Seismic resilient steel structures: A review of research, practice, challenges and opportunities

C Fang, W Wang, C Qiu, S Hu, GA MacRae… - … of Constructional Steel …, 2022 - Elsevier
Steel structures have long been recognized as excellent earthquake-resistant systems.
However, this viewpoint wavered after the 1994 Northridge and 1995 Kobe earthquakes …

Self-centering structures against earthquakes: a critical review

C Fang, C Qiu, W Wang, MS Alam - Journal of Earthquake …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
With critical lessons drawn from past major earthquakes, the engineering community is
appealing for a fundamental shift in the existing design philosophy for structures in seismic …

Hybrid self-centering braces with NiTi-SMA U-shaped and frequency-dependent viscoelastic dampers for structural and nonstructural damage control

S Hu, Y Koetaka, ZP Chen, S Zhu, MS Alam - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
This study proposes a novel hybrid self-centering brace (HSB) with structural and
nonstructural damage-control capabilities for the seismic resilience of building structures …

Machine learning-based prediction of residual drift and seismic risk assessment of steel moment-resisting frames considering soil-structure interaction

N Asgarkhani, F Kazemi, R Jankowski - Computers & Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, due to improvements in seismic codes and computational devices, retrofitting
buildings is an important topic, in which, permanent deformation of buildings, known as …

Self-centering seismic-resistant structures: Historical overview and state-of-the-art

C Zhong, C Christopoulos - Earthquake Spectra, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This state-of-the-art review provides an overview of the evolution of self-centering structures
from early historical structures that inherently exhibited a recentering response to modern …

Machine learning-driven performance-based seismic design of hybrid self-centering braced frames with SMA braces and viscous dampers

S Hu, C Qiu, S Zhu - Smart Materials and Structures, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A hybrid self-centering braced frame equipped with shape memory alloy-based self-
centering braces (SMA-SCBs) and viscous dampers is proposed to achieve enhanced …

Review on self-centering damper for seismic resilient building structures

G Xu, T Guo, A Li, S Wang, R Zhang, R Zhu, J Xu - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, major earthquakes in China, Chile, New Zealand and Japan caused many
building structures severely damaged, which must be overhauled or rebuilt. Therefore, how …

Hysteretic behavior investigation of self-centering double-column rocking piers for seismic resilience

Q Han, Z Jia, K Xu, Y Zhou, X Du - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Seismic resilient structures with low structural damage and self-centering behavior after an
earthquake are focus issues of current earthquake engineering. Unbonded pretensioned …

Seismic performance of self-centering steel frames with SMA-viscoelastic hybrid braces

C Fang, Y **, Y Chen, MCH Yam… - Journal of Earthquake …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study presents a novel hybrid self-centering system aiming to overcome critical
shortcomings identified in the existing self-centering solution. Two types of hybrid brace …

Performance assessment of disc spring-based self-centering braces for seismic hazard mitigation

W Wang, C Fang, D Shen, R Zhang, J Ding, H Wu - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel type of self-centering bracing system employing a disc spring-based damper is
presented in this study. The proposed damper employs a special detailing which enables …