Shake table test and numerical study of self‐centering steel frame with SMA braces

• Published in: Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 117 - 137
• Main Authors: Qiu, Canxing, Zhu, Songye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Earthquake damage; Earthquake engineering; earthquake resilience; Earthquake resistance; Intermetallic compounds; numerical simulation; Reinforcement (structures); Seismic phenomena; self‐centering; shake table test; shape memory alloy brace; Shape memory alloys; steel braced frame; Steel frames; Superelasticity

Summary Given their excellent self‐centering and energy‐dissipating capabilities, superelastic shape memory alloys (SMAs) become an emerging structural material in the field of earthquake engineering. This paper presents experimental and numerical studies on a scaled self‐centering steel frame with...