Study on seismic energy dissipation method of ancient pagoda based on Shape Memory Alloy actuating devices

In the light of the principal load carrying and deformation features, combined with the ancient building protecting principles of "First protect" and "Repair like the old", 3 SMA dampers are designed; a protection scheme that this supplemental system in the ancient pagoda structure can improve the earthquake resistance of the pagoda is proposed; the erection ways are subsequently investigated for SMA dampers; the computational procedure to determine the quantity of this control system is established. The concluding remarks in this paper could not only provide a theoretical foundation and technical support, but provide references for protection and repair of other historical buildings.