Isolation Device for Masonry Infills in Building Frames


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This paper deals with an innovative seismic isolation system to avoid the great influence of the masonry infills on the seismic response of buildings located in earthquake prone areas. As shown in numerous disasters, the influence of the masonry infills stiffens the building to a great extent and enables the creation of diagonal struts on the walls, which discharge on the columns and beams of the frames, usually leading to shear failure and the consequent building collapse. In this sense, the Universitat Politècnica de Valéncia has developed a novel seismic isolator through an investigation funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad from Spain, and FEDER from the European Commission, in which a high degree of structural independence is achieved between the seismic response of the building structure and the influence of the masonry infill, by installing this novel device. Conclusions are outlined regarding energy dissipation and isolation achieved when using this isolator developed for the seismic isolation of the masonry infill.

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16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
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Santiago (CL)
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2017-01-09 / 2017-01-13
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