Inventors of a smart pendulum friction system to prevent and mitigate earthquake-induced damage to buildings.
Every year about 4000 earthquakes happen only in Canada. Are we ready for the next one?
What is a smart pendulum friction system?
It has been designed for use in steel, concrete, and timber buildings, particularly high-rises, to maintain their stability and serviceability when experiencing ground motion having different intensities, frequency content, and magnitudes. It can be easily integrated into building foundations without the need to change structural elements.
Benefits
Build sustainably with a solid structural system from the beginning to mitigate against earth's natural disasters.
Benefits
Enhance structures
Smart FPS enhances the dynamic behavior of structures is it installed in, reducing the permanent deformations and drifts caused by applied seismic loads by providing enhanced energy dissipation capacity, damping, and re-centering of structures.
Benefits
increase Recovery Time
SMAs provide exceptional recovery capability after deformation, and can recover their initial shape after experiencing large deformations of up to 14% of their initial length.
Why is this needed?
Canada has a goal to reach net-zero building emissions by 2050. Umade helps you achieve this with your buildings.
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A 9.0 magnitude earthquake 75Km off the coast of Vancouver would endure economic losses of close to $75 Billion.
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In 1994 a 6.7 magnitude earthquake near Northridge, USA had 87 casualties, 8700 injured and $13B - $40B in damages.
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Construction cost increases, mainly due to construction materials
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The Smart PFS has been designed for use in steel, concrete, and timber buildings, particularly high-rises, to maintain their stability and serviceability when experiencing ground motion having different intensities, frequency content, and magnitudes. It can be easily integrated into building foundations without the need to change structural elements.
Our Team
Founder
Shahin Zareie
With a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering(Structural engineering) from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, and my M.Sc degree in Mechatronics engineering from Sharif University of Technology (SUT), Iran.Shahin has successfully published 12 papers in peer-review journals, such as Engineering Structures, the Journal of Building Engineering, the Journal of Structural Engineering, Structures, as well as Applied Ocean Research, and four book chapters. Recently, he has received the US provisional patent, supported by U of A and applied for another US patent.
Founder
Rafiq Ahmad
Dr. Rafiq Ahmad is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and a Faculty Associate for digital and IoT Technologies for building automation at the University of Alberta. Dr. Ahmad is the recipient of Edmonton’s 2022 Top 40 under 40 Award by Edify Magazine for his serial innovation and streamlined technology development to impact our society. He is the leader and well-known expert for “Smart & Sustainable Manufacturing Systems and Technologies.” Dr. Ahmad obtained his postdoc from Luxembourg, Ph.D., and MSc in advanced manufacturing from France, and his bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Pakistan.
Who We Are
At Umade, we design, fabricate, test, analyze, and customize structural control systems that are capable of adjusting itself for different loading conditions and dissipating energy of applied loads found within building structures.
partners
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Outfit your buildings correctly and efficiently
Don't waste billions of dollars on a building structure that isn't properly secured and stable. Our smart pendulum friction system will enhance the lifetime of your building, therefore securing your investment.
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