Abstract: Cyclic loading tests were conducted on self-centering reinforced concrete (RC) walls with disc spring devices (SC-RCW-DSD), and results confirmed that these walls had sufficient energy dissipation and satisfactory ...

Abstract: The self-centering brace (SCB) is a high-capacity structural component for lateral force resistance and recentering. This paper focuses on modeling the magnetorheological self-centering brace (MR–SCB). Full-scale cyclic ...

Abstract: The seismic performance of four- and eight-story steel buildings with prepressed spring self-centering energy dissipation (PS-SCED) braces was evaluated using a proposed nonlinear mechanical model. Nonlinear dynamic analyses ...

Abstract: In this work, a new self-centering shear wall with disc spring devices (SCSW-DSD) was developed and experimentally verified. The proposed SCSW-DSD was a combination of a reinforced concrete (RC) wall and two disc spring ...

Abstract: In this paper, the seismic performance and resilience of a 15-story variable-damping self-centering braced frame (VD–SCBF) were analyzed. The interstory drift ratios (IDRs) of the VD–SCBF are similar to those of the ...

Abstract: This paper focuses on modeling the hysteretic behavior of disc spring self-centering energy dissipation braces (DS-SCEDBs) from the inactive state to the design limit state, and proposes two restoring force models for ...

Abstract: This study investigated the seismic performance and self-centering behavior of a three-story steel frame equipped with self-centering brace (SCBs) using pseudodynamic tests aided by OpenSees version 2.5.7 and OpenFresco ...

Abstract: Self-centering (SC) techniques have attracted widespread interest for the improvement of the seismic resilience of building structures. One typical representative is the self-centering energy dissipation (SCED)–braced frame ...