Seismic isolation design of the San Bernardino County Medical Center Replacement Project

Structural Design of Tall Buildings

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 265-279

  Asher, Jefferson W ^a   Young, Roger P ^a   Ewing, Robert D ^a  

^a KPFF CONSULTING ENGINEERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; GROUND SUPPORTS; HOSPITALS; NONMETALLIC BEARINGS; TALL BUILDINGS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

BASE ISOLATION SYSTEMS; HIGH DAMPING RUBBER BEARINGS; HYBRID PASSIVE ENERGY DISSIPATION SYSTEM; SEISMIC ISOLATION DESIGNS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0030409718     PISSN: 10628002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1794(199612)5:4<265::AID-TAL77>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

References (7)

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5. S. Nagarajaiah, A. M. Reinhorn and M. C. Constantinou, '3D-BASIS non-linear dynamic analysis of three-dimensional base isolated structures: Part II', Technical Report NCEER-91-0005, National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER), State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A., 28 February 1991.
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