Experimental simulation of base-isolated buildings pounding against moat wall and effects on superstructure response

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2093-2109

  Masroor, Armin ^a   Mosqueda, Gilberto ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Base isolation; Moat wall; Pounding; Shake table testing

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SOIL TESTING;

BASE ISOLATION; BASE-ISOLATED BUILDING; CONCRETE WALL; CONTACT FORCES; EARTHQUAKE SIMULATOR; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; FRICTION PENDULUM BEARINGS; GAP DISTANCES; GROUND-SHAKING; IMPACT VELOCITIES; ISOLATED BUILDINGS; MOAT WALL; MOMENT-RESISTING FRAMES; PERFORMANCE LIMITS; POUNDING; SHAKE TABLE TESTING; SOIL BACKFILL; STRONG GROUND MOTION; TEST SETUPS; WALL MODEL; YIELDING MECHANISMS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BACKFILL; BUILDING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SEISMIC POUNDING; SHAKING TABLE TEST; STIFFNESS; STRONG MOTION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; WALL;

EID: 84867448441     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2177     Document Type: Article

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