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 …

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are a class of alloys that possess numerous unique
characteristics. They offer complete shape recovery after experiencing large strains, energy …

Base isolation systems are widely used as an effective and practical solution to protect the
structure and non-structural elements from seismic hazards. However, the excessive …

Shape memory materials (SMMs) are an important group of intelligent multifunctional
materials used in civil engineering applications whose popularity is due to their unique …

工程中航空航天, 船舶与海洋结构物及其上装备和精密仪器易受极端环境干扰和破坏,
使得非线性隔振理论在近十年来迅猛发展; 针对日益严峻的隔振和抗冲击等要求 …

Abstract The Shape Memory Alloy (SMA)-restrained bearing consists of a typical sliding
bearing and SMA wires. The SMA wires are adopted to limit the excessive displacement …

In performance-based seismic design, bridges are expected to satisfy specific performance
objectives under several levels of seismic hazard. In this paper, a multi-level SMA/lead …

This study presents a novel type of self-centering energy-dissipative restrainers [ie, SMA ring
springs (SMARS) restrainer] incorporating shape memory alloy (SMA) ring springs as the …

This study investigates the response of a shape memory alloy (SMA)-based isolation system
that combines multiple groups of SMA cables and a lead rubber bearing (LRB). The isolation …