The number and nature of hysteretic responses typically exhibited by mechanical systems
and materials are so huge that their modeling and identification are usually carried out on an …

Unbonded fiber reinforced elastomeric isolators (UFREIs) can be used for the seismic
protection of structures as a lower-cost alternative to conventional laminated rubber …

The accuracy of procedures for the analysis and design of hysteretic mechanical systems, in
which both generalized rate-dependent and rate-independent hysteretic forces have a non …

We extend a recently developed class of uniaxial symmetric rate-independent models to
simulate complex asymmetric mechanical hysteresis phenomena. The main features of the …

A recent analytical model of hysteresis, developed by the authors to simulate a great variety
of complex uniaxial rate-independent mechanical hysteresis phenomena, is reformulated in …

This paper investigates the rocking behavior of rigid bodies seismically protected by means
of lead rubber bearings and high damping rubber bearings, which are the most popular …

This paper presents a novel family of multiple springs models capable of reproducing the
nonlinear response typical of mechanical systems and materials having a biaxial kinematic …

The cyclic behavior and dissipative properties of pantographic fabrics are analytically and
experimentally investigated in this paper. To these purposes, a two-dimensional second …

A dynamic experiment of progressive collapse constitutes the basis of a collapse-resistant
analysis. To achieve broad applicability and avoid superfluous influencing factors, two …

The use of elastomeric bearings for base isolation is well established through several
studies. This paper is mainly focused on an innovative Fiber-Reinforced Bearing (FRB) …