The effectiveness of damping devices for seismic protection of structures can be improved by installing the dampers in displacement amplification frames. This paper descr [...]

The use of surgical plates is recognized as the standard treatment for fracture surgery. Mandibular condyle fractures are common enough to account for 35% of all mandibul [...]

This paper concentrates on investigating the seismic behaviors of vertically irregular steel special moment frame (SMF) buildings by comparison with the regular counterpa [...]

Masonry infill walls are frequently used as interior partitions and exterior walls in low- or middle- rise RC buildings. In the design and assessment of buildings, the in [...]

In this work, a linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) controller is constructed to optimally control seismic response of framed structures founded on soils. An approximate freq [...]

This Coupling of electrical, mechanical and thermal effects is a natural outcome of the general formulation of the response of piezoelectric materials to mechanical loadi [...]