Recent earthquakes confirmed the large occurrence of non-structural components failure, so as furnishings, equipment, and architectural, electrical and mechanical fixture [...]

A smart passive control strategy is herein investigated to protect seismically excited structures. It is based on the use of seismic early warning information to optimall [...]

The authors present and discuss the main results of a experimental campaign performed on a near full-scale semi-actively controlled steel building, in the framework of a [...]

The possible exploitation of a seismic early warning system (SEWS) in the framework of semi-active (SA) structural control using magnetorheological (MR) dampers has been [...]

A wide experimental activity on two prototype magnetorheological (MR) semiactive (SA) dampers manufactured in Germany was conducted during an Italian research project, an [...]

The inertial interaction analysis of a structure founded on piles is usually performed by taking that the support motion at the foundation level is merely that of the fre [...]

A seismic early warning system (SEWS) is a set of actions that can be taken from the moment when a seismic event is triggered, with a significant reliability, to the mome [...]

Magnetorheological (MR) dampers represent one of the most promising semi-active control devices for applications aiming at the seismic risk mitigation of new or existing [...]

Several different technical options are nowadays available to seismically upgrade an existing building. Selecting the best one with reference to a given structure general [...]