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Seismic isolation for low‐to‐medium‐rise buildings using granulated rubber–soil mixtures: numerical study
This paper presents the preliminary research works on a potential seismic isolation method that makes use of scrap rubber tires for the protection of low‐to‐medium‐rise buildings. The method involves mixing shredded rubber tire particles with soil materials and placing the mixtures around building foundations, which provides a function similar to that of a cushion. Meanwhile, the stockpiling of scrap tires is a significant threat to our environment, and the engineering community has been looking for long‐term viable solutions to the recycling and reuse of rubber. A finite element program has been developed for modeling the time‐domain dynamic responses of soil–foundation–structure system, by which the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method have been evaluated. In general, the structural responses, in terms of acceleration and inter‐story drift, can be reduced by 40–60%. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Seismic isolation for low‐to‐medium‐rise buildings using granulated rubber–soil mixtures: numerical study
This paper presents the preliminary research works on a potential seismic isolation method that makes use of scrap rubber tires for the protection of low‐to‐medium‐rise buildings. The method involves mixing shredded rubber tire particles with soil materials and placing the mixtures around building foundations, which provides a function similar to that of a cushion. Meanwhile, the stockpiling of scrap tires is a significant threat to our environment, and the engineering community has been looking for long‐term viable solutions to the recycling and reuse of rubber. A finite element program has been developed for modeling the time‐domain dynamic responses of soil–foundation–structure system, by which the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method have been evaluated. In general, the structural responses, in terms of acceleration and inter‐story drift, can be reduced by 40–60%. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Seismic isolation for low‐to‐medium‐rise buildings using granulated rubber–soil mixtures: numerical study
Tsang, Hing‐Ho (author) / Lo, S. H. (author) / Xu, X. (author) / Neaz Sheikh, M. (author)
Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics ; 41 ; 2009-2024
2012-11-01
16 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
soil , scrap tire , mixture , rubber , geotechnical , seismic isolation
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