the seismic fortification of
engineering structures, due to their efficiency, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. Since the …

Semi-active particle damping equipments exhibit considerable adaptability when
implemented in flexible structures. However, their dynamic characteristics become complex …

In this paper, a procedure to develop fragility curves of structures equipped with semi-active
tuned mass dampers (SATMDs) considering multiple failure criteria has been presented …

This work provides an alternative for the semi-active vibration control problem via state
feedback plus an active disturbance rejection control (K-ADRC) for a multistory building …

This paper introduces a novel, rigorous, and efficient probabilistic methodology for the
performance-based optimal design (PBOD) of semi-active tuned mass damper (SATMD) for …

Friction dampers are widely used in structural vibration suppression in various fields, such
as aeronautics, astronautics, robotics, precision manufacturing, etc. Traditional friction …

The response amplification technology, which enhances the efficiency of shock absorption
apparatuses, has been widely applied in the field of shock absorption control for …