Motion sensitive equipment for high-technology industries, which include nano-technology, photonics technology and communication technology industries, etc., located in a [...]

To enhance the capability of structures in seismic mitigation, in this study an advanced base isolation system called the direction optimized-friction pendulum system (DO [...]

To promote earthquake resistance capability of structures and simply the manufacturing processes of an isolator, two new base isolation systems called the trench friction [...]

Since the buckling restrained brace had been presented in the 1970s, many countries have gradually adopted this device for seismic mitigation. However, several shortcomin [...]