Seismic base-isolation by use of telescoping stepping mechanism

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-245

  Martinez Rodrigo, Maria D ^a   Luco, J Enrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Base isolation; Bridge dynamics; Seismic isolation; Stepping bridge

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BRIDGE PIERS; EARTHQUAKES; KINETIC ENERGY; TELESCOPES;

BASE-ISOLATION MECHANISM; GROUND ACCELERATIONS; SUPERSTRUCTURES; TELESCOPING LEGS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING;

EID: 14844324969     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.421     Document Type: Article

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