Innovative beam column connections using shape memory alloys

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4330, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 227-237

  Leon, Roberto T ^a   DesRoches, Reginald ^a   Ocel, Justin ^a   Hess, Greg ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Connections; Nitinol; Passive Damping; SAC; Seismic; Shape Memory Alloys; Steel

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; SEISMOLOGY; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

TENSILE RESISTANCE;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL);

EID: 0034784070     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.434122     Document Type: Article

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