In the past two decades, passive control strategies using isolation and fluid dampers have
been employed for the seismic protection of bridge highway structures. The isolation …

Earthquake response control of base-isolated bridges using supplementary passive
dampers is presented. A benchmark highway overcrossing located in California is selected …

Friction pendulum bearing (FPB) is a sliding-based isolator, widely used in the seismic
design of the bridge structure. However, there is neither unified standard nor complete …

The effectiveness of a novel negative stiffness device (NSD) and damper system for
reduction of the seismic response of highway bridges was investigated in this study. To this …

This paper presents a passive control device—multidirectional cable restrainer (MDCR)—
and develops the fragility curves of a curved bridge with and without MDCR, respectively …

The aim of this study is to investigate the variation in response quantities of buildings
seismically isolated by lead rubber bearings (LRBs), depending on how the superstructure …

A shear key is installed on a seismic isolation bearing to resist long-term service and small
earthquake loads. In the event of a large earthquake, the shear key is cut off to allow for the …

Near-fault ground motions with high acceleration peaks and long-period velocity pulses
pose a serious threat to the reliability of engineering structures. To reduce the displacement …

A vertical spring had a changeable horizontal stiffness to avoid resonance under a seismic
displacement, and a viscous damper had a perfect energy dissipation function to reduce the …

Running safety of the railway vehicles on the bridge during earthquakes is a major concern
for railway engineering. To reduce the derailment risk of railway vehicles on bridges, friction …