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

In this paper, the behavior of a natural rubber bearing system (NRBs) equipped with U-
shaped dampers is investigated. The U-shaped dampers consist of shaped memory alloy …

Building isolation is a practical and ubiquitous method for reducing inter-story drift and story
acceleration. Previously it has been shown that since an isolator can increase the time …

Stability is one of the most important parameters to evaluate seismic base isolators. Previous
research has illustrated the power of base isolators with single and multiple rubber cores …

The hybrid control combining the conventional seismic isolation and tuned mass damper
inerter is recently gaining popularity for the seismic protective strategy. This paper presents …

Multi-layered elastomeric bearings (EB) are used extensively in civil structures and
infrastructures, due to their ability to mitigate the movements that structures such as …

Bridge isolation is a common means for mitigating the actions of structures subjected to
earthquake excitations, thermal effects, creep and shrinkage. Steel-laminated rubber …

Multi-layer elastomeric bearings (EB) are used in civil engineering in many applications
such as vibration control and base isolation in bridges and infrastructures. During strong …

This paper proposes a new type of VED with distinctive frequency characteristics compared
with traditional VEDs. The series of performance tests are carried out to investigate the …

Multi-layer elastomeric bearings are used as common means of isolation with a large
number of applications over the last 20 years in infrastructure assets. In this regard, seismic …