Browsing by Author "Soul, H."

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Experimental study of damping in civil engineering structures using smart materials (CuAlBe - SMA): an application to a steel portico

Torra Ferré, Vicenç; Isalgué Buxeda, Antonio; Lovey, Francisco Carlos; Carreras, Guillem; Casciati, Fabio; Soul, H. (2010)
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The target of the paper focuses in the required properties for successful behavior of the CuAlBe Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) in damping of steel structures under the action of earthquakes. The appropriate fracture – life, the ...
Experimental study of damping in civil engineering structures using smart materials (NiTi - SMA): application to stayed cables for bridges

Torra Ferré, Vicenç; Isalgué Buxeda, Antonio; Carreras, Guillem; Lovey, Francisco Carlos; Soul, H.; Terriault, Patrick; Dieng, Lamine (2010)
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Experimental study of damping in civil engineering structures was done using smart materials (NiTi SMA). The study is focused on the stayed cables for bridges. The cable oscillations are induced by wind, rain or traffic. ...

The SMA properties in civil engineering applications. The SMARTeR project: use of SMA in damping of stayed cables for bridges

Torra Ferré, Vicenç; Isalgué Buxeda, Antonio; Carreras, G.; Lovey, Francisco Carlos; Soul, H.; Terriault, P.; Zapico, B. (2009-09)
Conference lecture
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Abstract. One of the classical applications of the SMA is based on the used of the hysteresis cycle associated to the martensitic transformation (classically, described as a first order phase transition) for damping ...