Field testing of low-rise base isolated building

Engineering Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1599-1610

  Braga, Franco ^a   Laterza, Michelangelo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Base isolation; Elastomeric bearings; Free vibration; Full scale experimental tests; Reaction wall; Seismic isolation; Sliding bearings

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); RESEARCH; SEISMOLOGY; STEEL;

FIELD TESTING; ISOLATION SYSTEM; RUBBER BEARINGS;

BUILDINGS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

EID: 10044279287     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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