The concept of seismic isolation is well established. Provisions for seismic isolation are
gradually being included in building and design codes around the world. Consequently, the …

Inter-story seismic isolation has become a valuable solution for high-rise buildings to
effectively separate the various parts having several functions, and thus different seismic …

Seismic isolation is an effective measure for mitigating earthquake hazard on important
structures such as bridges, hospitals, and nuclear power plants. Seismically isolated …

Near-fault earthquakes have been largely studied in the last years by paying special
attention to the occurrence of a pulse-like horizontal seismic ground motion, and to the …

Laminated elastomeric bearings are used widely as seismic isolation devices. Most previous
studies on the horizontal behavior of elastomeric bearings have assumed that the rotations …

This paper proposes a method to design unbounded fiber-reinforced elastomeric isolators
(U-FREIs) which, on the basis of the building mass, loads and target isolation period, allows …

During the vulcanization process of steel-laminated elastomeric bridge bearings,
unavoidable flow of elastomer occurs inside the mold under high pressure and nonuniform …

Rotation is an important design consideration in reinforced elastomeric bearings (a
composite of an elastomer and steel or fiber reinforcement). In certain circumstances, an …

Global interest in seismic isolation technology continues to increase due to the satisfactory
performance of isolated structures in recent earthquake events. In addition to the overall …

Analytical solutions for critical design properties of elastomeric bearings, such as the
compression modulus, bending modulus, and maximum shear strain due to compression or …