Three-dimensional behavior of a spherical self-centering precast prestressed pile isolator

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 541-564

  Jünemann, Rosita ^a   de la Llera, Juan C ^a   Besa, Jaime ^a   Almazán, José L ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Kinematic isolators; Prestressed rod; Rolling constraints; Seismic isolation; Self centering; Structural element

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; KINEMATICS; PILES; SEISMOLOGY; SOILS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

PRESTRESSED ROD; ROLLING CONSTRAINTS; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SELF-CENTERING; STRUCTURAL ELEMENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATION; GROUND CONDITIONS; KINEMATICS; PILE; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SPHERE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 66049105516     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.901     Document Type: Article

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