A simple displacement model for response analysis of EPS geofoam seismic buffers

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 344-353

  Bathurst, Richard J ^a   Keshavarz, Amin ^b   Zarnani, Saman ^b   Take, W Andy ^b  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Displacement model; Earthquake; Expanded polystyrene; Geofoam; Numerical modelling; Physical testing; Seismic buffer; Shaking table

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPRESSION TESTING; DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES;

DISPLACEMENT MODELLING; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE GEOFOAM; PHYSICAL TESTING; SEISMIC BUFFER; SHAKING TABLE;

SEISMOLOGY;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; LOADING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SHAKING TABLE TEST;

EID: 33845450823     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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