This article presents an analytical study of the seismic collapse performance of seismically
isolated buildings and comparable non-isolated buildings. The study is based on …

Recent studies have shown that seismically isolated buildings designed by the minimum
criteria of ASCE/SEI 7 may have unacceptable probabilities of collapse in the MCE R …

This study investigates the effect of displacement restraint on the collapse performance of
seismically isolated buildings. The displacement restraints considered are stiffening triple …

This paper presents a parametric study of the collapse performance of two-story residential
buildings equipped with a simple spherical concave deformable rolling isolation system cast …

In this article, effects of ductility level and connection type on seismic responses of fixed-
base and base-isolated buildings with steel moment-resisting frames are evaluated using …

While collapse mechanisms have received significant attention for conventional buildings,
they are less well understood for isolated buildings. Recently, there has been a more …

Applications of the American Seismic Isolator Standard “SIS” are summarized. The SIS is the
only construction standard that specifies design criteria for retaining the functionality of …

Abstract Triple Friction Pendulum (TFP) bearings are widely used for base isolation
applications in North America and other high seismic regions. However, their factor of safety …