Research Article

Pilot Study for Investigating the Cyclic Response of the Recentering Bridge Bearing System Combined with the Friction Damper

Table 2

Summarized analysis results for the SMA bearing systems.

Model IDBehavior of SMA barsBehavior of friction slidersTotal behavior
RREnergy (area)ER

SMA-0.00701.9 kN8.0 mm0.0 mm0.0 kN0.0 mm0.0 mm701.9 kN8.0 mm0.0 mm100.0%3575.0 kN-mm0.0%
SMA-0.05702.4 kN8.0 mm0.0 mm−45.9 kN8.0 mm7.8 mm748.3 kN8.0 mm0.6 mm93.1%5050.0 kN-mm41.3%
SMA-0.10700.4 kN8.0 mm0.0 mm−91.9 kN8.0 mm7.8 mm792.2 kN8.0 mm1.2 mm84.7%6725.0 kN-mm88.1%
SMA-0.15700.7 kN8.0 mm0.0 mm−138.0 kN8.0 mm7.6 mm838.7 kN8.0 mm2.8 mm64.5%8100.0 kN-mm126.6%
SMA-0.20701.2 kN8.0 mm0.0 mm−185.3 kN8.0 mm7.6 mm886.5 kN8.0 mm3.7 mm53.5%9550.0 kN-mm167.1%
SMA-0.25703.7 kN8.0 mm0.0 mm−232.4 kN8.0 mm7.7 mm936.1 kN8.0 mm4.6 mm42.3%11225.0 kN-mm214.0%
SMA-0.30702.2 kN8.0 mm0.0 mm−279.2 kN8.0 mm7.6 mm981.4 kN8.0 mm5.8 mm26.8%12800.0 kN-mm258.0%
SMA-0.35702.8 kN8.0 mm0.0 mm−326.5 kN8.0 mm7.6 mm1029.3 kN8.0 mm6.3 mm20.1%14325.0 kN-mm300.7%
SMA-0.40703.5 kN8.0 mm0.0 mm−374.0 kN8.0 mm7.8 mm1077.5 kN8.0 mm6.5 mm17.7%15800.0 kN-mm342.0%