Survey on Major Worldwide Regulations on Seismic Base Isolation of Buildings

Base isolation solutions are efficient alternatives for seismic protection of buildings and for enhancing resilient capacity. Currently, seismic isolation is focused principally on the critical infrastructure of public health, transportation, education, etc. Despite these considerations, the current...

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Main Authors: Francisco Lopez-Almansa, Carlos M. Piscal, Julian Carrillo, Stefan L. Leiva-Maldonado, Yina F. M. Moscoso
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6162698
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description Base isolation solutions are efficient alternatives for seismic protection of buildings and for enhancing resilient capacity. Currently, seismic isolation is focused principally on the critical infrastructure of public health, transportation, education, etc. Despite these considerations, the current worldwide implementation of this technology is still insufficient. A crucial step to be taken into the promotion of any earthquake-resistant construction technique is the development of design codes that, although being inspired in the major international regulations, account for the local seismic effects, among other factors. With the aim of assisting code developers, this work analyzes and compares the code requirements for seismic base isolation in Japan, China, Russia, Italy, USA, and Chile. Two prototype seismically isolated hospital buildings located in high and medium seismicity zones (Los Angeles and New Mexico, respectively) were analyzed and designed with the examined codes. It is concluded that there are high differences among some of their requirements even though the technology used is the same.
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spelling doaj-art-9111eaa0f7c847f6bb08440ef878add12025-08-20T02:09:42ZengWileyAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80942022-01-01202210.1155/2022/6162698Survey on Major Worldwide Regulations on Seismic Base Isolation of BuildingsFrancisco Lopez-Almansa0Carlos M. Piscal1Julian Carrillo2Stefan L. Leiva-Maldonado3Yina F. M. Moscoso4Polytechnic University of CataloniaLa Salle UniversityNueva Granada Military UniversityLa Salle UniversityUniversity of MinhoBase isolation solutions are efficient alternatives for seismic protection of buildings and for enhancing resilient capacity. Currently, seismic isolation is focused principally on the critical infrastructure of public health, transportation, education, etc. Despite these considerations, the current worldwide implementation of this technology is still insufficient. A crucial step to be taken into the promotion of any earthquake-resistant construction technique is the development of design codes that, although being inspired in the major international regulations, account for the local seismic effects, among other factors. With the aim of assisting code developers, this work analyzes and compares the code requirements for seismic base isolation in Japan, China, Russia, Italy, USA, and Chile. Two prototype seismically isolated hospital buildings located in high and medium seismicity zones (Los Angeles and New Mexico, respectively) were analyzed and designed with the examined codes. It is concluded that there are high differences among some of their requirements even though the technology used is the same.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6162698
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