Base isolation of slide-rocking non-symmetric rigid blocks under impulsive and seismic excitations

Engineering Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2723-2734

  Di Egidio, A ^a   Contento, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Base isolation; Impulse; Non symmetric rigid block; Rocking; Seismic excitation; Sliding

Indexed keywords

BASE ISOLATION; IMPULSE; NON-SYMMETRIC RIGID BLOCK; ROCKING; SEISMIC EXCITATION; SLIDING;

FRICTION; PASSIVE NETWORKS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTROL SYSTEM; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; RIGIDITY; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SLIDING;

EID: 70349770574     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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