The increasing number of external threats from environmental and human-caused hazards
requires that emergency health care systems, including healthcare facilities, support …

The paper addresses the reliability of the existing shake table testing protocols for
assessment of the seismic response of freestanding, ie unanchored, components meant as …

This paper presents the numerical and experimental evaluation of a vertical‐rocking
isolation (VRI). This evaluation is done by 1‐D shaking table tests performed on a full‐scale …

The healthcare system is the bearer of treating the wounded and the victims of earthquakes.
The functional integrity of the healthcare system is critical to the process of postearthquake …

Hospitals play vital roles in mitigation and recovery in earthquake-hit communities. This
paper aims to clarify the effect of physical damage on hospital organizations and represent a …

Seismic isolation systems are widely recognized as beneficial for protecting both
acceleration-and displacement-sensitive nonstructural systems and components. So-called …

This paper presents seismic damage to continuous ceiling systems and the impact of
damage on functionality in the hospital specimen tested at the E‐Defense shaking table. The …

This paper proposes an adaptive friction isolation system (AFIS) composed of shape
memory alloy (SMA) cables and double friction pendulum bearings (FPBs). Double FPBs …

Among the earthquake induced engineering demand parameters, the peak floor
acceleration (PFA) is closely relevant to the function of the nonstructural components in …

To evaluate the seismic performance of a high-rise building with transfer slab, a scaled
model with a ratio of 1: 15 is fabricated and shake table tests are conducted to investigate …