Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

Research Article

Seismic Response and Evaluation of SDOF Self-Centering Friction Damping Braces Subjected to Several Earthquake Ground Motions

Table 1

Parametric details for individual model cases.
Model IDSuperelastic SMA wiresFriction dampers
Case  1
()		 = 0.74 kN/mm, α = 0.135, = 14.8 mm 
= 3.80 kN, = 2.10 kN 
 = 0.72 kN/mm, = 0.70 kN
Case  2
()		 = 0.72 kN/mm, = 1.40 kN
Case  3
()		 = 0.72 kN/mm, = 2.10 kN
Case  4
()		 = 0.72 kN/mm, = 2.80 kN
Case  5
()		 = 0.72 kN/mm, = 3.50 kN