Abstract: Sliding isolation, as one of the modalities of base isolation, has demonstrated its value in seismic hazard mitigation. Conventional sliding isolation systems, however, may exhibit unacceptable large sliding displacements ...

Abstract: Manufactured sand (MS) has been increasingly used as fine aggregate for concrete. This paper proposes a prediction of the compressive strength of concrete with manufactured sand (MS-concrete) based on an ensemble classification ...

Abstract: The sliding hydromagnetic bearing is a low-friction isolator proposed in recent years. Its novelty lies in adaptive energy dissipation and alterable deflection constraint, which has been demonstrated by previous studies ...