An emerging solution among rapid, low-impact, and reversible retrofit strate-gies is the implementation of external additive structures or exoskeletons. Most current research emphasizes non-dissipative steel exoskeletons, such as diagrids or steel braces, while comprehensive design procedures for dissipa-tive exoskeletons remain underdeveloped. This study introduces a design procedure for the seismic retrofitting of RC buildings using dissipative exo-skeletons. The proposed strategy is initially applied to a real-world school building and subsequently validated through nonlinear time-history analyses with various input ground motions.
A Design Method for Seismic Retrofit of RC Buildings Using Dissipative Exoskeletons
Ferraioli M.
;Mottola S.;Pecorari O.
2025
Abstract
An emerging solution among rapid, low-impact, and reversible retrofit strate-gies is the implementation of external additive structures or exoskeletons. Most current research emphasizes non-dissipative steel exoskeletons, such as diagrids or steel braces, while comprehensive design procedures for dissipa-tive exoskeletons remain underdeveloped. This study introduces a design procedure for the seismic retrofitting of RC buildings using dissipative exo-skeletons. The proposed strategy is initially applied to a real-world school building and subsequently validated through nonlinear time-history analyses with various input ground motions.File in questo prodotto:
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