Ricerc@Sapienza

Post-earthquake damage reports have continuously highlighted the significant vulnerability of non-structural
elements to seismic events. Non-structural damage has severe impact in the building recovery, increasing the socio-
economic losses even for low intensity events. In the last few years, research efforts have focused on the
development of innovative non-structural solutions, to be combined with damage-resistant structural skeletons in
order to obtain an overall high-performance building. As part of a European Union (EU)-funded project, the

The seismic design of fasteners used to anchor nonstructural components (NSCs) to concrete structures constitutes a crucial task within the context of a modern performance-based philosophy, which accounts for all the components of a building. This is particularly relevant when the NSCs are required to withstand strong seismic events with minor damage. The present paper introduces a new generation of high-performance post-installed anchors incorporating supplemental damping-referred to as EQ-Rod-for reducing the acceleration suffered by NSCs.