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Earthquake response and isolation effect analysis for separation type three-dimensional isolated structure

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This study proposes a design method for separation type three-dimensional isolated structure in which the horizontal and vertical isolation layers are separated for decoupling purpose. In this system, multiple guide rails are used vertically to limit the lateral displacements of upper structure while providing adequate overturning moment resistance. In this paper, a general formulation was proposed firstly to define two critical parameters, i.e., the rotation coefficient and the rotational displacement coefficient, the latter of which correlates the rotation-induced displacement and the total horizontal displacement. Subsequently, a separation type three-dimensional isolated structure model using the proposed method was established to evaluate its isolation effect through shaking table test, and a similar non-isolated structure model was also tested for comparison purpose. An analytical model was established for comparison to the experimental results. Experimental results show that the acceleration responses of the separation type three-dimensional isolated structure model are much less than the non-isolated model in both horizontal and vertical direction, demonstrating a desirable isolation effect for the isolated structure. In the meantime, the vertical guide rails benefits significantly to the overturning moment resistance.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51478257 and 51778355). The authors are grateful to associate Professor Changhong Wang and Dr. Hao Wu for their helpful suggestions.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai University, Room 408, Building of Civil Engineering, No. 99, Shang-Da Road, BaoShan District, Shanghai, 200444, People’s Republic of China

    Wenguang Liu, Kun Tian, Wenfu He & Qiaorong Yang

  2. Environment and Construction College, Foshan University, No. 18, Jiangwan Road, Chancheng District, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

    Lushun Wei

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Liu, W., Tian, K., Wei, L. et al. Earthquake response and isolation effect analysis for separation type three-dimensional isolated structure. Bull Earthquake Eng 16, 6335–6364 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-018-0417-6

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