In recent years, it is considerably attempted to develop the concept of energy dissipation as an applicable technology to overcome the energy released by earthquakes. The passive control systems such as metallic dampers have been widely considered. The dampers are basically used to mitigate the structural responses and reduce the damages in main structural elements by energy dissipation. ...

Optimal locations of the actuators for frame active control are investigated in this article. The aim is to minimize the structural drifts by employing several actuators. By utilizing genetic algorithm, the appropriate locations of the actuators are determined. They should be placed in locations where they can minimize the maximum structural drift. To explore the capability of the proposed tech...

The study deals with the damage control system of wooden houses using wood friction-based dampers subjected to earthquake motion. In this study, friction joints were developed introduce damping into shear walls. Shaking table tests also conducted investigate seismic performance two-story timber structures composed plywood walls, plasterboards and walls high devices. purpose is propose an estima...

The semi-active control system is widely used to reduce the seismic response of building structures. Its performance mainly depends on applied algorithms. Various algorithms have been developed date. Recently, machine learning has various engineering fields and provided successful results. Because reinforcement (RL) shown good for real-time decision-making problems, structural engineers become ...

To control structures against wind and earthquake excitations, Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference Systems and Neural Networks are combined in this study. The control scheme consists of an ANFIS inverse model of the structure to assess the control force. Considering existing ANFIS controllers, which require a second controller to generate training data, the authors’ approach does not need anot...

Shear wall is one of the common lateral bracing systems in reinforced concrete structures. A coupling beam can be used due to architectural limitations for connecting two or multiple separate walls. Coupling beams are most vulnerable elements coupled shear systems. Therefore, could designed act as replaceable fuses system. This paper investigates application viscoelastic dampers (VCD) and steel...