Seismic isolation of buildings with sliding concave foundation (SCF)

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-29

  Hamidi, M ^a   El Naggar, M H ^a   Vafai, A ^b   Ahmadi, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Base isolation; SCF; Sliding concave foundation; Sliding foundation

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; FRICTION; PENDULUMS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

SEISMIC EXCITATION;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FOUNDATION; SEISMIC ISOLATION;

EID: 0037214285     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.210     Document Type: Article

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