Browsing by Author "Quenneville, Pierre"
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Detailed seismic assessment and improvement procedure for vintage flexible timber diaphragms
Giongo, Ivan; Wilson, Aaron; Dizhur, Dmytro Y.; Derakhshan, Hossein; Tomasi, Roberto; Griffith, Michael C.; Quenneville, Pierre; Ingham, Jason M. (2014-06-30) -
Earthquake-resilience of storage tanks: using an innovative anchorage system
Sahami, Kaveh; Zarnani, Pouyan; Quenneville, Pierre (2020-04-22)In this study, a new anchorage system has been introduced by employing the recently developed Resilient Slip Friction Dampers (RSFDs) as ductile self-centring hold-downs for liquid storage tanks. This new anchorage mechanism ... -
Introducing a low damage system incorporating rocking braced frame and resilient slip friction joint as a shear key
Sahami, Kaveh; Zarnani, Pouyan; Quenneville, Pierre (2020-04-22)In this paper, to achieve a self-centring damage avoidance rocking framed system, RSFJ has been employed as a shear link between braced frame and its boundary columns. Such a system could be used for a single or coupled ... -
Self-centring bracing system: avoidance of elastic buckling for braces with one intermediate damper
Yousef-Beik, Seyed Mohammad Mehdi; Veismoradi, Sajad; Zarnani, Pouyan; Quenneville, Pierre; Hashemi, Ashkan (2020-04-22)Today, more attention is being given to timber material by practitioners as a structural member owing to benefits that this material can offer such as high strength to weight ratio, being environmentally friendly and ...