Multi-performance design of dissipative bracing systems through intervention cost optimization
In recent years, the need of retrofit interventions on existing buildings is increasing, also due to the high economic losses recorded after the recent seismic events. The intervention techniques based on stiffening and energy dissipation are one of the most widespread among the several available. Despite the great diffusion of this kind of interventions, there are still no clear and shared rules about design principles and, above all, about the performance objectives to be followed within the design.