[HTML][HTML] Shaking table investigation of inelastic deformation demand for a structure isolated using friction-pendulum sliding bearings

A Tsiavos, T Markic, D Schlatter, B Stojadinovic - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims at investigating experimentally if seismically isolated structures can manifest
inelastic behavior when they are subjected to strong earthquake ground motion excitation. A …

Compliance-based estimation of seismic collapse risk of an existing reinforced concrete frame building

A Tsiavos, P Amrein, N Bender… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2021 - Springer
Seismic evaluation of existing structures is based on determining the damage likely to occur
during the lifetime of these structures due to earthquake ground motion excitation. However …

Does seismic isolation reduce the seismic vulnerability and the variability of the inelastic seismic response? Large-scale experimental investigation

A Tsiavos, MF Nunes, B Stojadinovic - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2024 - Springer
This paper focuses on the large-scale experimental investigation of the seismic vulnerability
and the variability of the inelastic seismic response of seismically isolated structures in …

Inelastic response modes of seismically isolated structures: failure of the isolators or damage in the isolated structure?

A Tsiavos, T Markic, D Schlatter… - COMPDYN …, 2021 - research-collection.ethz.ch
The goal of this study is to determine experimentally the inelastic response modes of
seismically isolated structures. A steel specimen is designed and constructed to simulate the …