Civil engineering structures may seriously suffer from different damage states re-‎sult of earthquakes. Nowadays, retrofitting the existing buildings is a serious ‎need among designers. Two important factors of required performance level and ‎cost of retrofitting play a crucial role in the retrofitting approach. In this study, a ‎new optimal computational strategy to retrofit structures by implementing linear ‎Viscous Dampers (VDs)...

Shape adjustment and stress control can be considered as one of the effective parameters in prestressed cable structures since such structures are widely constructed nowadays due to their characteristics. The assembly errors and applied loads hugely affect the cables’ nodal positions and stress due to their delicacy. The former could disturb the shape, which affects the appearance and the function of the structure. In contrast,...