Recentering Shape Memory Alloy Passive Damper for Structural Vibration Control

This paper presents a preliminary study on the evaluation of an innovative energy dissipation system with shape memory alloys (SMAs) for structural seismic protection. A recentering shape memory alloy damper (RSMAD), in which superelastic nitinol wires are utilized as energy dissipation components,...

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Main Authors: Hui Qian, Hongnan Li, Gangbing Song, Wei Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/963530