Seismic isolation has emerged as a pivotal strategy in mitigating earthquake-induced damage by decoupling structures from ground motions. Recent advancements encompass both experimental and numerical ...

Among the numerous cavernous buildings at the former Navy shipyard on Vallejo’s Mare Island is the home of Earthquake Protection Systems. For more than a quarter century, it has been manufacturing ...

Keywords: Base isolation. Seismic isolation systems. Seismic loads. Blast loads. Nuclear power plants (NPP). Performance assessments. Friction pendulum bearings. Lead rubber bearings. Low-damping ...

An experimental program using a 6 degree-of-freedom earthquake simulator at the University at Buffalo was executed to generate data for supporting validation of numerical models for seismic ...