Seismic isolation is a design approach that aims at reducing earthquake demands on a structure and its contents. Conventional practice places the isolation system at the [...]

This paper presents an experimental investigation on the seismic response of medical equipment supported on wheels and casters. The test specimen was a large ultrasound m [...]

This paper investigates the rocking response of rigid contents in a hospital building. While the rocking response of rigid blocks has been studied extensively, a comparis [...]

Originally presented as a low-cost alternative, Fiber-Reinforced Elastomeric Isolators (FREIs) have been shown to achieve similar performance as conventional steel-reinfo [...]

This paper is concerned with the superficial similarities and fundamental differences between the oscillatory response of a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) oscillator (re [...]