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    • Multistage Friction Connection Optimisation 

      MacRae, Gregory; Brosnan, Ruaidhri; El-Mashalgi, Bader; Luo, Zheng; Chanchí Golondrino, Jose; Coral Potosí, Hugo Anderson (2024-04-09)
      This paper describes the use of multi-stage friction connections (MFCs) to modify hysteresis curve characteristics of structures in order to decrease their peak and residual displacements. Both cases with and without P-delta ...
    • Seismic response of frames with building cladding elements 

      Edwards, William; Robertson, Jesse; Luo, Zheng; MacRae, Gregory (2024-04-09)
      This paper presents the concept, methodology and findings of the analysis of frames with building cladding elements exposed to seismic events. Inelastic nonlinear push-pull analyses, and hand analyses, are conducted to ...