Keywords: Structural fuse systems. Single degree of freedom (SDOF) systems. Passive hysteretic energy dissipation (PED) devices. Seismic performance. Displacement demands. Flooring systems.

Consider an undamped single degree-of-freedom system experiencing harmonic excitation whose equation of motion (EOM) is given by: Here omega n is known as the natural frequency of response. The ...

Consider the undamped single-degree-of-freedom system shown below that is excited by harmonic base motion x B (t) = b sinωt, where ω is the frequency of the base motion: Here kbsinωt plays the role of ...

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There is an ever-increasing demand for accuracy in many manufacturing industries. Adding to this general need for higher accuracy is the fact that industry sectors such as semiconductors and ...