Abstract: Metallic dampers can enhance structural performance by reducing seismically induced lateral displacements, and by reducing inelastic behavior of beams and columns. Limiting story drift also indirectly allows us to mitigate ...

Abstract: General circulation models (GCMs) forced under different greenhouse gases emission and socioeconomic scenarios are currently the most extended tool throughout the scientific community that is used to infer the future climate ...

Abstract: Current structural design philosophies rely on the inelastic capacity of structures for resisting seismic excitations. To assess such capacity, cyclic loading protocols have been used as a common practice in laboratory and ...

Abstract: Current structural design philosophies rely on the inelastic capacity of structures for resisting seismic excitations. To assess such capacity, cyclic loading protocols have been used as a common practice in laboratory and ...

Abstract: In a companion paper, an alternative design approach was proposed to concentrate damage on disposable and easy to repair structural elements (i.e., “structural fuses”), while the main structure is designed to remain elastic ...

Abstract: Seismic design relies on inelastic deformations through hysteretic behavior. However, this translates into damage on structural elements, permanent system deformations following an earthquake, and possibly high cost for ...

Abstract: In this study, fluid flow and heat transfer in two-dimensional staggered thin rectangular blocks in a channel flow heat exchanger is analyzed by the Finite Analytic Numerical Method. The heat ...

Abstract: Cam-follower systems are ideally suited for many machine applications that require a specific and an accurate output motion. The required follower motion is achieved by carefully designing the ...

Abstract: An important need for some dynamic systems is to design a periodic motion program that has a constant velocity segment for a specified time. A few examples of such systems are camfollower systems used in continuous motion ...

Abstract: The particle swarm optimization (PSO) method is becoming a popular optimizer within the mechanical design community because of its simplicity and ability to handle a wide variety of objective functions that characterize a ...