Design of SMA-Brace Devices for the Seismic Retrofit of Steel CBF

Table 6: Parameters characterizing the CBF-3s-SMA-s1,2 solution.

equivalent viscous damping	ξ^CBF	[%]	8.6
SMA brace secant stiffness-story 1	K^SMA_sec,1	[N/mm]	6.2633e+005
SMA brace secant stiffness-story 2	K^SMA_sec,2	[N/mm]	4.9418e+005
SMA brace secant stiffness-story 1/diagonal elastic stiffness-story 1	K^SMA_sec,1/K^DIAG_el,1	-	5.5366
SMA brace secant stiffness-story 2/diagonal elastic stiffness-story 2	K^SMA_sec,2/K^DIAG_el,2	-	5.4682
SMA brace cross section area - story 1	A^SMA₁	[mm²]	797.39
SMA brace cross section area - story 2	A^SMA₂	[mm²]	629.15
SMA brace length - story 1	L^SMA₁	[mm]	12.31
SMA brace length - story 2	L^SMA₂	[mm]	12.31