On the performance of SCF in seismic isolation of the interior equipment of buildings

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1581-1604

  Hamidi, M ^a   El Naggar, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Equipment response; Isolated raised floor; Primary structure; SCF; Secondary system

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EQUIPMENT RESPONSE; ISOLATED RAISED FLOOR; PRIMARY STRUCTURE; SECONDARY SYSTEM; SLIDING CONCAVE FOUNDATION;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE;

BUILDING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 34548210329     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.708     Document Type: Article

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