Component and shaking table tests for full-scale multiple friction pendulum system

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1653-1675

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

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Earthquake Proof Systems Inc   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Base isolation; Component tests; Friction pendulum; Shaking table tests

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CYCLIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; STEEL STRUCTURES;

BASE ISOLATION; FRICTION COEFFICIENT; GROUND MOTION; MULTIPLE FRICTION PENDULUM SYSTEM (MFPS); SHAKING TABLE TESTS; SLIDING VELOCITY;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

DESIGN METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHAKING TABLE TEST; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 33750490083     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.598     Document Type: Article

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