Experimental and computational verification of reasonable design formulae for base-isolated structures

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1389-1406

  Tsai, C S ^a   Chen, Bo Jen ^a   Chiang, Tsu Cheng ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Base isolation; Design formulae

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SUPERSTRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BUILDING CODE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC ISOLATION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0043076258     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.279     Document Type: Article

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