Abstract: This study investigates the seismic response of a two-degrees-of-freedom structure with supplemental rotational inertia at its first story. The proposed response-modification strategy uses an inerter—a mechanical device ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the seismic response analysis of the 9-story SAC building equipped with pressurized sand dampers, a new type of low-cost energy dissipation device where the material enclosed within the damper housing ...

Abstract: In view that cities will continue to house the majority of the world’s population at an increasing rate in the face of climate change, this paper studies urban resilience by examining the response history of the mean-square ...

Abstract: This paper presents the development, testing, and characterization of an innovative low-cost fail-safe sustainable energy-dissipation device in which the material surrounding the moving piston and enclosed within the damper ...