Seismic retrofitting of existing frame buildings through externally attached sub-structures: State of the art review and future perspectives

XY Cao, D Shen, DC Feng, CL Wang, Z Qu… - Journal of building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Earthquakes cause serious damage to buildings and result in heavy losses to society,
therefore, it is necessary to enhance the seismic capacity of existing buildings via structural …

Seismic design of timber buildings: Highlighted challenges and future trends

M Stepinac, I Šušteršič, I Gavrić, V Rajčić - Applied sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Use of timber as a construction material has entered a period of renaissance since the
development of high-performance engineered wood products, enabling larger and taller …

A stochastic CSM-based displacement-oriented design strategy for the novel precast SRC-UHPC composite braced-frame in the externally attached seismic retrofitting

XY Cao, DC Feng, CL Wang, D Shen, G Wu - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of performance based earthquake engineering, the recognition of
performance based seismic design (PBSD) is continuously growing in academia and …

Seismic performance improvement of existing RCFs using external PT-PBSPC frame sub-structures: Experimental verification and numerical investigation

XY Cao, G Wu, JWW Ju - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel external sub-structure is developed for the seismic performance improvement of
existing frame buildings, namely, post-tensioned precast bolt-connected steel-plate …

Experimental and theoretical investigations of the existing reinforced concrete frames retrofitted with the novel external SC-PBSPC BRBF sub-structures

XY Cao, DC Feng, G Wu, Z Wang - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The experimental and theoretical investigations of the existing reinforced concrete frame
(RCF) retrofitted with a novel external retrofitting sub-structure, self-centering precast bolt …

Research on the seismic retrofitting performance of RC frames using SC‐PBSPC BRBF substructures

XY Cao, G Wu, DC Feng, Z Wang… - … Engineering & Structural …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A new type of external substructure to upgrade existing reinforced concrete frames (RCFs) is
presented in this paper, namely, a self‐centering precast bolt‐connected steel‐plate …

Probabilistic seismic performance assessment of RC frames retrofitted with external SC-PBSPC BRBF sub-structures

XY Cao, DC Feng, G Wu, JG Xu - Journal of Earthquake …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A new external retrofitting sub-structure is proposed, namely, self-centering
precast bolt-connected steel-plate reinforced concrete buckling-restrained-brace-frame (SC …

Experimental study and finite element analysis of seismic behaviour of novel precast prestressed concrete frames

D Li, Y Chai, W Li, R Xiang - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel precast prestressed concrete frame structure connected using post-
tensioned steel strands, cast-in-place filler, and post-tensioned or nonprestressed grouted …

[HTML][HTML] Progressive collapse assessment of precast prestressed reinforced concrete beams using applied element method

M Alanani, M Ehab, H Salem - Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the repetitive progressive collapse events, it became necessity to form theories of
designs against those cases of loadings. Prestressed reinforced concrete elements become …

Experimental study on seismic performance of steel artificial controllable plastic hinge (ACPH) with energy-absorption box (EAB)

T Wang, M He, S Wu, H Wu, Y Che, Y Du, Y Ma - Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
In order to ensure reliable seismic performance, controllable plasticity and recoverable post-
earthquake function of precast concrete (PC) frame beam-column joints, this study …