Performance of Seismic Restrainer with SMA Springs for Sliding Isolation of Single-Layer Spherical Lattice Shells

The seismic response of a single-layer spherical lattice shell controlled by restorable sliding isolator is studied under different seismic excitations. The isolation system consists of flat steel-Teflon sliding isolators and superelastic SMA spring restrainers. The NiTi-SMA is used to fabricate hel...

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Main Authors: Peng Zhuang, Wenting Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9218317