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Buildings and Bridges Equipped with Passive Dampers Under Seismic Actions: Modeling and Analysis

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Bridges; Numerical simulation; Passive dampers; Steel buildings; Structural design

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The scope of this contribution is the presentation of numerical models and analysis methods for structures equipped with passive dampers. The principal function of passive dampers and their application in buildings and bridges will be discussed. The most common types of passive dampers and the constitutive models used to simulate their hysteretic behavior will be presented. Finally, the analysis methods for seismic design and assessment of structures with passive dampers are covered.

Passive dampers include a variety of materials and devices that can enhance the damping, stiffness, and strength characteristics of structures. Passive dampers are suitable both for retrofitting existing vulnerable structures and for designing new ones and have been developed for a number of years with a rapid increase in applications in the mid-1990s. Passive dampers can significantly reduce plastic...

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  1. School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

    Theodore L. Karavasilis, George S. Kamaris & Angelos S. Tzimas

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  1. Institute for Computer Science in Civil Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Michael Beer

  2. Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

  3. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Sustainability, Liverpool, UK

    Edoardo Patelli

  4. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Dynamics, Liverpool, UK

    Siu-Kui Au

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Karavasilis, T.L., Kamaris, G.S., Tzimas, A.S. (2015). Buildings and Bridges Equipped with Passive Dampers Under Seismic Actions: Modeling and Analysis. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_147

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