Fourth of July weekend ushered in two powerful earthquakes in Southern California. The first, a 6.4-magnitude quake, produced gas leaks and power outages in Ridgecrest, a small city near the Mojave ...

Keywords: Earthquakes, base isolation, FEMA P695, collapse studies, ASCE7-05, moat walls, pounding Abstract: This study investigates the pounding phenomenon in base isolated buildings by conducting ...

Keywords: Nuclear power plants (NPP). Base isolation. Seismic isolation systems. ASCE 43-05. Damage. Design level earthquakes. Moats. Gravity loads. Seismic loads. Lateral displacement. Nonlinear ...

Isolators had to be analyzed as part of the design for the state’s Emergency Operations Center near Olympia. Owners ranging from public agencies to financial institutions and research facilities have ...