With critical lessons drawn from recent strong earthquakes, the engineering community is
appealing for a fundamental shift of the existing design philosophy for infrastructures in …

With critical lessons drawn from past major earthquakes, the engineering community is
appealing for a fundamental shift in the existing design philosophy for structures in seismic …

The hybrid self‐centering braced frames (HSBFs) with shape memory alloy‐based braces
(SMABs) and viscous dampers (VDs) are an emerging structural system developed for …

A hybrid self-centering braced frame equipped with shape memory alloy-based self-
centering braces (SMA-SCBs) and viscous dampers is proposed to achieve enhanced …

As a promising candidate in the construction industry, iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-
SMA) has attracted lots of attention in the engineering and metallography communities …

This study develops a novel superelastic pendulum isolator with multi-stage variable
curvature (SPIVC) to enhance the seismic resilience of the cold-regional bridges. The SPIVC …

The hybrid self-centering braced frame (HSBF) is an emerging seismic resilient structural
system with the capacity of controlling peak inter-story drifts and floor accelerations and …

This study presents a new type of Fe-Mn-Si alloy U-shaped dampers (FMS-UDs) that exhibit
extraordinary low cycle fatigue (LCF) performance. The basic material properties of Fe-Mn …

This study explores the development of a shape memory alloy (SMA)‐based hybrid self‐
centering brace that combines NiTi superelastic cables with viscoelastic dampers. First, the …

While the multi-level SMA/lead rubber bearing isolation system (ML-SLRB) has been
proposed and numerically studied, its application remains a challenge in the absence of …