Seismic Assessment of Concentrically Braced Steel Frames with Shape Memory Alloy Braces

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Experimental investigations of building structure with a superelastic shape memory alloy friction damper subject to seismic loads (2016, background): “…et al 2001, Zhang and Zhu 2007, 2008, Parulekar et al 2012, Qian et al 2013, Asgarian et al 2016), energy dissipation braces (Han et al 2003, McCormick et al 2007, van de Lindt and Potts 2008, Kari et al 2011, Gao et al 2016, Vafaei and Eskandari 2016), SMAs laminated rubber bearings…”
Seismic Response Control Using Shape Memory Alloys: A Review (2011, background): “Several studies have considered the use of SMAs as diagonal braces in frame structures (Saadat et al., 2001; Han et al., 2003; Lafortune et al., 2007; McCormick et al., 2007a).”
Shake table test and numerical study of self‐centering steel frame with SMA braces (2017, background): “[29] numerically illustrated the effectiveness of SMAB in limiting peak and residual interstory drift ratios in concentrically braced steel frames.”
Performance-based seismic design of self-centering steel frames with SMA-based braces (2017, background): “[24] revealed the superiority of SMABs over conventional steel braces in limiting peak and residual inter-story drifts.”