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Lean Construction, IIT Madras, that was established under [9] Shajil, N., Srinivasan, S. M. and Santhanam, M. (2013).
the Institute of Eminence grant from the Govt. of India. Along “Self-centering of shape memory alloy fiber reinforced
with the multiple co-authors of the works cited here, credit for cement mortar members subjected to strong cyclic
the work summarized in this paper goes to the project staff, loading,” Materials and Structures, Vol. 46, No. 4,
technicians, laboratory assistants, material suppliers, equipment pp. 651-661.
providers and many others who have contributed in one way [10] Shajil, N., Srinivasan, S. M. and Santhanam, M. (2016).
or more through the past two decades. Many colleagues have “An experimental study on self-centering and ductility
been instrumental in the works referred to here, including of pseudo-elastic shape memory alloy (PESMA) fiber
Profs. Raúl L. Zerbino, Manu Santhanam, Radhakrishna G. Pillai reinforced beam and beam-column joint specimens,”
and Keerthana Kirupakaran, and their help and collaboration are Materials and Structures, Vol. 49, pp. 783-793,
gratefully appreciated. doi: 10.1617/s11527-015-0538-1.

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