Hysteretic Performance and Simplified Analysis Model of Shape Memory Alloy Self-centering and Energy-dissipating Device
The application of shape memory alloy (SMA) in the energy dissipating device can limit the residual deformation of energy dissipating device under strong earthquake.It can improve the self-centering ability of device and the seismic resilience of structure.The new device with self-centering and energy-dissipating capacity was designed and developed.The mild steel and SMA were used as the main components of inner and outer rings.The refined finite element analysis model and simplified analysis model for device were established to analyze the hysteresis performance of new device with different parameters of inner and outer ring components,e.g.,carrying capacity,energy-dissipating capacity and self-centering capacity.In addition,the validity of refined finite element analysis model was verified with existing test result.Then,the accuracy of simplified analysis model was verified by using refined finite element analysis model.The inner and outer ring of new device work independently and the mechanism of self-centering and energy-dissipating is clear.When both the inner ring and outer ring are made of mild steel,the energy-dissipating capacity of device is strong,but the residual displacement is large.When the inner ring is made of SMA,and the outer ring is made of mild steel,the energy-dissipating capacity of device decreases obviously,but the residual displacement changes little.When the inner ring is made of mild steel,and the outer ring is made of SMA,the energy-dissipating capacity of device decreases obviously,but the residual displacement is very small.For the devices with inner ring of mild steel and outer ring of SMA,the lateral stiffness,load-carrying capacity and energy-dissipating capacity of device can be significantly improved with the thickness increase of inner and outer ring.The residual displacement decreases with the decrease of thickness of inner ring or outer ring.In the seismic design,the design thickness of ring can be selected according to the seismic requirements of structures.