Spring tube braces for seismic isolation of buildings

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• 作者：V. Karayel ; Ercan Yuksel ; T. Gokce ; F. Sahin
• 关键词：seismic isolation ; spring tube ; base isolation ; low ; cost isolation
• 刊名：Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：16
• 期：1
• 页码：219-231
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• 刊物类别：Engineering
• 刊物主题：Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Civil Engineering; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control;
• 出版者：Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration
• ISSN：1993-503X
• 卷排序：16

文摘

A new low-cost seismic isolation system based on spring tube bracings has been proposed and studied at the Structural and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory of Istanbul Technical University. Multiple compression-type springs are positioned in a special cylindrical tube to obtain a symmetrical response in tension and compression-type axial loading. An isolation floor, which consists of pin-ended steel columns and spring tube bracings, is constructed at the foundation level or any intermediate level of the building. An experimental campaign with three stages was completed to evaluate the capability of the system. First, the behavior of the spring tubes subjected to axial displacement reversals with varying frequencies was determined. In the second phase, the isolation floor was assessed in the quasi-static tests. Finally, a ¼ scaled 3D steel frame was tested on the shake table using actual acceleration records. The transmitted acceleration to the floor levels is greatly diminished because of the isolation story, which effects longer period and higher damping. There are no stability and self-centering problems in the isolation floor.