Viscoelastic Dampers for Vibration Control of Building Structures: A State-of-Art Review

Z Shu, R You, Y **e - Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Due to its high effectiveness and low cost, viscoelastic damper (VED) is a commonly used
type of passive energy dissipation device to reduce structural vibrations and responses …

Seismic retrofit of reinforced concrete beam-column joints using various confinement techniques: A review

CB Ong, CL Chin, CK Ma, JY Tan, AZ Awang, W Omar - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The catastrophic seismic events have urged the need for effective retrofitting techniques for
the non-seismically designed structures built in the seismic active zone. The design and …

Optimal combined seismic and energy efficiency retrofitting for existing buildings in Italy

N Clemett, WW Carofilis Gallo… - Journal of Structural …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
A large portion of aging existing buildings are susceptible to significant structural damage
during earthquakes and suffer from poor energy performance. When considering how to …

Load-carrying capacity and mode failure simulation of beam-column joint connection: Application of self-tuning machine learning model

AAH Alwanas, AA Al-Musawi, SQ Salih, H Tao… - Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The behavior of reinforced concrete external beam-column joint is highly stochastic and
nonlinear due to the incorporation of several dimensional and concrete properties. Hence …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of the novel rehabilitation method of seismically damaged RC joints using C-FRP ropes and comparison with widely applied method using C …

E Golias, AG Zapris, VK Kytinou, GI Kalogeropoulos… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The necessity of ensuring the long-term sustainability of existing structures is rising. An
important issue concerning existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures in seismically active …

Full-scale experimental testing of RC beam-column joints strengthened using CFRP ropes as external reinforcement

CG Karayannis, E Golias - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Common reasons often impose the strengthening of elements of existing reinforced concrete
structures designed according to various regulations including contemporary codes. Such …

Seismic retrofit of external RC beam–column joints by joint enlargement using prestressed steel angles

J Shafaei, A Hosseini, MS Marefat - Engineering Structures, 2014 - Elsevier
Reinforced concrete (RC) structures that were built prior to the 1970s generally do not meet
current seismic design requirements, especially in terms of reinforcement details. An …

Seismic performance and material-level damage evolution of retrofitted RC framed structures by high-performance AVED under different shear-span ratio

YR Dong, ZD Xu, Q Shi, QQ Li, ZH He… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
To upgrade the seismic performance of reinforced concrete framed structures with
insufficient seismic capability, the high-performance acrylate viscoelastic dampers (AVED) …

High-strength concrete exterior beam-column joints with high-yield strength steel reinforcements

P Alaee, B Li - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents the experimental and analytical investigations carried out on high-
strength concrete (HSC) beam-column joints with Grade 700 longitudinal rebars in beams …

Optimal seismic retrofitting of existing buildings considering environmental impact

N Clemett, WWC Gallo, GJ O'Reilly, G Gabbianelli… - Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The seismic performance of existing buildings can be improved significantly through the
installation of various retrofit technologies. Decision support systems can be used for the …