Download or read book Principles and Performance of Roller Seismic Isolation Bearings for Highway Bridges written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Earthquake Resistant Structures written by Abbas Moustafa and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with earthquake-resistant structures, such as, buildings, bridges and liquid storage tanks. It contains twenty chapters covering several interesting research topics written by researchers and experts in the field of earthquake engineering. The book covers seismic-resistance design of masonry and reinforced concrete structures to be constructed as well as safety assessment, strengthening and rehabilitation of existing structures against earthquake loads. It also includes three chapters on electromagnetic sensing techniques for health assessment of structures, post earthquake assessment of steel buildings in fire environment and response of underground pipes to blast loads. The book provides the state-of-the-art on recent progress in earthquake-resistant structures. It should be useful to graduate students, researchers and practicing structural engineers.

Download or read book Technical Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluation Findings for Skellerup Base Isolation Elastomeric Bearings written by Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (U.S.) and published by ASCE Publications. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared by the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (HITEC), a CERF Service Center. This report summarizes the results of a detailedØevaluation of base isolation elastomeric bearings,Ømanufactured by Skellerup. The report is part of a program to test the performance of 11 seismic isolators and dampers produced by several manufacturers. The devicesØwere tested for stability, response during earthquake simulations, and fatigue and weathering effects.

Download or read book Performance Estimates in Seismically Isolated Bridge Structures written by Gordon P. Warn and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Structural Damping written by Zach Liang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid advances have been made during the past few decades in earthquake response modification technologies for structures, most notably in base isolation and energy dissipation systems. Many practical applications of various dampers can be found worldwide and, in the United States, damper design has been included in building codes. The current desi

Download or read book Experimental Seismic Performance Evaluation of Isolation restraint Systems for Mechanical Equipment Light equipment study written by Saeed Fathali and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Performance Assessment of Conventional and Base isolated Nuclear Power Plants for Earthquake and Blast Loadings written by Yin-Nan Huang and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mechanics of Rubber Bearings for Seismic and Vibration Isolation written by James M. Kelly and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely used in civil, mechanical and automotive engineering since the early 1980s, multilayer rubber bearings have been used as seismic isolation devices for buildings in highly seismic areas in many countries. Their appeal in these applications comes from their ability to provide a component with high stiffness in one direction with high flexibility in one or more orthogonal directions. This combination of vertical stiffness with horizontal flexibility, achieved by reinforcing the rubber by thin steel shims perpendicular to the vertical load, enables them to be used as seismic and vibration isolators for machinery, buildings and bridges. Mechanics of Rubber Bearings for Seismic and Vibration Isolation collates the most important information on the mechanics of multilayer rubber bearings. It explores a unique and comprehensive combination of relevant topics, covering all prerequisite fundamental theory and providing a number of closed-form solutions to various boundary value problems as well as a comprehensive historical overview on the use of isolation. Many of the results presented in the book are new and are essential for a proper understanding of the behavior of these bearings and for the design and analysis of vibration or seismic isolation systems. The advantages afforded by adopting these natural rubber systems is clearly explained to designers and users of this technology, bringing into focus the design and specification of bearings for buildings, bridges and industrial structures. This comprehensive book: includes state of the art, as yet unpublished research along with all required fundamental concepts; is authored by world-leading experts with over 40 years of combined experience on seismic isolation and the behavior of multilayer rubber bearings; is accompanied by a website at www.wiley.com/go/kelly The concise approach of Mechanics of Rubber Bearings for Seismic and Vibration Isolation forms an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers/practitioners in structural and mechanical engineering departments, in particular those working in seismic and vibration isolation.

Download or read book Slider Bearing for Seismic Isolation Using Material Combination written by Nijo Abraham and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seismic isolation is one of the earthquake protective technologies used for buildings, bridges and other structures as well as non-structural components. Among the seismic isolation technologies, the newly developed roller bearing system ensures constant and low acceleration of superstructure and regulates bearing displacement. However, due to the limited contact area, to withstand large vertical force, the size of rollers must be large. To overcome this problem, a special slider will be used in this thesis to replace the roller. This slider bearing will have the identical dynamic behavior as the roller bearing and will support considerably large weight. The sliding surface is combined with two different materials with different friction coefficient, so that the slider bearing can provide a desirable friction coefficient to dissipate seismic energy while minimizing bearing displacement. This thesis comprises both computational and experimental studies to examine the mechanical performance, along with an experimental study to analyze the uni-directional thermo-mechanical performance of this slider bearing system. The experiments are performed using a shaker table in the Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL), University at Buffalo. Four slider bearings are used to support a concrete mass as a superstructure on the table. Selected earthquake records are used as ground excitations. Accelerations of the table and superstructure were measured along with relative displacements between the table and superstructure. Both the theoretical and experimental studies presented here show great potential of this slider bearing system. The dynamic performance of this seismic isolation slider bearing is virtually identical to the roller bearing, ensuring low level of accelerations and minimum relative displacement. Moreover the slider itself can support more vertical loads with limited working areas.

Download or read book Fragility Considerations in Highway Bridge Design written by Masanobu Shinozuka and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Analytical and Experimental Investigation of a Controlled Rocking Approach for Seismic Protection of Bridge Steel Truss Piers written by Michael Pollino and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mechanical Behavior of Multi spherical Sliding Bearings written by Daniel M. Fenz and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seismic Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Critical Components of Electrical Power Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Characterization and Seismic Performance of High damping Rubber Isolation Bearings written by Troy Alexander Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Linking Lifeline Infrastructure Performance and Community Disaster Resilience written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluation Findings for Tekton Inc Roller Bearings written by Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (U.S.) and published by ASCE Publications. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared by the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (HITEC), a CERF Service Center. This report summarizes the results of a detailedØevaluation of roller bearings,Ømanufactured by Tekton, Inc. The report is part of a program to test the performance of 11 seismic isolators and dampers produced by several manufacturers. The devicesØwere tested for stability, response during earthquake simulations, and fatigue and weathering effects.