Research and development of high-performance high-damping rubber Materials for high-damping rubber isolation bearings: A review

B Chen, J Dai, T Song, Q Guan - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
At present, high-damping rubber materials, widely used in the field of engineering seismic
isolation, generally have the problems such as narrow effective damping temperature range …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal single concave sliding device properties for isolated multi-span continuous deck bridges depending on the ground motion characteristics

P Castaldo, E Miceli - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the analysis of the optimal friction coefficient with respect to
the seismic performance of isolated multi-span continuous deck bridges, equipped with …

Machine learning-based prediction for maximum displacement of seismic isolation systems

HD Nguyen, ND Dao, M Shin - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This study developed machine learning (ML) models for predicting the peak lateral
displacements of seismic isolation systems subjected to earthquakes. Six ML methods were …

Influence of ground motion characteristics on the optimal single concave sliding bearing properties for base-isolated structures

P Castaldo, E Tubaldi - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines the influence of ground motion characteristics on the optimal friction
properties of single concave sliding bearings employed for the seismic isolation of structural …

Effectiveness of LRB in curved bridge isolation: A numerical study

PK Gupta, G Ghosh, V Kumar, P Paramasivam… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lead Rubber Bearings (LRBs) represent one of the most widely employed devices for the
seismic protection of structures. However, the effectiveness of the same in the case of curved …

Modified endurance time method for seismic performance assessment of base-isolated structures

AS Movahhed, A Shirkhani, S Zardari… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Endurance time (ET) method is a novel Time History Analysis‏‏(THA) approach in which
structures are subjected to a set of intensifying excitations called endurance time excitation …

Seismic protection of reinforced concrete continuous girder bridges with inerter-based vibration absorbers

Q Wang, Z Zheng, H Qiao, D De Domenico - Soil Dynamics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reinforced concrete (RC) continuous girder bridges located in earthquake-prone areas are
susceptible to large vibrations under seismic excitation, which may lead to the damage of …

Effective range of base isolation design parameters to improve structural performance under far and near-fault earthquakes

A Sadeghi Movahhed, A Shirkhani… - Advances in …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Triple Friction Pendulum Isolators (TFPIs) have been widely used to enhance the seismic
capacity of structures in the recent decade. This study intends to measure the effect of …

Optimization of seismic isolation systems via harmony search

SM Nigdeli, G Bekdaş, C Alhan - Engineering optimization, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, the optimization of isolation system parameters via the harmony search (HS)
optimization method is proposed for seismically isolated buildings subjected to both near …

Structure soil structure interaction of conventional and base-isolated building subjected to real earthquake

S Bandyopadhyay, YM Parulekar, A Sengupta… - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effect of structure soil structure interaction of the two adjacent Reinforced
Concrete (RC) three storied structures, located in highest seismic zone of India are studied …