Response of structures supported on SCF isolation systems

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1555-1584

  Hamidi, M ^a   El Naggar, M H ^a   Vafai, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Base isolation systems; Sliding concave foundation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ELASTICITY;

SLIDING CONCAVE FOUNDATION (SCF);

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; ISOLATION EFFECT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0042328063     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.289     Document Type: Article

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