Experimental testing and numerical validation of the Εxtended KDamper: A negative stiffness-based vibration absorber

A Mantakas, M Kalderon, KA Chondrogiannis… - Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The KDamper absorber is a recently proposed innovative vibration mitigation solution based
essentially on the optimal combination of appropriate stiffness and damping elements, which …

Experimental Design of the K-Damper Device for Attenuating Vibrations in Structural Applications

KA Chondrogiannis, A Mantakas… - 18th World …, 2024 - research-collection.ethz.ch
The mitigation of mechanical vibrations forms an important and challenging pursuit of
practical significance for ensuring the safety and resilience of engineered systems. Recently …

Retrofit Strategies for Seismic Protection of Multi-Story Structures with Extended KDamper Devices

K Kapasakalis, A Mantakas, M Kalderon… - Technical …, 2024 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
This paper evaluates the efficiency of the extended version of the KDamper (EKD) as a
seismic retrofitting solution for existing multi-story building structures. Two distinct …

[PDF][PDF] Καινοτόμες Διατάξεις Απορρόφησης Κραδασμών και Μεταϋλικά για Έλεγχο Χαμηλόσυχνων Κυμάτων

Μ Καλδερών - 2023 - dspace.lib.ntua.gr
The scope of this dissertation is to provide theoretical and experimental insight towards the
mitigation of low-frequency vibrations and noise, by exploiting novel absorbing and …