Shape Memory Alloys for Civil Engineering

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; Technology: general issues; active materials; artificial neural networks; beam-column joints; bending behavior; brace; bridge engineering; civil engineering applications; composites materials; constitutive model; damping; ECC material; energy dissipation coefficient; energy response; engineered cementitious composites; fatigue; ferrous shape memory alloys; hybrid control; initial strain; iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA); life-cycle loss; loading rate; low cycle fatigue; low-cost SMAs; machine learning; martensitic transformation; n/a; parameter identification; parametric study; prestress; prestressing; recovery stress; relaxation; resilience; rocking pier; seismic; seismic analysis; seismic excitation; seismic fragility; seismic performance; seismic resilience; self-centering; self-centering rocking (SCR) piers; self-centering SMA brace; self-recovery capacity; shape memory alloy; shape memory alloy (SMA); shape memory alloy damper; shape memory alloys; shape memory effect; SMA damper; superelastic; television transmission tower; thermodynamic parameters; thermomechanical behavior; transmission tower; vibration control; viscoelastic; wind excitation
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036566061; 9783036566078; books978-3-0365-6606-1
• Access: Open Access

This overview of the most recent advances in the field of SMA research and applications in civil engineering aims to help remove the knowledge barriers across disciplines and sheds considerable light on the opportunity to commercialize SMA products in the construction industry.