Project publications
Journal articles and conference papers -
Scozzese F., Ceccolini N., Zona A., Dall'Asta A., Degeé H. Ductile design of single-pier steel and concrete hybrid coupled walls with hinged base and corner components, Submitted to Engineering Structures (under review – subscription-based publication).
Morelli F., Natali A., Scozzese F., Ceccolini N., Zona A. (2023). Preliminary experimental tests on steel-concrete hybrid coupled wall subcomponents. Proceedings of the 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2023, Athens, Greece, 12-14 June 2023. DOI : 10.7712/120123.10427.20918. Link : https://files.eccomasproceedia.org/papers/compdyn-2023/C23_20918.pdf?mtime=20231027200850
Ceccolini N., Scozzese F., Zona A., Dall’Asta A., Leoni G., Degée H. (2023). Preliminary analyses of an innovative solution for reducing seismic damage in steel-concrete hybrid-coupled walls. Proceeding of the XIX Convegno di Ingegneria Sismica in Italia ANIDIS, Torino, 12-15 Settembre 2022. Procedia Structural Integrity 44: 450–455. DOI: 10.1016/j.prostr.2023.01.059. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452321623000665
Ceccolini N., Scozzese F., Zona A., Dall’Asta A., Leoni G., Degée H. (2022). Preliminary study for reducing seismic damage in steel-concrete hybrid-coupled walls. Proceedings of the XXVIII Congresso del Collegio dei Tecnici dell’Acciaio CTA, Francavilla al Mare (CH), 29-30 Settembre 2022, 357-364.
Das R., Morelli F., Zona A., Hoffmeister B., Vulcu C., Degeé H. (2023). Innovative hybrid coupled wall systems to resist seismic action – HYCAD. ce/papers, 6(3-4): 2304-2309. DOI: 10.1002/cepa.2617. Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cepa.2617
Vulcu C., Hoffmeister B., Bimbli D., Das R., Degee H. (2023). Hybrid Coupled Walls with Replaceable Shear Links: Technical Solution and Seismic Performance of a 3D Multi-Story Building. ce/papers, 6(3-4): 2272-2277. DOI : 10.1002/cepa.2460. Link : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cepa.2460
Scozzese F., Ceccolini N., Zona A., Dall'Asta A., Leoni G., Degeé H. (2023). Design and analysis of steel-concrete hybrid coupled walls with hinged base and corner components. ce/papers, 6(3-4): 2293-2298. DOI: 10.1002/cepa.2549. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cepa.2549
Natali A., Morelli F., Salvatore W. (2023). Experimental behaviour of optimized hybrid coupled shear walls. Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures EUROSTEEL 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands. ce/papers, 6(3-4): 2321-2325. Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/cepa.2666.
Morelli F., Natali A., Poggi G., Salvatore W. (2023). Seismic performance of hybrid coupled shear walls. Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures EUROSTEEL 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands. ce/papers, 6(3-4): 2366-2370. Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/cepa.2716.
Das R., Scozzese F., Vulcu C., Hoffmeister B., Zona A., Degeé H. (2024). Pushover analysis of full-scale innovative hybrid coupled wall systems. Proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, WCEE 2024, Milan, Italy. (Accepted, link will become available in July 2024)
Das R., Dragan D., van Vugt G., Vulcu C., Scozzese F., Zona A., Morelli F., Hoffmeister B., Degeé H. (2024). Seismic behaviour of an innovative hybrid coupled wall system investigated through cyclic tests. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the behaviour of steel structures in seismic areas, STESSA 2024, Salerno, Italy. (Accepted, link will become available in July 2024)
Vulcu C., Hoffmeister B., Das R., Degeé H. (2024). HCWs with replaceable shear links: experimental input and seismic performance of a multi-story building. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the behaviour of steel structures in seismic areas, STESSA 2024, Salerno, Italy. (Accepted, link will become available in July 2024)
Bimbli D., Vulcu C., Hoffmeister B. (2023). Seismic Performance of Structural Systems with Steel-Concrete Hybrid Coupled Walls. Master’s Thesis. Institute of Steel Construction, RWTH Aachen University, Germany. (Available on request)
Sparapani M., Morelli F., Natali A. (2023). Hybrid Coupled Shear Walls: experimental analysis of the seismic behavior. Bachelor’s Thesis. Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy. (Available on request)
Sirbu A., Morelli F., Natali A. (2023). Hybrid Coupled Shear Walls: experimental analysis of the monotonic and cyclic seismic behavior of two possible solutions. Bachelor’s Thesis. Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy. (Available on request)
Grommen D., Geelen J., Zaenen J., Claesen D., Das R., Degee H. (2024). Design and construction of 4-storey hybrid coupled wall systems. Bachelor’s Thesis, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium. (Available on request after June, 2024)
List of accepted Deliverables -
Deliverable 1.1: Selection of the promising systems
Deliverable 1.2: Components and sub-systems for experimental investigation
Deliverable 2.1: Advanced modelling solutions for hybrid coupled wall systems
Deliverable 2.2: Analysis of the dynamic behaviour of the HCW systems and development of a simplified analysis method
Deliverable 3.1: Report on the numerical simulations made on the studied component and subsystems
Deliverable 3.2: Report on the design of the experimental tests
Deliverable 3.3: Report on the results of the experimental tests
Deliverable 3.4: Report on model validation and calibration
Deliverable 4.1: Design of optimal HCW systems
Deliverable 4.2: Report on the simplified design procedure of the HCW systems (including design tables)
Deliverable 4.3: Report on the reliability analysis of the designed solutions
Deliverable 4.4: Report containing the worked design examples
Deliverable 5.1: Report on the design of the full-scale pilot test specimens
Deliverable 5.2: Report on the construction and experiments on the full-scale HCW systems (including repairability aspects)
Deliverable 5.3: Report on the assessment of the analysis and design rules
Deliverable 6.1: Design handbook
Deliverable 6.2: Pre-normative document
Deliverable 6.3: Report on the workshop proceedings regarding the design and constructability aspects of the HYCAD HCW systems
Deliverable 7.1: State-of-the-art research studies on the hybrid coupled wall systems and its different components / methodology
Deliverable 7.2: Web pages and document sharing
Acknowledgement: The authors are sincerely acknowledge the support provided by the European Commission - Research Fund for Coal and Steel in publishing their scientific outputs. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Research Fund for Coal and Steel. Neither the European Union nor the Research Fund for Coal and Steel can be held responsible for them.