This study targets the behavior of shear buildings equipped with tuned liquid column dampers (TLCD) which attenuate dynamic load-induced vibrations. TLCDs are a passive damping system used in tall buildings. This kind of damper has proven to be very efficient, being an excellent alternative to mass dampers. A dynamic analysis of the structure-damper system was made using the software DynaPy, de...

The analytic technique and numerical experiments are employed to show that the orbital elliptic translational ex citations of a square-base container can, depending on ratio semiaxes orbit, lead, when forcing frequency is close lowest natural sloshing frequency, both counter- co-directed (relative direction) stable swirling-type steady-state resonant waves. For non-zero damping in hydrodynamic ...

The development of a general framework for robust reliability-based design of base-isolated structural systems under uncertain conditions is presented. The uncertainties about the structural parameters as well as the variability of future excitations are characterized in a probabilistic manner. Isolation elements composed of nonlinear lead rubber bearings are used to model the isolation system....

this paper provides a comparison of the maximum inter-story drifts and tip acceleration of both a 16 and 30 stories building each with different structural systems; hybrid r.c moment frame with shear walls and hybrid steel frame with shear walls and x bracing which are equipped by passive dampers. each of the building models were analyzed as fully non-linear structures for variety of dampers pl...

The application of active magnetic bearings (AMBs) enables turbomachinery to increase power density, controllability and resilience external disturbances. However, due the limited load capacity AMBs, base shock excitations may result in contact between rotor touchdown (TDBs), which can seriously damage machine. This paper presents a dynamic analysis rotor-AMB-TDB system experiencing strong shoc...

Xanthorhodopsin (xR) is a dual-chromophore proton-pump photosynthetic protein comprising one retinal Schiff base and one light-harvesting antenna salinixanthin (SX). The excitation wavelength-dependent transient population of the intermediate M demonstrates that the excitation of the retinal at 570 nm leads to the highest photocycle activity and the excitations of SX at 460 and 430 nm reduce th...

While the existing structures, even recently constructed ones are subjected to the critical earthquakes, the catastrophic devastations are expected to occur. Therefore, at least for several important structures such as power plants, infrastructure, and buildings, there is a need to consider the critical excitation analysis. One of the important criteria in the seismic design of the structures u...

Abstract—Finding the linear and nonlinear responses of a typical single-degree-of-freedom system (SDOF) is always being regarded as a time-consuming process. This study attempts to provide modifications in the renowned Newmark method in order to make it more time efficient than it used to be and make it more accurate by modifying the system in its own non-linear state. The efficacy of the prese...

Optical properties of polar push–pull chromophore (diphenylpolyene with donor/acceptor terminal substituents) are studied using hybrid time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT). The optical transitions are thoroughly examined. This includes oneand two-photon absorption, and fluorescence, as a function of the underlying density functional, the basis set choice, and the solvent. Calculate...

The absorption of ultraviolet light creates excitations in DNA, which subsequently start moving in the helix. Their fate is important for an understanding of photodamage, and is determined by the interplay of electronic couplings between bases and the structure of the DNA environment. We model the effect of dynamical fluctuations in the environment and study correlation, which is present when m...