Earthquake Engineering Control
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Advanced Structural Control: Earthquake Protector - Video of a performance testing of a 6-story building model placed on an earthquake protector. The peak horizontal accelerations of the shake table are in the range of 1.2 - 30.6g. California State University Northridge. Requires apple quicktime.
Antiseismic Control: Structural Research Briefing - Research projects related to the earthquake/wind protective building control techniques that are developed at the California State University, Northridge.
Base Isolation for LA City Hall - In process of seismic upgrading a high-rise building was placed atop a mechanical system of isolators, sliders and dampers called "base isolation technology".
Base Isolation: Origins and Development - Some base isolation concepts, their research, and example applications.
BFRL Publications - base isolation - Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST draft guidelines for testing of base isolation systems.
Building Research Institute (BRI)of Japan - Information from Japan's major national research institution carrying out earthquake engineering and structural control research in buildings.
Dynamic Analysis of Base-Isolation Highway Bridge - Department of Civil Engineering, University of Maryland online paper.
Dynamic System Modeling, Sensing and Control (DSMSC) - The National Science Foundation program to support research on the relevant fundamental earthquake engineering concepts and mathematical theories.
Research Results on Active Structural Enhancement - Experiments on a structural beam element to control linear buckling phenomena.
Seismic Isolation of Buildings by EPS - Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc. presents an overview of its major building projects incorporating seismic isolation devices.
Seismic Isolation of Industrial Facilities by EPS - Earthquake Protection Systems presents its major industrial projects incorporating seismic isolation technique.
Seismic Shock Control Systems, Inc. - Makers of a patented base isolation system for seismic application. Information on the company and the isolation system is provided.
Structural Control and Earthquake Research - Washington University structural control for earthquake engineering research projects.
Structural Control Proceedings - Proceedings of the 1994 First World Conference on Structural Control and of the two preceding workshops.
Structural Control Research at Texas A&M University - Department of Civil Engineering presents current structural control projects.
Structural Dynamics - Seismic Response Control Laboratory at Duke University - Research information on semi active vibration control methods and smart damping, magnetorheological, and electrorheological devices.
Testing Procedure for Base Isolation Systems - SEAINT presented research paper on seismic isolation for free download.
UIUC - Smart Structures Technology Laboratory (SSTL) - Facilities, research topics, and researchers. Includes educational readings, videos and strong motion data.
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