Keywords: seismic isolation; Triple FP isolator; shake table testing; uplift of isolators; analytical prediction of response Abstract: This report describes an experimental program of a 3-story ...
Keywords: Quintuple Friction Pendulum Isolator, Spherical Sliding Isolator, Multi-stage Adaptive Behavior, Analytical Model, Computational Model Abstract: This report describes the Quintuple Friction ...
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 ...