The degradation of reinforced concrete (RC) structural components owing to aging
mechanisms and extreme loading events can cause significant performance and safety …

Severe challenges such as depletion of natural resources, natural catastrophes, extreme
weather conditions, or overpopulation require intelligent solutions especially in architecture …

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) show great potential in seismic applications because of their
appealing superelastic feature and good energy dissipation capacity. The tensile behavior …

Shape memory alloy is a smart material whose usage in reinforced concrete members has
been increasingly raised in recent years. This paper focuses on applications of different …

A moderate earthquake with a magnitude M w of 6.8 occurred in the Sivrice district of Elazığ
Province in Eastern Turkey on January 24th, 2020. The mainshock and long-term …

The catastrophic seismic events have urged the need for effective retrofitting techniques for
the non-seismically designed structures built in the seismic active zone. The design and …

To optimize the basic mechanical properties and structural application performance of
superelastic Ni-Ti shape memory alloy (SMA) cables, systematically experimental tests and …

This study presents a novel precast reinforced concrete (RC) wall system using shape
memory alloy (SMA) bars and replaceable energy dissipating (ED) devices to achieve …

The present study develops and experimentally verifies a new type of precast concrete
beam to column connection. The proposed damage controllable energy dissipation (DCED) …

It is widely accepted that the seismic retrofitting of nonseismically detailed reinforced
concrete beam-column joints (BCJs) in reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings is an …