Seismic resilient steel structures: A review of research, practice, challenges and opportunities

C Fang, W Wang, C Qiu, S Hu, GA MacRae… - … of Constructional Steel …, 2022 - Elsevier
Steel structures have long been recognized as excellent earthquake-resistant systems.
However, this viewpoint wavered after the 1994 Northridge and 1995 Kobe earthquakes …

Self-centering structures against earthquakes: a critical review

C Fang, C Qiu, W Wang, MS Alam - Journal of Earthquake …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
With critical lessons drawn from past major earthquakes, the engineering community is
appealing for a fundamental shift in the existing design philosophy for structures in seismic …

[HTML][HTML] 地震工程: 从抗震、 减隔震到可恢复性

周颖, 吴浩, 顾安琪 - 工程力学, 2019 - pubs.cstam.org.cn
近年我国地震工程研究的发展呈现从抗震, 减隔震走向可恢复功能的趋势.
地震可恢复功能可定义为: 受到地震动输入扰动后, 结构, 系统, 城市具有可恢复功能的能力 …

Floor acceleration control of self-centering braced frames using viscous dampers

S Hu, C Qiu, S Zhu - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The self-centering braced frames (SCBFs) have been widely investigated for enhancing the
building structures' post-earthquake repairability by reducing or even eliminating the …

Self-centering seismic-resistant structures: Historical overview and state-of-the-art

C Zhong, C Christopoulos - Earthquake Spectra, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This state-of-the-art review provides an overview of the evolution of self-centering structures
from early historical structures that inherently exhibited a recentering response to modern …

Performance-based seismic design of self-centering steel frames with SMA-based braces

CX Qiu, S Zhu - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
This study proposes a performance-based seismic design (PBSD) method for steel braced
frames with novel self-centering (SC) braces that utilize shape memory alloys (SMA) as a …

Shake table test and numerical study of self‐centering steel frame with SMA braces

C Qiu, S Zhu - Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Given their excellent self‐centering and energy‐dissipating capabilities, superelastic shape
memory alloys (SMAs) become an emerging structural material in the field of earthquake …

Machine learning-aided peak and residual displacement-based design method for enhancing seismic performance of steel moment-resisting frames by installing self …

S Hu, S Zhu, MS Alam, W Wang - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Conventional steel moment-resisting frames (SMRFs) absorb seismic energy through steel
yielding behavior, leading to significant residual displacement. Although steel yielding …

Self-Centering seismic lateral force resisting systems: high performance structures for the city of tomorrow

NB Chancellor, MR Eatherton, DA Roke, T Akbaş - Buildings, 2014 - mdpi.com
Structures designed in accordance with even the most modern buildings codes are
expected to sustain damage during a severe earthquake; however; these structures are …

Design concepts for controlled rocking of self-centering steel-braced frames

MR Eatherton, X Ma, H Krawinkler, D Mar… - Journal of Structural …, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
The self-centering rocking steel-braced frame is a high-performance system that can prevent
major structural damage and minimize residual drifts during large earthquakes. It consists of …