Response of Isolated Structures to Recent California Earthquakes

by Ronald L. Mayes, Dynamic Isolation Systems, Inc, Berkeley, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Structural Engineering in Natural Hazards Mitigation

Abstract:

A significant amount of research and development, shake table testing computer modelling and real world applications have been performed with the seismic isolation design concept in the past twenty years. Use of the technology is becoming more widespread since design codes have been adopted for bridges, buildings and hospitals. This paper documents the performance of three buildings and one bridge in California during recent earthquakes and provides a comparison with more extensive data collected in Japan.

Subject Headings: Earthquake resistant structures | Building design | Seismic design | Earthquakes | Seismic tests | Building codes | Base isolation | California | United States | Japan | Asia

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