Effect of supplemental damping on LRB and FPS seismic isolators under near-fault ground motions

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-90

  Providakis, C P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

FEM; FPS; LRB; Near fault; Supplemental viscous damping

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COMPUTER SIMULATION; PENDULUMS;

FEM; FPS; LRB; NEAR FAULT; SUPPLEMENTAL VISCOUS DAMPING;

DAMPING;

BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 54949107389     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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