Kocakaplan Sezgin, SedefAhmadi, EhsanMehdi Kashani, Mohammad Mehdi2026-02-122026-02-122022https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/652512th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, NCEE 2022 -- 2022-06-27 through 2022-07-01 -- Salt Lake City -- 182374In recent years, accelerated bridge construction (ABC) has led to substantial application of precast posttensioned segmental (PPS) bridge piers in bridge construction. However, PPS piers are not to be used in high-seismicity regions due to their low-energy dissipating capacity. To address this deficiency, this paper examines a segmental bridge pier with unbonded post-tensioned superelastic Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) bars through a Finite Element (FE) framework. The seismic performance of the PPS piers with SMA bars is investigated using far-field ground motions and incremental dynamic analysis (IDA). IDA curves of PPS piers are obtained for top drift and normalized base shear, and results are compared with the ones without SMA bars. It is seen that the PPS piers with SMA bars developed higher normalized base shear responses, which is mainly due to their higher stiffness compared to the ones without SMA. However, the PPS piers with SMA bars reduced the drift responses of the piers. © 2022 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, NCEE 2022 All rights reserved.enEarthquake engineeringEngineering geologyPiersSeismologyShape-memory alloyAccelerated bridge constructionsBase shearBridge constructionsIncremental dynamic analysisLower energiesPost tensionedPre-castSegmental bridgeSeismic PerformanceShape memory alloy barsSeismic wavesConference Object2-s2.0-85138480641N/A