Self-centring hybrid-steel-frames employing energy dissipation sequences: Insights and inelastic seismic demand model

H Zhang, X Zhou, K Ke, MCH Yam, X He, H Li - Journal of Building …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This paper explored the seismic behaviour of self-centring hybrid-steel-frame (SC-HSF)
employing energy dissipation sequences and the corresponding inelastic seismic demand …

Performance assessment of steel frame buildings with hybrid self-centering braces under extremely rare far-field earthquakes

F Shi, W Yuan, OE Ozbulut, C Zhang, Y Zhou - Thin-Walled Structures, 2024‏ - Elsevier
This paper investigates the seismic performance enhancement of steel frame buildings
using a novel hybrid self-centering braces (HSBs) under extremely rare earthquake events …

Rapid seismic fragility curves assessment of eccentrically braced frames through an output-only nonmodel-based procedure and machine learning techniques

O Yazdanpanah, KM Dolatshahi, O Moammer - Engineering Structures, 2023‏ - Elsevier
A nonmodel and output-only-based framework incorporating an Auto-Regressive model and
roof absolute acceleration response are hired in this study to compute a robust wavelet …

When artificial intelligence meets building energy efficiency, a review focusing on zero energy building

B Yan, F Hao, X Meng - Artificial Intelligence Review, 2021‏ - Springer
Building energy efficiency, as a traditional field which has been existing for decades
performs a prosperous needs with diversity of corresponding methods. In the flow of artificial …

Performance-based-plastic-design of damage-control steel MRFs equipped with self-centring energy dissipation bays

K Ke, X Zhou, H Zhang, MCH Yam, L Guo… - Journal of Constructional …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Driven by the demand of producing novel seismic resilient structures, this study focused on
steel moment resisting frames equipped with superelastic shape memory alloy (SMA) …

Evaluation of approximate methods for estimating residual drift demands in BRBFs

N Asgarkhani, M Yakhchalian, B Mohebi - Engineering Structures, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Nowadays, Buckling Restrained Braced Frame (BRBF) system is extensively used
for the seismic design of new buildings. This system is composed of Buckling Restrained …

A half a decade timeline of shape memory alloys in modeling and applications

S Kumar, P Shivashankar… - ISSS journal of micro and …, 2020‏ - Springer
To unlock the lock of futuristic developments, nowadays shape memory alloys (SMAs) are
acting as key by outnumbering the existing smart materials in view of new design …

Earthquake-induced economic loss estimation of eccentrically braced frames through roof acceleration-based nonmodel approach

O Yazdanpanah, KM Dolatshahi… - Journal of Constructional …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
This paper develops a nonmodel-based approach for seismic loss assessment of buildings
with eccentrically braced frames (EBFs). An extensive database is utilized to predict …

Seismic performance of self-centering steel column base with buckling-restrained bars

P Shen, P Yang, Y Chen, Y Yang, J Zhou - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Self-centering structures, emerging as a vital innovation in earthquake-resilient design, offer
notable advantages in structural integrity, rapid functional recovery post-earthquake, and …

Near-field earthquake performance of SC-BRBs with optimal design parameters of SMA

AF Ghowsi, DR Sahoo - Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Self-centering buckling-restrained braces (SC-BRBs) utilizing the re-centering potential of
shape memory alloy (SMA) bars are used to control the excessive residual drift response of …