Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Passive vibration control plays a crucial role in earthquake engineering. Common solutions include seismic
isolation and damping systems with various kinds of devices, such as viscous, viscoelastic, hysteretic, and
friction dampers. These strategies have been widely utilized in engineering practice, and their efficacy has been
demonstrated in mitigating damage and preventing the collapse of buildings, bridges, and industrial facilities.
However, there is a need for more sophisticated analytical and numerical tools to design structures equipped
with optimally configured devices. On the other hand, the family of devices and dissipative elements for seismic
protection keeps evolving as a result of the growing performance demands and new progresses achieved in
material science and mechanical engineering. As for emerging technologies, negative stiffness devices, self-
centering devices, inerter-based systems, and energy sinks are just a few examples.

This Special Issue aims to collect contributions to the development and application of seismic protection
strategies for structures, covering both traditional and innovative devices. In particular, the desired topics
include, but are not limited to, experimental or theoretical investigations of high-efficient dampers and isolation
bearings; optimization of conventional or innovative energy dissipation devices; performance-based or
probability-based design of damped structures; application of nonlinear dynamics, random vibration theory,
and modern control theory for the design of structures with passive energy dissipation systems; critical
discussion of implemented isolation/damping technologies in significant or emblematic engineering projects.

Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Ricciardi

Dr. Dario De Domenico

Dr. Ruifu Zhang
Guest Editors
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