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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Review of self-centering rocking systems for earthquake-resistant building structures: State of the art

M Froozanfar, S Moradi, R Kianoush… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rocking structural systems have been proposed as a promising solution for designing
resilient building structures. These low-damage systems can prevent significant economic …

Machine learning and genetic algorithm-based framework for the life-cycle cost-based optimal design of self-centering building structures

S Hu, X Lei - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Self-centering systems have emerged as innovative lateral force-resisting mechanisms
aimed at improving the earthquake resilience of building structures. The fully self-centering …

Approximate seismic performance of full and partial self-centering systems based on spectral analysis of SDOF systems

R Zhang, C Qiu, L Huang, J Jia - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a performance evaluation of full and 'partial'self-centering (SC) systems
based on spectral analysis of Single Degree of Freedom (SDOF) systems. The primary …

Probabilistic nonlinear displacement ratio prediction of self-centering energy-absorbing dual rocking core system under near-fault ground motions using machine …

S Hu, W Wang, MS Alam - Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Near-fault pulse-like ground motions can lead to significant seismic demand on building
structures due to velocity pulses. The self-centering energy-absorbing dual rocking core …

Seismic design method for multi-story SMA braced frames based on inelastic displacement ratio

C Qiu, X Du, J Teng, Z Li, C Chen - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2021 - Elsevier
Superelastic shape memory alloys (SMAs) can recover large inelastic deformation
meanwhile dissipating energy under loading reversals. This property makes them an …

Reliability-based seismic assessment of controlled rocking steel cores

N Rahgozar, M Pouraminian, N Rahgozar - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Controlled-rocking steel cores (CRSCs) effectively prevent earthquake-induced residual
damage while may suffer large lateral displacements. This paper gives a particular …

The constant damage inelastic displacement ratio for performance design of self-centering systems under far-field earthquake ground motions

P Amirchoupani, RN Farahani, G Abdollahzadeh - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research paper, the inelastic displacement ratio known as maximum nonlinear
displacement to maximum elastic displacement is determined at different periods of vibration …

Residual displacement estimation of the bilinear SDOF systems under the near-fault ground motions using the BP neural network

M Wei, X Hu, H Yuan - Advances in Structural Engineering, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents a comprehensive study of residual displacements of the bilinear single
degree of freedom (SDOF) systems under the near-fault ground motions (NFGMs). Five sets …