To Investigate Different Parameters of Economic Sliding Based Seismic Isolation System
Tayyaba Bibi, Amir Ali, Akhtar Naeem, Chunwei Zhang, Naveed Ahmad
Abstract
Masonry structures are frequently constructed in developing countries because of their affordability and ease of construction, even though they are vulnerable and perform poorly during earthquakes. Experimental and numerical studies were carried out to determine the optimum thickness of the isolation layer for a recently developed, low-cost seismic isolation system known as the Reinforced-Cut-Wall (RCW). The parameters of the isolation layer were optimized during the experimental and numerical investigations using hollow concrete blocks. Quasi-static cyclic tests were performed on a 1:3 reduced-scale brick masonry wall incorporating the RCW isolation scheme, validating the better performance of the proposed isolation technique.