Multidirectional mechanical device dissipating energy, particularly for the constraint of structures in seismic zones
AssigneeTIS Techniche Idraulico Stradali S.p.A.
InventorDaniele Scalfati
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Abstract
A multidirectional mechanical device for dissipating energy, particularly for the constraint of structures in seismic zones, includes a plurality of C-shaped elastic-plastic response elements provided between two parallel planes. Each element is attached at one end by a fixed joint and at the other end by a cylindrical hinge having an axis perpendicular to the plane upon which the forces act so as to allow a portion of the element adjacent to the second end to rotate around the cylindrical hinge when the forces cause the element to become skewed.
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A multidirectional mechanical device for dissipating energy, particularly for the constraint of structures in seismic zones, able to give a dissipative response for forces acting on a plane, for any direction of the same forces, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of C-shaped elastic-plastic response elements, provided between two parallel planes, each element being constrained at a first end by a restrained joint, and at a second end by a cylindrical hinge having an axis perpendicular to the plane upon which said forces act so as to allow a portion of the element adjacent to the second end to rotate around the cylindrical hinge when said forces act.
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