The Dissipative Column: A New Hysteretic Damper

A new replaceable hysteretic damper to better control seismic building damage, consisting of two or more adjacent steel vertical elements connected to each other with continuous mild/low strength steel shear links, is proposed and investigated in this paper. New Dampers, called Dissipative Columns (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bruno Palazzo, Paolo Castaldo, Ivana Marino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-02-01
Series:Buildings
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/5/1/163