Sustainable Act for Construction Market: A new perspective on passive seismic protection - STF4SW

Project summary

The primary priorities for nations within seismic belts include earthquake resilient structures, strengthening of vulnerable structures, and the restoration of heavily and moderately damaged constructions. On a global scale, the impact of seismic activity reaches beyond the borders of the affected nation, impacting the entire world. Therefore, the project deals with the implementation of shear thickening fluid (STF) as a vibration-damping system (VDS) as a novel approach for earthquake-resilient structures. STF recently peaked attention in literature for shock/impact absorbing properties. Employing STF as a VDS for low-frequency events (i.e., earthquakes) can upgrade the performance of the structures in certain cases. STF4SW aims to achieve:-synthesising of STF, specifically PolyBoronSiloxane (PBS) that will work under low shear rates, -material characterization tests on STF and the application of STF as a vibration damping system (VDS) for real-time applications.