Experimental study of FPS system in bridge seismic isolation

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-78

  Tsopelas, P ^a   Constantinou, M C ^a   Kim, Y S ^b   Okamoto, S ^c  

^a State University of New York ^*  (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^c TAISEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bridges; Earthquakes; Seismic isolation; Shaking table; Sliding bearings; Testing

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE; FRICTION PENDULUM SYSTEM; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST;

BRIDGE DECKS; BRIDGE PIERS; BRIDGES; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; MECHANICAL TESTING; MODEL STRUCTURES;

FLEXIBLE PIERS; FRICTION COEFFICIENT; FRICTION PENDULUM SYSTEM; SEISMIC EXCITATION; SEISMIC ISOLATION;

BRIDGE BEARINGS;

EID: 0029669341     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199601)25:1<65::AID-EQE536>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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