Anti-Seismic Devices

I have been working on developing and assessing the performance of seismic mitigation devices, including plate dampers, rubber bearing damper and BRBs. All of the published papers can be found on this page.

Plate Dampers

[3] Shang, C., Zhou, Y., Li, J., Jiang, K., Zhong., G. (2025). Hysteretic and Low-cycle Fatigue Performance of Arc-shaped Corrugated Steel Plate Dampers. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 224, 109168.

[2] Shang, C., Zhou, Y., Li, J., Jiang, K. (2024). Experimental and numerical investigation of arc-shaped corrugated steel plate damper. Journal of Building Engineering, 96, 110479.

[1] Shang, C., Zhou, Y., Shi, F, Li, J., Jiang, K. (2024). Investigation on mechanical behavior of shear panel damper under bidirectional loading. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 216, 108580.

Rubber Bearing Dampers

[2] Ke, X., Luo, W., Zhou, Y., Liang, Q., Li, J., Wang, S., Jiang, K. (2024). Full-scale laboratory investigation on laminated rubber bearings for metro-induced vibration mitigation. Engineering Structures, 314, 118269.

[1] Lu, Z., Liang, Q., Zhou, Y., Luo, W., Li, J., Jiang, K. (2024). Novel Thick Layer Damping Rubber Bearing (TLDRB) with Reduced Vertical Stiffness: Laboratory Tests and Mechanical Models. Journal of Building Engineering, 109839.

BRBs

[1] Cao, Y., Zhou, Y., Takagi, J., Jiang, K., Deng, X., Fang, X. Experimental and numerical study of buckling-restrained braces configured with out-of-plane eccentricity under cyclic loading. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 23 (4), 957-971.