| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2204 |
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| Author | Search for: Duerr, K.; Search for: Tesfamariam, S.; Search for: Wickramasinghe, V.1; Search for: Grewal, A.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Aerospace
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | Building damage; Building structure; Earthquake events; Induced damage; Performance improvements; Performance indicators; Performance level; Retrofit techniques; Return periods; Seismic excitations; Seismic hazards; Seismic Performance; Seismic retrofits; Semiactive control; Smart spring; Smart structure system; Steel buildings; Variable stiffness; Variable stiffness devices; Benchmarking; Buildings; Intelligent structures; Retrofitting; Seismic design; Stiffness; Earthquakes; building; earthquake damage; earthquake prediction; seismic design; seismic hazard; seismic retrofit; stiffness |
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| Abstract | Upgrading noncode conforming buildings to mitigate seismic induced damages is important in moderate to high seismic hazard regions. The damage, can be mitigated by using conventional (e.g. FRP wrapping) and emerging (e.g. smart structures) retrofit techniques. A model for the structure to be retrofitted should include relevant performance indicators. This paper proposes a variable stiffness smart structure device known as the Smart Spring to be integrated on building structures to mitigate seismic induced damage. The variable stiffness capability is of importance to structures that exhibit vertical (e.g. soft storey) irregularities and to meet different performance levels under seismic excitation. To demonstrate the utility of the proposed retrofitting technique, a four-storey steel building is modelled in MATLAB and appropriate performance indicators are chosen. Various return period seismic hazards are generated from past earthquake event records to predict the structure's performance. The performance improvement because of the retrofitting of building structures using the variable stiffness device is presented. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Publication date | 2013 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 21269727 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | 76f46641-53de-44ed-a7c0-145558f2e9bf |
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| Record created | 2013-12-13 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-22 |
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