Use of non-linear localization for isolating structures from earthquake-induced motions

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-36

  Vakakis, Alexander F ^a,c   Kounadis, Anthony N ^b   Raftoyiannis, Ioannis G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Base isolation; Non linear localization; Non linear modes

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; STIFFNESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BASE ISOLATION; NONLINEAR LOCALIZATION;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0033059381     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199901)28:1<21::AID-EQE802>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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