
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Passive energy dissipation characteristics of yielding shear panel device
produced from steel and stainless steel
M. Ashraf
School of Engineering and IT, The University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia
M.R. Hossain
School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia
ABSTRACT: Yielding Shear Panel Device (YSPD) is a newly developed passive energy dissipation device that
exploits the stable hysteretic shear energy dissipation characteristics of a metal plate. YSPD is a simple ...