Parameters Analysis of Re-Centring SMA Damper Based on SAP2000

According to the working mechanism of re-centring SMA damper, restoring force model is established. Based on the mechanical model, the re-centring SMA damper is modeled in finite element software SAP2000 by adding Multi-Linear element and Plastic (Wen) element. Time-history analysis method under different ground motion is used to analyze control parameters of re-centring SMA damper. The influence on damping effect and ability to re-centring of damper of several factors such as the ratio SR of initial stiffness of energy components and stiffness of corresponding structural layer, the ratio β of yield displacement of energy components and yield displacement of corresponding structural layer, the ratio α of the second stiffness and initial stiffness of energy components, the ratio Q of initial restoring force of re-centring group and yield force of corresponding structural layer, and the ratio λ of the second stiffness and initial stiffness of re-centring group were studied. Their reasonable numerical value range are obtained by numerical calculation, the reasonable ranges for SR, β, α, Q and λ are found to be 2~3, 0~0.05, 0~0.1, 0.05~0.10 and 0.05~0.15 respectively.