Seismic isolation of viaduct piers by means of a rocking mechanism

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 713-736

  Chen, Yi Hsuan ^a   Liao, Wei Hsin ^a   Lee, Chien Liang ^a   Wang, Yen Po ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Rocking mechanism; Seismic isolation; Seismic performance tests

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIERS; PILE FOUNDATIONS;

ROCKING MECHANISM; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SEISMIC PERFORMANCE TESTS; VIADUCT PIERS;

SEISMOLOGY;

PIER; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SEISMIC MOMENT; VIADUCT;

EID: 33646205267     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.555     Document Type: Article

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