Best performing parameters of linear and non-linear seismic base-isolator systems obtained by the power flow analysis

Computers and Structures

Volumn 84, Issue 31-32, 2006, Pages 2291-2305

  Falsone, G ^a   Ferro, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Friction isolator; Linear isolator; Power flow; Seismic base isolation; Yielding isolator

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FRICTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FRICTION ISOLATOR; LINEAR ISOLATOR; POWER FLOW; SEISMIC BASE ISOLATION; YIELDING ISOLATOR;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751503457     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2006.08.068     Document Type: Article

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