Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/1657
Title: Application of shape memory alloy prestressing devices on an ancient aqueduct
Authors: Demetriou, Themos 
Chrysostomou, Christis 
Stassis, Andreas 
Major Field of Science: Engineering and Technology
Field Category: Electrical Engineering - Electronic Engineering - Information Engineering
Keywords: Masonry;Monuments;Earthquake hazard analysis
Issue Date: 2008
Source: Smart Structures and Systems, 2008, vol. 4, iss. 2, pp. 261-278
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Start page: 261
End page: 278
Journal: Smart Structures and Systems 
Abstract: The results of the application of shape memory alloy (SMA) prestressing devices on an aqueduct are presented in this paper. The aqueduct was built in 1747 to provide water to the city of Larnaca and to its port. Because of its importance to the cultural heritage of Cyprus, the aqueduct has been selected as one of the casestudy monuments in the project Wide-Range Non-Intrusive devices toward Conservation of Historical Monuments in the Mediterranean Area (WIND-CHIME). The Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, acting in a pioneering way, have given their permission to apply the devices in order to investigate their effectiveness in providing protection to the monument against probable catastrophic effects of earthquake excitation. The dynamic characteristics of the structure were determined in two separate occasions and computational models were developed that matched very closely the dynamic characteristics of the structure. In this paper the experimental setup and the measured changes in the dynamic characteristics of the monument after the application of the SMA devices are described.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/1657
ISSN: 17381991
DOI: 10.12989/sss.2008.4.2.261
Rights: © KISTI
Type: Article
Affiliation: Higher Technical Institute Cyprus 
Affiliation : Higher Technical Institute Cyprus 
University of Pavia 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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