The new strengthening technology by using high strength materials of stranded mesh and polymer mortar (SMPM) employs advantages in comparison with traditional ones, and p [...]

More attention has been paid to the inelastic design spectra with the development of performance based seismic design, because it can be used to estimate the maximum disp [...]

A direct displacement based seismic design procedure of RC bridge piers fulfilled multiple performance objectives, which usually expressed as that designed structures can [...]

An innovative re-centering damping device is presented. Being configurated simply, the device comprises two functional groups of superelastic SMA strands, i.e. the un-pre [...]

In this paper, seismic response of large-span cable-stayed bridge under multi-component multi-support earthquake excitations is studied. The emphasis is placed on investi [...]

This paper presents an extensive experimental program and main results of shaking table tests performed on reduced-scale steel frame model with and without passive energy [...]

In this paper, a new idea for designing metallic damper is presented, i.e. metallic damper with “dual functions”, because they not only provide certain added stiffnes [...]

A new mathematical model for location optimization of viscoelastic dampers is established in this paper. Three response control indices about the storey-drift angle, stor [...]

A mathematical model of any real system is always just an approximation of the true, physical reality of the system dynamics. There are always uncertainties in the system [...]

Plastic hinge model has been widely used in bridge seismic design codes such as Japan, Caltrans, New Zealand and China (revised edition), to evaluate deformation capacity [...]