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  1. Innovative adaptive viscous damper to improve seismic control of structures

    Article • Journal of Vibration and Control, April 2019, SAGE Publications

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  2. Experimental Study of High Axial Damping Rubber (HADR) in New Viscoelastic Dampers

    Article • Journal of Testing and Evaluation, January 2019, ASTM International

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  3. Proposed design procedure for gusset plate dimensions and force distribution at its interfaces to beam and column

    Article • Engineering Structures, January 2019, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  4. Multiobjective optimal placement of active tendons to control irregular multistory buildings with soil-structure interaction

    Article • The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, December 2018, Wiley

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  5. Application of a Comprehensive Seismic Retrofit Procedure for Steel Buildings Using Nonlinear Viscous Dampers

    Article • International Journal of Civil Engineering, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  6. Seismic reliability-based design of inelastic base-isolated structures with lead-rubber bearing systems

    Article • Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, December 2018, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  7. Fuzzy control of asymmetric plan buildings with active tuned mass damper considering soil-structure interaction

    Article • Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, December 2018, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  8. Bending, second-order and buckling analysis of non-prismatic beam-columns by differential quadrature method

    Article • Applied Mathematical Modelling, November 2018, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  9. Improving Seismic Behavior of MRFs by U-shaped Hysteretic Damper Along Diagonal Brace

    Article • International Journal of Steel Structures, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  10. damage quantification

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings, May 2018, ICE Publishing

    Ali kheyroddin, Seyed Mehdi Zahrai, soroush safakhah

  11. Semi-active seismic control of buildings using MR damper and adaptive neural-fuzzy intelligent controller optimized with genetic algorithm

    Article • Journal of Vibration and Control, May 2018, SAGE Publications

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  12. Proposed Relationship for Proper Shear Strength of Elliptical Damper Based on Its Geometrical Parameters

    Article • International Journal of Steel Structures, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  13. A variably baffled tuned liquid damper to reduce seismic response of a five-storey building

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings, April 2018, ICE Publishing

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  14. Experimental study on damage detection of RC bridge piers under ambient vibration

    Article • Journal of Vibroengineering, March 2018, JVE International Ltd.

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  15. Seismic Design and Performance of Ductile End-Diaphragms in Slab-on-Girder Steel Bridges with Flexible Substructure

    Article • Journal of Bridge Engineering, November 2017, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  16. Cyclic Testing of Multilevel Pipe in Pipe Damper

    Article • Journal of Earthquake Engineering, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  17. Reducing seismic vibrations of typical steel buildings using new multi-level yielding pipe damper

    Article • International Journal of Steel Structures, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  18. Tubular Web RBS Connection to Improve Seismic Behavior of Moment Resisting Steel Frames

    Article • Scientia Iranica, August 2017, E-Ilmiah Penerbit Persatuan (E-scholarly Publishers Association)

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  19. Step-by-Step Procedure for Optimal Placement and Design of VE Dampers to Improve Damping Ratio

    Article • The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, May 2017, Wiley

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  20. Effect of rotationally restrained and Pasternak foundation on buckling of an orthotropic rectangular Mindlin plate

    Article • Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  21. Tubular Web Reduced Beam Section (TW-RBS) connection, a numerical and experimental study and result comparison

    Article • Steel and Composite Structures, April 2017, Techno-Press

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  22. Slack free connections to improve seismic behavior of tension-only braces: An experimental and analytical study

    Article • Engineering Structures, April 2017, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  23. Increasing plastic hinge length using two pipes in a proposed web reduced beam section, an experimental and numerical study

    Article • Steel and Composite Structures, March 2017, Techno-Press

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  24. Semi-active seismic control of an 11-DOF building model with TMD+MR damper using type-1 and -2 fuzzy algorithms

    Article • Journal of Vibration and Control, March 2017, SAGE Publications

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  25. Cyclic Performance of an Elliptical-Shaped Damper with Shear Diaphragms in Chevron Braced Steel Frames

    Article • Journal of Earthquake Engineering, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  26. Experimental and numerical evaluation of proposed precast concrete connections

    Article • Structural Concrete, December 2016, Wiley

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  27. Innovative multi-level control with concentric pipes along brace to reduce seismic response of steel frames

    Article • Journal of Constructional Steel Research, December 2016, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  28. Large-scale seismic isolation through regulated liquefaction: a feasibility study

    Article • Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  29. Analytical study on seismic behavior of proposed hybrid tension-only braced frames

    Article • The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, November 2016, Wiley

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  30. Seismic control of irregular multistory buildings using active tendons considering soil–structure interaction effect

    Article • Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, October 2016, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  31. Using AP2RC & P1RB micro-silica gels to improve concrete strength and study of resulting contamination

    Article • Advances in concrete construction, September 2016, Techno-Press

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  32. Cable-pulley brace to improve story drift distribution of MRFs with large openings

    Article • Steel and Composite Structures, July 2016, Techno-Press

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  33. Effect of higher order terms of Maclaurin expansion in nonlinear analysis of the Bernoulli beam by single finite element

    Article • STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS, June 2016, Techno-Press

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  34. Contribution of pre-slacked cable braces to dynamic stability of non-ductile frames; an analytical study

    Article • Engineering Structures, June 2016, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  35. Effect of stiffener arrangement on hysteretic behavior of link-to-column connections

    Article • STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS, March 2016, Techno-Press

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  36. Experimental study on innovative tubular web RBS connections in steel MRFs with typical shallow beams

    Article • STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS, March 2016, Techno-Press

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  37. Response modification factor due to ductility of screen-grid ICF wall system in high seismic risk zones

    Article • KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  38. Cyclic testing of tubular web RBS connections in deep beams

    Article • Journal of Constructional Steel Research, February 2016, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  39. Seismic behavior of steel frames with lightweight-low strength industrialized infill walls

    Article • Earthquakes and Structures, December 2015, Techno-Press

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  40. Toward buckling free tension-only braces using slack free connections

    Article • Journal of Constructional Steel Research, December 2015, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  41. Cyclic testing of chevron braced steel frames with IPE shear panels

    Article • Steel and Composite Structures, November 2015, Techno-Press

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  42. Using friction dampers in retrofitting a steel structure with masonry infill panels

    Article • Steel and Composite Structures, August 2015, Techno-Press

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  43. Towards lateral performance of CBF with unwanted eccentric connection: A finite element modeling approach

    Article • KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  44. Quasi-static cyclic tests on super-lightweight EPS concrete shear walls

    Article • Engineering Structures, April 2014, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  45. Experimental and analytical investigations on seismic behavior of ductile steel knee braced frames

    Article • Steel and Composite Structures, January 2014, Techno-Press

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  46. Study of an innovative two-stage control system: Chevron knee bracing & shear panel in series connection

    Article • STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS, September 2013, Techno-Press

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  47. Analytical study on cyclic behavior of chevron braced frames with shear panel system considering post-yield deformation

    Article • Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, July 2013, Canadian Science Publishing

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  48. Evaluation of hysteretic behavior of eccentrically braced frames with zipper-strut upgrade

    Article • Journal of Constructional Steel Research, April 2013, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  49. Optimum geometry of tuned liquid column-gas damper for control of offshore jacket platform vibrations under seismic excitation

    Article • Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  50. Numerical studies of the conventional impact damper with discrete frequency optimization and uncertainty considerations

    Article • Scientia Iranica, April 2012, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  51. Experimental investigation of utilizing TLD with baffles in a scaled down 5-story benchmark building

    Article • Journal of Fluids and Structures, January 2012, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  52. Optimum parameters of tuned liquid column-gas damper for mitigation of seismic-induced vibrations of offshore jacket platforms

    Article • Structural Control and Health Monitoring, December 2011, Wiley

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  53. Effectiveness-robustness objectives in MTMD system design: An evolutionary optimal design methodology

    Article • Structural Control and Health Monitoring, March 2010, Wiley

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  54. Studying the Rehabilitation of Existing Structures Using Compound System of Cables and Shape Memory Alloys

    Article • December 2009, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  55. Effect of impact damper on SDOF system vibrations under harmonic and impulsive excitations

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, August 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  56. Impact of seismic excitation characteristics on the efficiency of tuned liquid column dampers

    Article • Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, December 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  57. Displacement-based energy dissipation systems for steel bridges diaphragms

    Article • Journal of Constructional Steel Research, January 2002, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  58. Cyclic Testing of Ductile End Diaphragms for Slab-on-Girder Steel Bridges

    Article • Journal of Structural Engineering, September 1999, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  59. Ductile End-Diaphragms for Seismic Retrofit of Slab-on-Girder Steel Bridges

    Article • Journal of Structural Engineering, January 1999, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  60. Impact of Diaphragms on Seismic Response of Straight Slab-on-Girder Steel Bridges

    Article • Journal of Structural Engineering, August 1998, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  61. Energy dissipating stiff diaphragms for steel bridges in seismic regions

    Article • Journal of Constructional Steel Research, April 1998, Elsevier

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai

  62. Effect of Severe Corrosion on Cyclic Ductility of Steel

    Article • Journal of Structural Engineering, November 1997, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Seyed Mehdi Zahrai