This paper proposes an innovative low-cost isolator with lightweight and cost-effective features for use in low-rise residential buildings. The low-cost laminated isolato [...]

In the near fault area or epicenter, significant vertical ground motion had been recorded frequently and lots of damage was found on the buildings caused by the vertical [...]

Reinforced concrete coupled shear wall structure is an efficient seismic resistant structural system. It has large lateral stiffness and strength, and can provide good co [...]

The majorities of Chinese present ancient pagodas all mix together the highlighted arts of foreign cultures and traditional architectures of China, and are typical master [...]

A tower-line system of large crossing transmission lines is a complicated special tower line coupled vibration system, suffering both from static and dynamic loads. Vibra [...]

The Floorslab Isolating and Energy Dissipating (FIED) structure system is a new kind of structure system for buildings, which has been applied for the China patent by the [...]

This paper introduces the research and application of a three-dimensional (3D) isolation technique for house buildings in Peking, China, which directly built on an existi [...]

The story isolation system is a newly proposed isolation system, in which the flexible laminated rubber bearings are inserted between a floor and columns to reduce struct [...]

As a special new type of transfer structure—stagger transfer structure, the literature on the vertical position’s effect on the mechanic behavior of vertical componen [...]

According to the self-organizing characteristic of rock system during evolution, synergetics is applied to investigate the evolution process by taking dynamic disturbance [...]