Title :
A damping device based on bistable springs
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Constructions & Math. Methods in Archit. (CoMMA), Federico II Univ. of Naples, Naples, Italy
Abstract :
A device for earthquake energy dissipation in shear-type structures is introduced. The idea is basically to employ chains made of bistable springs, that exhibit hysteretic behavior.
Keywords :
damping; springs (mechanical); bistable springs; damping device; earthquake energy dissipation; hysteretic property; shear-type structures; Buildings; Damping; Energy dissipation; Energy loss; Equations; Force; Springs;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Science and Complexity (NSC), 2012 IEEE 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2702-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2701-5
DOI :
10.1109/NSC.2012.6304716
