Design and development of the Smart Self-Centered Shear Wall (SSCSW) system for seismic control

In order to develop resilience-based earthquake civil infrastructures, a new seismic control system using shape memory alloy (SMA) elements is designed to implement into these structures. Such systems can improve the dynamic behavior of the civil infrastructures and provide their stability under seismic loads by dissipation of the energy, having the self-centering ability, high-deformability, and affordability. The system can be used for the new civil infrastructures or retrofit existing ones.
It is worth mentioning that the system can also help in preserving natural resources, like raw material and fossil energy, which are used to produce the constructional materials, and reducing much less the footprint carbon since the optimum constructional materials are used to meet the building codes and provide enough strength and flexibility.

Faculty Supervisor:

Rafiq Ahmad

Student:

Partner:

North Forge

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education; Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

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