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100	1		_aKomodromos, Petros I.
245	1	0	_aSeismic isolation for earthquake-resistant structures / _cPetros Komodromos.
260			_aSouthampton ; _aBoston : _bWIT Press, _cc2000.
300			_axv, 201 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
440		0	_aAdvances in earthquake engineering ; _v7
500			_aCONTENT 1. Introduction 1.1 Motivation 1.2 Outline 2 .Conventional Earthquake Resistance Design and its Limitations 2.1 Objectives and design Philosophy 2.2 Disadvantages 2.3 Need for a Different design Approach 3. Seismic Isolation: An alternative Earthquake Resistance Design Approach 3.1 The Concept 3.2 Basic Components 3.3 Advantages and Applications of Seismic Isolation 3.4 Comparison of a fixed Supported and Seismically Isolated structures 3.5 Constraints in the Implementation etc 4. Seismic Isolation Devices 4.1 Types of Seismic Isolation Systems 4.2 Sliding Isolation Systems 4.3 Elastomeric Isolation Systems 4.4 Elastomeric Bearings: Mechanical and Physical Characteristics 5 Applications of Seismic Isolation 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Seismic Isolation in the United states 5.3 Seismic Isolation in Japan 5.4 Seismic Isolation in New Zealand 5.5 Seismic Isolation in Italy 6 Practical Considerations for Seismic Isolation 6.1 Seismic Isolation of Buildings 6.2 Seismic Isolation of Bridges 6.3 Maintenance and Management of the Isolation system 6.4 Code Requirements 7. Structural Modeling and Analysis of seismically Isolated structures 7.1 Modeling of responses 7.2 Natural Modes of Vibration 7.3 Linear Systems 7.4 Bilinear Systems 7.5 Comparative Study of a Linearly and Bilinearrly Isolated Structure 8. A Preliminary Design Methodology 8.1 Introduction 8.2 A Feasibility Study for the use of Seismic Isolation 8.3 Determination of peak ground acceleration 8.4 Design of the Superstructure 8.5 Selection of a suitable Isolation System 9. The Future of Seismic Isolation 9.1 Summary 9.2 Future of Seismic Isolation
504			_aReferences : p. 189 - 197 . _ Index : p. 199 - 201
650		0	_aEarthquake resistant design.
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