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A thermography-based method for fatigue behavior evaluation of coupling beam damper

  • Zhe Zhang
  • , Jinping Ou
  • , Dongsheng Li
  • , Shuaifang Zhang
  • , Junling Fan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Dalian University of Technology
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Aircraft Strength Research Institute

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Abstract

Under cyclic load, local fatigue damage will occur in the metal damper widely used in the shear wall. This will deteriorate the stiffness of damper and weaken the hysteresis behaviour. The present paper proposed a new and easy method to manufacture kinds of coupling beam dampers. A thermography-based experiment was used to study the energy dissipation and damage accumulation during fatigue process of the metal damper. Based on the temperature variation related to fatigue damage process, the relationship between the plastic deformation and thermal energy dissipation was quantitatively established. Besides, the relationships between the temperature increase to damage accumulation and mechanical load were analyzed systematically.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)149-161
Number of pages13
JournalFracture and Structural Integrity
Volume11
Issue number40
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Coupling beam damper
  • Energy dissipation
  • Fatigue damage
  • Hysteresis behavior

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