Abstract: The essential properties of sliding isolators used for earthquake resistant design are period shift, energy dissipation, and the restoring mechanism. Isolation systems using a curved surface incorporate all of these in a ...

Abstract: The essential characteristics of an effective base isolation system are isolation, energy dissipation, and restoring mechanism. Some friction type base isolation systems proposed earlier have been found to be very effective ...

Abstract: Past research has revealed that a sliding isolator with variable curvature (SIVC) can alleviate the resonance phenomenon that is likely to occur in a conventional friction pendulum system (FPS) due to its constant isolation ...