State of the art of seismic protection technologies for non-engineered buildings (N-EBs) in developing regions of the world

S Galano, A Calabrese - Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
On a global scale, most earthquake casualties are the result of non-engineered buildings (N-
EBs) collapsing in developing regions of the world. This is because developing countries …

Repurposed materials in construction: A review of low-processed scrap tires in civil engineering applications for disaster risk reduction

M Lamour, A Cecchin - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of waste tires make them an interesting secondary raw material
for a wide range of civil engineering applications. Employing whole scrap tires (WSTs) and …

Hysteretic restoring force model of high damping rubber bearings including thermo-mechanical coupled effect

Y Tan, J Dang, A Igarashi, T Himeno, Y Hamada - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In the application of High Damping Rubber (HDR) bearings as seismic isolation devices for
bridges in cold regions, there are concerns about the low temperature effect on the …

Lateral load performance and seismic demand of unbonded scrap tire rubber pad base isolators

MB Zisan, A Igarashi - Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2021 - Springer
The scrap tire rubber pad (STRP) made by natural or synthetic rubber and high strength
reinforcing cords exhibits substantial vertical stiffness and horizontal flexibility, and these …

A low-cost isolator of scrap tire pads in rural construction: Evaluation of the mechanical properties and numerical assessment of the response control effects

M Wang, G Zhang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
When designing seismic isolation buildings in rural construction, the main problem required
attention: the isolation bearing relatively high costs. As one type of rural isolator, scrap tire …

Use of scrap tire pads in vibration control system for seismic response reduction of buildings

K Shirai, J Park - Bulletin of earthquake engineering, 2020 - Springer
This study evaluated the use of scrap tire pads (STPs) made of used tires in a vibration
control system for earthquake protection of building structures. Concepts and advantages of …

Hybrid simulation tests evaluating the seismic performance of lead high-damping rubber bearings at low temperatures

Y Tan, J Dang, A Igarashi, T Himeno… - Structure and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
As a hybrid rubber isolation bearing, the lead high-damping rubber bearing (LHB) exhibits
enhanced seismic isolation and energy dissipation performance by combining lead cores …

A seismic mass damper system using scrap tire pads: Loading tests on mechanical properties and numerical assessment of the response control effects

J Park, K Shirai, M Kikuchi - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates a seismic mass damper (SMD) system using scrap tire pads (STPs).
Loading tests on four six-layered STP specimens of different tire statuses and manufacturers …

Sustainable and economic base isolators made by scrap tires for low-rise buildings in developing countries

A Akbari Hamed, M Saeidzadeh… - Iranian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The use of common seismic bearings poses a significant challenge due to their high cost,
limiting their application to structures with a high occupancy importance factor …

Performance assessment of buildings seismically isolated with scrap tire rubber pad isolators

MB Zisan, MA Hasan, MN Haque - Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2023 - Springer
Automobile tires are made by vulcanizing natural or synthetic rubber with high-strength steel
cords. The scrap tire rubber pad, called the STRP isolator, is made from scrap automobile …