In a standard design practice, it is often necessary to assemble engineered structures from
individually manufactured parts. Ideally, the assembled system should perform as if the …

This study presents a novel self‐centering (SC) base isolation system enabled by traditional
lead rubber bearing (LRB) incorporating superelastic shape memory alloy (SMA) U‐shaped …

Abstract The Bouc–Wen (BW) model is a successful differential equations model used to
describe a wide range of nonlinear hysteretic systems. However, it is unable to describe …

Over the past decades, many vibration control devices have been invented to enhance the
integrity of structures and improve their safety when subjected to seismic actions. A review of …

Structural health monitoring (SHM) is backwards analysis of past to current state of damage,
but cannot create a structure-specific nonlinear model for forward analysis of future …

During the last years, several mechanics-based macromodels have been proposed to
assess the cyclic response of infilled RC frames. However, the uncertainties behind the …

The Wiener path integral (WPI) approximate semi-analytical technique for determining the
joint response probability density function (PDF) of stochastically excited nonlinear …

In this work, a consistent smooth Bouc–Wen-type degrading hysteretic model is presented
which incorporates stiffness degradation, strength deterioration, pinching, asymmetric …

The behavior of a new Hysteretic Nonlinear Energy Sink (HNES) coupled to a linear primary
oscillator is investigated in shock mitigation. Apart from a small mass and a nonlinear elastic …

In high production gas wells, premium connections are subject to alternating loads and
vibration excitation due to the change of fluid pressure exerted on the tubing string. The …