Experimental Study of Novel Self-Centering Seismic Base Isolators Incorporating Superelastic Shape Memory Alloys

Authors :: Songye Zhu
Fabio Casciati
Bin Wang
Source :: Journal of Structural Engineering. 146
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020.
Abstract: This paper proposes novel self-centering (SC) seismic base isolators by utilizing shape memory alloy U-shaped dampers (SMA-UDs) with favorable superelastic behavior. Two different designs, ...

Subjects :: Materials science
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
0211 other engineering and technologies
020101 civil engineering
02 engineering and technology
Building and Construction
Structural engineering
Shape-memory alloy
Base (topology)
0201 civil engineering
Damper
Mechanics of Materials
021105 building & construction
General Materials Science
business
Civil and Structural Engineering

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