Optimal yield level of bilinear seismic isolation devices

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 941-955

  Park, Jeung Geun ^a   Otsuka, Hisanori ^b  

^a CTI Engineering Company Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorbed energy; Optimal yield ratio of isolator; Two step seismic isolation design

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENERGY ABSORPTION; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BILINEAR SEISMIC ISOLATION DEVICES; OPTIMAL YIELD RATIO (OYR);

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

DAMPING; SEISMIC ISOLATION;

EID: 0032818946     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199909)28:9<941::AID-EQE848>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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