Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150102636

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150102636

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Adaptive Base Isolation using Innovative Magnetorheological Elastomers. Base isolation is of great importance for the safety of infrastructure, such as hospitals, bridges and nuclear power plants. Utilisation of a traditional passive base isolator makes the base isolation system vulnerable and susceptible to unexpected/extreme dynamic loadings, such as earthquakes. This project aims to address this critical issue through the development of a novel adaptive seismic isolator working with an innovative stiffness softening magnetorheological elastomer (MRE). This research represents a fundamental step towards the understanding of MRE behaviour and is expected to be the breakthrough for the development of a future smart base isolation system.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $266,300.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Civil Engineering | Manufacturing Processes and Technologies (excl. Textiles) | Structural Engineering | Earthquake Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Scientific Instruments | Construction Materials Performance and Processes not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Civil Engineering | Construction Materials Performance and Processes not elsewhere classified | Earthquake Engineering | Manufacturing Processes and Technologies (excl. Textiles) | Scientific Instruments | Structural Engineering

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