Seismic Control Systems: Design and Performance Assessment - S. Ed Syngellakis

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Résumé :
This book disseminates knowledge and increases awareness on this very critical subject and thus ultimately contributes to a safer structural design against earthquakes.

Biographie:
Dr. Stavros Syngellakis is a Senior Lecturer in the Computational Engineering and Design Group in the Engineering and Environment Department at the University of Southampton, UK where he teaches courses on Numerical Techniques in Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Marine Safety and Environmental Engineering, Mechanics of Solids, Solids and Structures, and Automobile Systems. He is also affiliated with the Engineering Materials research group. His research focuses on Material characterization of welded joints, composites and bearing linings. Modeling of fracture in polymers, fatigue in bearings and erosion in coated components, and Novel numerical formulations and algorithms for analyzing plates and shells.

Sommaire:
Contents Features, recent application and conditions for the correct use of eismic isolation systems; State of the art of the development and application of seismic isolation and energy dissipation technologies for buildings in Japan; Recent applications of Italian anti-seismic devices; Structural applications of energy dissipation systems and seismic isolation in Cyprus; Mechanical devices to control, limit and attenuate shocks, vibrations and seismic movements in buildings, equipment and piping networks; Introducing orthogonal roller pairs as an effective isolating system for low rise buildings; Structures with multiple seismic isolation levels; On the dynamic response of hardening systems; Energy-based evaluation of seismic response of structures with passive and active systems; Aseismic study of a building with an efficiency-enhanced damping system; Seismic protection of bridges using viscous dampers; Seismic isolation for a wide span glazed roof; Analysis and assessment of a seismically isolated bridge; Study of the seismic response of r/c isolated elevated water tanks; Vulnerability functions and the influence of seismic design parameters on initial costs for buildings provided with hysteretic energy-dissipating devices; Optimum design of tuned mass damper systems for seismic structures; Generalized Den Hartog tuned mass damper system for control of vibrations in structures