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This study sheds considerable light on the potential of superelastic shape memory alloy Belleville washers for innovative seismic resisting applications. A series of experimental studies were conducted on washers with different stack combinations under varying temperatures and loading scenarios. The washers showed satisfactory self-centring and energy dissipation capacities at room temperature, although slight degradations of the hysteretic responses accompanied by residual deformations were induced. The hysteretic loops became stable after a few number of cycles, indicating good repeatability. The washers also showed good flexibility in terms of load resistance and deformation, which could be easily varied via changes in the stack combination. Compromised self-centring responses were observed at temperatures below 0 degrees C or above 40 degrees C, and a numerical study, validated by the experimental results, was adopted to further investigate the deformation mechanism of the washers. A further phenomenological model, taking account of the degradation effects under varied temperatures, was developed to enable effective and accurate simulation of devices incorporating the washers. Good agreements were observed between the test and simulation results, and the model was shown to have good numerical robustness for wide engineering applications.
Author(s): Fang C, Zhou XY, Osofero AI, Shu Z, Corradi M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Smart Materials and Structures
Year: 2016
Volume: 25
Issue: 10
Online publication date: 16/09/2016
Acceptance date: 02/08/2016
ISSN (print): 0964-1726
ISSN (electronic): 1361-665X
Publisher: IOP Publishing
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/25/10/105013
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/25/10/105013
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