Seismic Retrofit of Concrete Shear

Walls with SMA Tension Braces

BY -
RAHUL DAS
(17SE06003)
M.Tech (STRUCTURAL ENGG)
 Content

• Introduction
• Experimental Model
• Analysis
• Result and conclusion
 Introduction
• How walls fails during earthquake-
I. Diagonal tension crack
II. Shear sliding occur
 Introduction

Why retrofitting is required-

• Improves energy dissipation property
• Displacement recovery
• Minimise damage at bottom
 SMA Tension Brace
• Nickel-titanium alloy is used.
• It recover 98% deformation up to 6% strain
• Also provide 7% damping
 Model
• 4 walls ,2 walls are retrofitted and remaining 2 are controlled

SQ1- Shear wall without boundary

SQ2-Shear wall with boundary
 Model
• Reinforcement details-
• .18% in vertical direction
• .21 % in horizontal direction
• 1% vertical r/f in boundary zone
• .51% horizontal r/f in boundary zone
 Material Property

• Concrete property

• Reinforcement property
 Test Setup

Fig- Experimental setup

 Results

Fig- Damage of wall-a)SQ1 b)SQ1S

 RESULT

Fig-Lateral load displacement response a) SQ1 b)SQ1S

 Results

Fig- Damage of wall-a)SQ2 b)SQ2S

 Results

Fig-Lateral load displacement response a) SQ2 b)SQ2S

 Results

• Fig-Lateral load displacement response of shear wall a)negative direction

b)positive direction
 Stiffness

Fig- Stiffness of walls

 Shear Distortion
Average shear distortion
Energy Dissipation

Fig-energy dissipation of walls

 Conclusion
• SMA braces slightly shift the location of crack at
base.
• SMA distribute the stresses throughout the wall and
reduce shear damage.
• SMA increases lateral strength of wall.
• Energy dissipation property is increased by SMA
brace.
• Walls can recover more than 50% deformation.
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Displacement Recovery

Fig- Displacement recovery