PSI - Issue 78

Gloria Terenzi et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 78 (2026) 341–348

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Force [kN]

Force [kN]

Force [kN]

Force [kN]

Force [kN]

Force [kN]

Fig. 4. BC1DN-FC dampers. Experimental (blue line) and numerical (red line) hysteretic cycles deriving from T2 (  =0.01 Hz), T5 (  =1 Hz), and T9 (  =5 Hz) tests, for 2008-2025 experimental campaigns.

c id [kN(s/mm )  ]

c id [kN(s/mm )  ]

BC1BN-FC

BC1DN-FC

b)

v exp,max [mm/s]

v exp,max [mm/s]

a)

Fig. 5. BC1BN-FC (a) and BC1DN-FC (b) devices. Damping coefficient values identified from the results of the 2008 (blue line and “o” symbol) and 2025 (red dotted line and “+” symbol) experimental campaigns, as a function of the maximum response velocity.