Sustainable Structural Damping through Smart Shape Memory Alloy Systems

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10.2991/978-94-6239-685-2_28How to use a DOI?

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SMAs; underground blasts; impulse; sustainable

Abstract

Advancements in structural engineering for effective vibration control is focusing significantly on smart technologies. Owing to unique properties like super elasticity and energy dissipation capability, smart materials are now becoming one of the primary choices of the engineering community for damping. Although considerable research has been carried out to control earthquake induced vibrations, less attention is given towards vibrations resulting from underground blasts. Such blast-induced ground motions (BIGM) are characterized by high-frequency, large-amplitude short duration impulse waves, which differ from earthquake-induced ground motions. The current study proposes a complete overview of non-linear (hysteretic) behaviour of SMAs and the nature of underground BIGM. The various sustainable aspects of SMA as a damper is also highlighted. A simulation-based analysis is performed on a double-storeyed steel frame installed with SMA wire bracings of varying configurations (diagonal, K-type and concentric type). The structural response is obtained for varying blast distances from the charge center and intensity. The peak response (with SMA damping devices), uncontrolled bare frame and installed with tradition steel bracing is illustrated. The study highlights the potential application of SMA bracings as a sustainable damping device in mitigating the structural response.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rohan Majumder
AU  - Aman Deep Gupta
AU  - Partho Mukherjee
AU  - Sameer Patel
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/05/26
TI  - Sustainable Structural Damping through Smart Shape Memory Alloy Systems
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrastructure Development and Sustainability (ICIDS 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 535
EP  - 542
SN  - 3005-155X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-685-2_28
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-685-2_28
ID  - Majumder2026
ER  -