With critical lessons drawn from recent strong earthquakes, the engineering community is
appealing for a fundamental shift of the existing design philosophy for infrastructures in …

With critical lessons drawn from past major earthquakes, the engineering community is
appealing for a fundamental shift in the existing design philosophy for structures in seismic …

Abstract Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) are a new generation of smart materials with the
capability of recovering their predefined shape after experiencing a large strain. This is …

The degradation of reinforced concrete (RC) structural components owing to aging
mechanisms and extreme loading events can cause significant performance and safety …

The research on superelastic shape memory alloy (SMA) bars reinforced concrete members
and structures has received a great deal of attention recent years. In this study, novel …

Seismic performance of concrete frame buildings reinforced with superelastic Shape
Memory Alloy (SMA) rebar is evaluated in terms of Collapse Margin Ratio (CMR). CMR is …

Excessive residual deformation makes it difficult to repair reinforced concrete frame after
earthquakes, and self-centering techniques have been widely adopted to mitigate residual …

In this study, superelastic fibres were fabricated from heavily cold worked shape memory
alloy (SMA) wire followed by heat treatment, with the goal of enhancing fibre pullout …

This paper presents an investigation of the seismic performance of concrete columns
reinforced longitudinally with steel bars (referred to as UHS-WB bars) that have an ultrahigh …

A single-yielding mechanism can effectively control the bending moment of a connection,
and reduce the damage to the connection and column. In this study, a single-yielding …