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    Parametric study of seismic performance of super-elastic shape memory alloy-reinforced bridge piers

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    Shrestha, B.
    Hao, Hong
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Shrestha, B. and Hao, H. 2015. Parametric study of seismic performance of super-elastic shape memory alloy-reinforced bridge piers. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 12 (9): pp. 1076-1089.
    Source Title
    Structure and Infrastructure Engineering
    DOI
    10.1080/15732479.2015.1076856
    ISSN
    1573-2479
    School
    Department of Civil Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7508
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    Abstract

    One of the important measures of post-earthquake functionality of bridges after a major earthquake is residual displacement. In many recent major earthquakes, large residual displacements resulted in demolition of bridge piers due to the loss of functionality. Replacing the conventional longitudinal steel reinforcement in the plastic hinge regions of bridge piers with super-elastic shape memory alloy (SMA) could significantly reduce residual deformations. In this study, numerical investigations on the performance of SMA-reinforced concrete (RC) bridge bents to monotonic and seismic loadings are presented. Incremental dynamic analyses are conducted to compare the response of SMA RC bents with steel RC bents considering the peak and the residual deformations after seismic events. Numerical study on multiple prototype bridge bents with single and multiple piers reinforced with super-elastic SMA or conventional steel bars in plastic hinge regions is conducted. Effects of replacement of the steel rebar by SMA rebar on the performance of the bridge bents are studied. This paper presents results of the parametrical analyses on the effects of various design and geometric parameters, such as the number and geometry of piers and reinforcement ratio of the RC SMA bridge bents on its performance.

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