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Title
Earthquake Resistant Construction Using Base Isolation: Earthquake Protection in Buildings through Base Isolation. Volume 1.
File
PB92189562.pdf
Author(s)
Raufaste, N. J.
Source
April 1992, 162 p.
Identifying Number(s)
NIST/SP-832-VOL-1
Abstract
The report is Volume 1 of a two volume series on energy dissipating systems for buildings and other structures. The volume, Earthquake Protection in Buildings through Base Isolation describes energy dissipating systems and reviews their applications and effectiveness. The documents include guidelines for evaluating energy dissipating systems and a directory of the systems used in buildings and other structures. The two volume reports were produced by the Building Center of Japan under sponsorship of the Japanese Ministry of Construction (MOC) to describe the state-of-art of energy dissipating systems and to review their use in mitigating damages from earthquakes. The subjects addressed in these reports include: the history and types of passive energy dissipators; their applications, evaluations, and performance; and case histories of these systems exposed to seismic loading.
Keywords
Seismic waves; Guidelines; Structural members; Performance evaluation; Vibration damping; Foundations; Vibration isolators; Effectiveness; Case histories; Earthquake resistant structures; Structural vibration; Foreign technology; Buildings; Shock resistance; Japan; Design criteria; Translations; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering