Figure 1:
The effects of the element (mesh) size and type on the load-displacement response of JBC2
Figure 2:
Hysteretic behavior models: (a) concrete in tension and compression, (b) steel reinforcement, and (c) SESMA rebar (Wong et al., 2013Wong, P. S., Vecchio, F. J., and Trommels, H. (2013). Vector2 & Formworks user’s manual second edition, University of Toronto, Canada.)
Figure 3:
The user-defined bond stress-slip envelope curve for sand-coated SESMA rebars
Figure 4:
The method used for modifying SESMA model of VecTor2
Figure 5:
Experimental and numerical stress-strain curves of Ni55-Ti45: (a) experimental (Youssef et al. 2008Youssef, M. A., Alam, M. S., and Nehdi, M. (2008). Experimental investigation on the seismic behavior of beam-column joints reinforced with superelastic shape memory alloys, Journal of Earthquake Engineering 12(7): 1205-1222.), (b) numerical modeling by using the “SMA2” material model of Vec2, (c) numerical modeling by using the “Modified SMA2” material model, and (d) the comparison of cases b and c.
Figure 6:
Comparison between experimental (see
Table 2) and numerical stress-strain curves of three different types of SESMAs, (a) FeNCATB SESMA, (b) Ni56-Ti44 SESMA, (c) FeMnAlNi SESMA
Figure 7:
Typical FE model of JBC2 in VecTor2(a), details of specimens JBC1(b) and JBC2(c) (Youssef et al. 2008Youssef, M. A., Alam, M. S., and Nehdi, M. (2008). Experimental investigation on the seismic behavior of beam-column joints reinforced with superelastic shape memory alloys, Journal of Earthquake Engineering 12(7): 1205-1222.), and cyclic loading protocol(d)
Figure 8:
Comparison between the numerical predictions and experimental results (Youssef et al. 2008Youssef, M. A., Alam, M. S., and Nehdi, M. (2008). Experimental investigation on the seismic behavior of beam-column joints reinforced with superelastic shape memory alloys, Journal of Earthquake Engineering 12(7): 1205-1222.) of JBC1. (a) beam tip load-displacement, (b) energy dissipation, (c) beam moment-rotation, (d) cracking pattern
Figure 9:
Comparison between the numerical predictions and experimental results (Youssef et al. 2008Youssef, M. A., Alam, M. S., and Nehdi, M. (2008). Experimental investigation on the seismic behavior of beam-column joints reinforced with superelastic shape memory alloys, Journal of Earthquake Engineering 12(7): 1205-1222.) of JBC2. (a) beam tip load-displacement, (b) energy dissipation, (c) beam moment-rotation, (d) cracking pattern
Figure 10:
Details of test samples: DSB-P-1.0 (a), DSB-S-1.0(b), SSB-S-1.0(c), and SSB-P-1.0 (d) (Oudah 2015Oudah, F. (2015). Development of innovative self-centering concrete beam-column connections reinforced using shape memory alloys, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Calgary, Canada.) and typical finite element modeling of DSB-P-1.0 and SSB-P-1.0
Figure 11:
Comparison between the numerical and experimental (Oudah 2015Oudah, F. (2015). Development of innovative self-centering concrete beam-column connections reinforced using shape memory alloys, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Calgary, Canada.) results of beam tip load-displacement relationship. (a) DSB_S_1.0, (b) DSB_P_1.0, (c) SSB_S_1.0 and (d) SSB_P_1.0.
Figure 12:
Comparison between the numerical and experimental (Oudah 2015Oudah, F. (2015). Development of innovative self-centering concrete beam-column connections reinforced using shape memory alloys, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Calgary, Canada.) results of cumulative hysteresis energy dissipation. (a) DSB_S_1.0, (b) DSB_P_1.0, (c) SSB_S_1.0 and (d) SSB_P_1.0.
Figure 13:
Schematic stress-strain relationship of SESMA
Figure 14:
Effect of the Austenite yield strength (Fy) of SESMA rebars on seismic behavior of JBC2: (a) envelopes of the load-displacement curves, (b) hysteresis curves of load-displacement, (c) cumulative energy dissipation, (d) stress-strain curves of SESMA for different values of Fy.
Figure 15:
Effect of the Austenite modulus (K1) of SESMA on seismic behavior of JBC2: (a) envelopes of the load-displacement curves, (b) hysteresis curves of load-displacement, (c) cumulative energy dissipation, (d) stress-strain curves of SESMA for different values of K1.
Figure 16:
Effect of the post-yield stiffness (K2) of SESMA on seismic behavior of JBC2: (a) envelopes of the load-displacement curves, (b) hysteresis curves of load-displacement, (c) cumulative energy dissipation, (d) stress-strain curves of SESMA for different values of K2.
Figure 17:
Effect of the lower plateau stress factor (K3) of SESMA on seismic behavior of JBC2: (a) envelopes of the load-displacement curves, (b) two half cycles of the hysteretic load-displacement curves, (c) cumulative energy dissipation, (d) stress-strain curves of SESMA for different values of K3.
Figure 18:
Effect of the concrete strength on seismic behavior of JBC2: (a) envelopes of the load-displacement curves, (b) hysteresis curves of load-displacement, (c) cumulative energy dissipation.
Figure 19:
Effect of the beam reinforcement ratio on seismic behavior of JBC2: (an envelope of the load-displacement curves, (b) hysteresis curves of load-displacement, (c) cumulative energy dissipation.
Figure 20:
Comparison cyclic response of JBC2-Ni55Ti45 (Youssef et al. 2008Youssef, M. A., Alam, M. S., and Nehdi, M. (2008). Experimental investigation on the seismic behavior of beam-column joints reinforced with superelastic shape memory alloys, Journal of Earthquake Engineering 12(7): 1205-1222.) with (a) JBC2-FeMnAlNi, (b) JBC2-FeNCATB and (C) JBC2-Ni56Ti44; and (d) Numerical stress-strain curves of the SESMAs.
Figure 21:
Seismic response of JBC2 reinforced with four different types of SESMAs: (a) envelopes for the load-displacement relationships, (b) cumulative energy dissipation
Figure 22:
Results of the numerical investigation on JBC2 reinforced with different amounts of FeNCATB-SMA and steel reinforcement.
Figure 23:
Comparison of (a) cyclic response and (b) hysteresis energy dissipation of JBC2-Ni55Ti45 with JBC2-FeNCATB up to 125 mm displacement
Figure 24:
Schematic view, cracking pattern, cyclic response, and energy dissipation of JBC2-FeNCATB with or without PHRT