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Xun Zhang, Qiankun Liu, Weiwei Xiao, Fan Yu, Liming Cai and Lianzhi Song
In this investigation, a U-shaped connection (U-C) was introduced for a prefabricated steel plate shear wall with beam-only connections. This design replaces a portion of shear bolts with tension bolts to enhance bolt efficiency and reduce the overall bo...
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Runqi Guo, Haiying Zhang, Kezheng Chen, Yang Song, Hongxia Li, Lin Ding and Yanjie Liu
In order to improve the seismic performance of reinforced concrete (RC) columns, a reinforcement technology using prestressed steel wire ropes embedded in polyurethane cement composite material is proposed. Four concrete columns reinforced with different...
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Miao Li, Hao Li and Yang Wen
A new type of spherical node was used to design a laboratory-scale prototype of a six-leg lattice of steel tubes and concrete for application as a wind turbine tower. Repeated load tests were performed on the prototype tower for several weeks to evaluate...
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Yan Gao, Zixin Guo and Quan Yuan
The mechanical response and deformation characteristics in calcareous sand foundations during pile driving and setup were studied using model tests combined with the technical methods of tactile pressure sensors and close-range photogrammetry. Different ...
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Yourong Lin, Zhi Zhou, Maoyu Shen, Jili Liu and Wei Huang
In order to enhance the self-centering capacity of steel frame structures after earthquakes and reduce the tubes of traditional double-tube or triple-tube SC-BRB, an innovative single-tube self-centering buckling restrained brace (ST-SC-BRB) is proposed ...
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Bok-Gi Lee, Jin-Young Kim, Ju-Seong Jung and Kang-Seok Lee
This study proposed a novel V-bracing system equipped with a laterally layered friction damper (LLFD), which can supplement the shortcomings of conventional vibration control systems and is applicable to existing reinforced concrete (R/C) buildings. A ma...
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Hongmei Zhang, Zizhao Tang, Yuanfeng Duan and Zhiyuan Chen
Shear walls are important vertical and lateral bearing element in structures. While shear walls with openings are fragile due to stress concentration and the quasi-brittle behavior of concrete in tension. Therefore, additional strengthening rebars are re...
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Flavia Bustos, Jorge Hinojosa and Víctor Tuninetti
The computational modeling of hysteretic dampers is a powerful tool for design, allowing us to predict and optimize damper performance. In this research, a numerical model, based on Chaboche?s nonlinear kinematic hardening constitutive law, was implement...
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Jiakang Li, Zhe Zhang, Lu Wang, Zhe Ma and Wenyuan Wang
Aiming at the problem of excessive vertical vibration caused by seismic primary waves in jacket structures located in seismic zones in China, a new type of shear plate metal damper with upper and lower elliptical openings (SPA) is proposed in this paper....
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Changbao Yang, Zhisheng Wang, Yuanwei Lyu, Jingyang Zhang and Ben Xu
With increasing demand for load capacity and dynamic responses, the new generation of Gas Dynamic Foil Bearings (GDFB), assembled from preloaded elastic multi-leaf foils, has been put forward. It exhibits steady and dynamic characteristics that are more ...
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