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- Title
- Evaluation of Static and Response Spectrum Analysis Procedures of SEAOC/UBC for Seismic Isolated Structures.
- File
- PB93198349.pdf
- Author(s)
- Winters, C. W.; Constantinou, M. C.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., March 23, 1993, 204 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NCEER-93-0004
- Abstract
- The Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) and the International Conference of Building Officials have adopted guidelines and regulations for the design of seismic-isolated structures. These guidelines and regulations specify procedures for the analysis and design of isolated structures. These procedures include a static analysis method for establishing minimum limits of design, and a dynamic analysis method which includes response spectrum and time history analysis methods. The report presents a comparison of results of the static and response spectrum analysis methods to results of nonlinear dynamic analysis for a class of seismic-isolated structures. The structures include 1-story (stiff) and 8-story (flexible) superstructures on stiff and medium soil sites and isolation systems described by twenty-two different generic nonlinear hysteretic models, which are representative of a wide range of elastomeric isolation systems.
- Keywords
- ; Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Decoupling; California; Lateral pressure; Spectrum analysis; Earthquake engineering; Vibration damping; Soil structure interactions; Foundations; Building codes; Dynamic structural analysis