QUSHION: EARTHQUAKE PROTECTION BY RUBBER-SOIL MIXTURES
This paper presents a promising earthquake protection method by placing rubber-soil mixtures (RSM) around the foundation of structures for absorbing seismic energy and exerting a function similar to that of an earthQuake cUSHION, named hereafter as QUSHION. The validity of the method has been demonstrated by numerical simulations. A parametric study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness and robustness of this method.The use of scrap tires as the rubber material can provide an alternative way of consuming huge stockpiles of scrap tires from all over the world. Moreover, the low cost of this proposed seismic isolation methods can greatly benefit developing countries where resources and technology are not adequate for earthquake mitigation using well-developed, yet expensive, techniques.
seismic isolation rubber soil developing countries scrap tire damping
H.H. Tsang M. N. Sheikh S. H. Lo Nelson T. K. Lam
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia
国际会议
14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering(第十四届国际地震工程会议)
北京
英文
2008-10-12（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）