Research Article
Performance of Seismic Restrainer with SMA Springs for Sliding Isolation of Single-Layer Spherical Lattice Shells
Table 1
Values of parameters for nonlinear element of SMA spring restrainer.
| Component | Nonlinear element | Performance parameters | Yield force (kN) | Yield displacement (mm) | Post yield stiffness ratio | Yield exponent |
| SMA springs | Multi-linear elastic | 7.45 | 2 | 0.594 | ā | Plastic (Wen) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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