Experimental Investigation of a Base Isolation System Incorporating MR Dampers with the High-Order Single Step Control Algorithm

The conventional isolation structure with rubber bearings exhibits large deformation characteristics when subjected to infrequent earthquakes, which may lead to failure of the isolation layer. Although passive dampers can be used to reduce the layer displacement, the layer deformation and superstruc...

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Main Authors: Weiqing Fu, Chunwei Zhang, Li Sun, Mohsen Askari, Bijan Samali, Kwok L. Chung, Pezhman Sharafi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-03-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/4/344