000011934 001__ 11934 000011934 005__ 20141205160002.0 000011934 04107 $$aeng 000011934 046__ $$k2008-10-12 000011934 100__ $$aTsang, Hing-Ho 000011934 24500 $$aQushion: Earthquake Protection by Rubber-Soil Mixtures 000011934 24630 $$n14.$$pProceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering 000011934 260__ $$b 000011934 506__ $$arestricted 000011934 520__ $$2eng$$aThis paper presents a promising earthquake protection method by placing rubber-soil mixtures (RSM) around the foundation of structures for absorbing seismic energy and exerting a function similar to that of an earthQuake cUSHION, named hereafter as "QUSHION". The validity of the method has been demonstrated by numerical simulations. A parametric study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness and robustness of this method. The use of scrap tires as the rubber material can provide an alternative way of consuming huge stockpiles of scrap tires from all over the world. Moreover, the low cost of this proposed seismic isolation methods can greatly benefit developing countries where resources and technology are not adequate for earthquake mitigation using well-developed, yet expensive, techniques. 000011934 540__ $$aText je chráněný podle autorského zákona č. 121/2000 Sb. 000011934 653__ $$aseismic isolation, rubber, soil, developing countries, scrap tire, damping 000011934 7112_ $$a14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering$$cBejing (CN)$$d2008-10-12 / 2008-10-17$$gWCEE15 000011934 720__ $$aTsang, Hing-Ho$$iSheikh, M.N.$$iLo, S.H.$$iLam, Nelson T.K. 000011934 8560_ $$ffischerc@itam.cas.cz 000011934 8564_ $$s225838$$uhttps://invenio.itam.cas.cz/record/11934/files/S18-020.pdf$$yOriginal version of the author's contribution as presented on CD, Paper ID: S18-020. 000011934 962__ $$r9324 000011934 980__ $$aPAPER