The Effect of Mass Irregularities on the Response of Inter-Storey Drift and Floor Accelerations for Isolated and Un-Isolated Structures

The use of base isolation to help mitigate and reduce the effects of earthquake excitations has become common place on many important structures. There is also a larger amount of heavier machinery and equipment being stored in some of these important structures; this means that there is a possibili...

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Main Author: Waller, Alastair James
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Civil and Natural Resources Engineering 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6114