Seismic Strengthening and Protection using Base Isolation System for Buildings and Bridges
Event details
| Date | 30.10.2014 |
| Hour | 15:00 › 16:00 |
| Speaker | Azlan Adnan, Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Technology Malaysia (UTM).Skudai, Johor, Malaysia |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Seismic isolation is a technique for the seismic protection of both new and existing buildings as well as bridges. The aim of seismic isolation system is to decouple the building or bridge structures from the damaging components of the earthquake input motion to prevent the superstructure from absorbing the earthquake energy. The isolation systems reduce forces transmitted to the superstructure by lengthening the period and adding some amount of damping. The concept of seismic isolation has become a practical reality within the last 20 years with the development of multilayer elastomeric bearings, which are made by vulcanization bonding of sheets of rubber to thin steel reinforcing plates. These bearings are very stiff in the vertical direction and can carry the vertical load of the structures. However, very flexible horizontally, thereby enabling the structures to move laterally under strong ground motion. This seminar will explain about the basic design concepts and procedures in its application and why it is important for low to high seismic prone regions of the world.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- IMAC
Contact
- Gaudenz Moser