Add author consent and novelty files for manuscript submission

Submission/CoAuthorConsentFile/CoAuthorConsentFile.tex

+\documentclass[11pt]{article}
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+\usepackage[a4paper,margin=2.5cm]{geometry}
+\usepackage{times}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\section*{Author Consent Statement}
+
+The submitting author confirms that all authors named in the manuscript are aware of this submission and have agreed for the paper to be submitted to \textit{Earthquake Engineering \& Structural Dynamics} (EESD).
+
+\vspace{1.5cm}
+
+\noindent
+Submitting author: Joaquín Irazábal González
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+\vspace{0.8cm}
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+\noindent
+Date: 26 May 2026
+
+\end{document}

Submission/NoveltyFile/NoveltyFile.tex

+\documentclass[11pt]{article}
+
+\usepackage[a4paper,margin=2.5cm]{geometry}
+\usepackage{enumitem}
+\usepackage{times}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\section*{New Contributions to the Field}
+
+\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, itemsep=0.4em]
+    \item Proposes a damage-aware surrogate-assisted optimization framework for buckling-delayed shear-link dampers under cyclic seismic loading.
+    \item Compares supervised ML surrogates and RBF interpolation in terms of predictive accuracy, computational cost and optimization suitability.
+    \item Introduces an adaptive FEM validation and retraining loop to verify optimized geometries before acceptance.
+    \item Demonstrates FEM-consistent optimized designs with limited high-fidelity simulations while balancing window damage, frame protection and dissipative performance.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\end{document}
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