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Smart Materials Based Vibration Control and Structural Resilience in Building

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2023) | Viewed by 4706

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Prof. Dr. Hui Qian

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School of Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Interests: smart materials in civil engineering; self-centering structures; seismic resilience; structural vibration control; prefabricated concrete structures; structural health monitoring
Prof. Dr. Canxing Qiu

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Faculty of Architecture, Civil And Transportation Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Interests: shape memory alloy; self-centering; earthquake engineering; resilience
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Prof. Dr. Dahai Zhao

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School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
Interests: piezoelectric material; structural vibration control; shape memory alloy; seismic resilience; seismic analysis; smart base-isolation structure
Dr. Enfeng Deng

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School of Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Interests: integrated modular construction; seismic design of steel structure; prefabricated steel structure; seismic resilience of engineering structures
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

It is our great honor to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue entitled “Smart Materials Based Vibration Control and Structural Resilience”. Earthquake-induced disaster is one of the most disastrous hazards worldwide. Numerous buildings, bridges, and pipelines are destroyed every year due to strong seismic motions, and rapid recovery of function of infrastructure is quite challenging due to post-earthquake damage. This is particularly critical for lifeline engineering such as medical facilities, highways, railways, and communication facilities. Consequently, vibration control and structural toughness have become research hotspots in recent years. Smart materials such as shape memory alloy (SMA), magneto-rheological (MR) material, and piezoceramic-based aggregates have provided pioneering opportunities for structural toughness and recoverability.

This Special Issue focuses on the cutting-edge research progress in smart-materials-based vibration control and structural toughness. The topics of this Special Issue include development of smart material, damper, energy dissipation devices, toughness-based design methods, and so on. Recent innovations in smart materials and their applications in earthquake engineering are particularly encouraged. Original contributions concerning the following research topics are welcome, including but not limited to:

  • Development of smart materials in seismic design;
  • Recent innovations in dampers, isolation bearings, and energy dissipation components;
  • Research progress in self-centering structures, including components, connections, and structural systems;
  • Development of resilience-based design methodology;
  • Resilience enhancement strategies based on smart materials;
  • Recent innovations in vibration control of engineering structures based on smart materials;
  • Health monitoring of building structures using smart materials.

Prof. Dr. Hui Qian
Prof. Dr. Canxing Qiu
Prof. Dr. Dahai Zhao
Dr. Enfeng Deng
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • smart materials
  • structural vibration control
  • seismic mitigation
  • resilience-based design method
  • self-centering structures
  • resilience enhancement
  • base isolation

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Chloride Ion Corrosion Resistance of Innovative Self-Healing SMA Fiber-Reinforced Engineering Cementitious Composites under Dry-Wet Cycles for Ocean Structures
by Weihong Chen, Yi Liu, Hui Qian, Peng Wu, Yingxiong Wu and Fanghao Liu
Buildings 2023, 13(2), 518; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020518 - 14 Feb 2023
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To evaluate the chloride ion corrosion resistance of proposed innovative self-healing concrete based on shape memory alloys (SMA) and engineering cementitious composites (ECC), a total of 2 kinds of 22 specimens were prepared. Chloride ion corrosion tests of self-healing SMA-ECC concrete under dry-wet [...] Read more.
To evaluate the chloride ion corrosion resistance of proposed innovative self-healing concrete based on shape memory alloys (SMA) and engineering cementitious composites (ECC), a total of 2 kinds of 22 specimens were prepared. Chloride ion corrosion tests of self-healing SMA-ECC concrete under dry-wet cycles were carried out. It was found that the chloride ion erosion depths of SMA-ECC were significantly smaller than that of MC, and the growth rate of erosion depth of SMA-ECC was obviously smaller than that of MC after 15 dry-wet (dry and wet) corrosion cycles. The chloride ion content of SMA-ECC vanished at the erosion depth more than 10 mm, which was consistent with the test result of AgNO3 solution color-rendering test. Test results indicate that, compared to marine concrete (MC), SMA-ECC has a better chloride ion corrosion resistance behavior. Moreover, the chloride ion concentration of SMA-ECC at a chloride ion erosion depth of less than 10 mm decreased more significantly than that of MC, indicating that almost all chloride salt solution reacted in the outer layer of SMA-ECC, which is consistent with the conclusions of 4.1 and 4.2. Finally, based on the erosion distribution of chloride ions and Fick’s second law, a calculation model describing the relationship between the apparent chloride ion diffusion coefficient and the boundary condition of the chloride ion content was proposed. Full article
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Mechanical Behaviors of a Buckling-Plate Self-Centering Friction Damper
by Qinting Wang, Hu Shen, Zhenhua Zhang and Hui Qian
Buildings 2023, 13(2), 440; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020440 - 04 Feb 2023
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In order to improve the resilience of structures subjected to strong earthquakes, a buckling-plate self-centering friction damper (BPSCFD) with low post-yielding stiffness is proposed, which consists of a group of post-buckling plates and a self-centering variable friction mechanism. The damper is intended to [...] Read more.
In order to improve the resilience of structures subjected to strong earthquakes, a buckling-plate self-centering friction damper (BPSCFD) with low post-yielding stiffness is proposed, which consists of a group of post-buckling plates and a self-centering variable friction mechanism. The damper is intended to not only reduce the peak and residual deformation of structures, but also to limit the additional internal force of the structural elements. Through theoretical derivation and finite element simulation, the hysteretic damping and self-centering characteristics of BPSCFDs are studied. In order to examine the seismic performance of the BPSCFDs, the dampers are employed to retrofit a double-columns bridge bent, and the corresponding elastic-plastic time history analysis is conducted. The results show that the force-displacement relationships of BPSCFDs with different parameter combinations are characterized by typical flag-shaped self-centering hysteretic loops and low post-yielding stiffness, and the dampers can effectively reduce the peak and residual deformation of the bridge bent without increasing the peak acceleration and base shear. The research results could supply a guideline for the design and application of the damper. Full article
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Experimental Study on Flexural Behavior of Seawater Sea-Sand Concrete Beams Reinforced with Superelastic Shape Memory Alloy Bars
by Hui Qian, Guolin Chen, Zongao Li and Cheng Chen
Buildings 2022, 12(12), 2127; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12122127 - 04 Dec 2022
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In order to research the flexural behavior of shape memory alloy (SMA)-reinforced seawater sea-sand concrete (SWSSC) beams and improve their self-healing ability, three SMA SWSSC beams and one anti-corrosive steel bar SWSSC beam were designed. The influence of the reinforcement ratio, strength grade [...] Read more.
In order to research the flexural behavior of shape memory alloy (SMA)-reinforced seawater sea-sand concrete (SWSSC) beams and improve their self-healing ability, three SMA SWSSC beams and one anti-corrosive steel bar SWSSC beam were designed. The influence of the reinforcement ratio, strength grade of SWSSC and type of reinforcement on the flexural performance of the beam were considered. The failure process, maximum crack width, mid-span deflection, displacement ductility and stiffness degradation of beams were studied by cyclic loading tests. The test results showed that the number of cracks in SMA-reinforced beams were significantly smaller than that in anti-corrosive-reinforced beams, and the crack width and mid-span deflection recovery effect were better after unloading. However, the effect of increasing the SMA reinforcement ratio on crack recovery was not obvious. The increase in SMA reinforcement ratio and the strength grade of SWSSC can significantly improve the bearing capacity of the beam and the stiffness, but the stiffness degradation rate decreased. Moreover, the ductility of concrete beams with SMA bars was significantly increased. Full article
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