The present study was focused on determining the effectives of a nonlinear mathematical model in simulating complex mechanical behaviour of a seismic isolation system made of Polymeric Bearings. The proposed mathematical model defines the lateral force as a nonlinear function of the shear displacement and the deformation velocity. The effectiveness of the proposed mathematical model was verified by comparing the seismic response of a 2.30 m high two-storey structure model with the results obtained from the detailed numerical analysis. The results obtained from the numerical investigation using lumped-mass models confirmed that the proposed nonlinear mathematical model can be successfully adopted to simulate the complex mechanical behaviour of the Polymeric Bearings in numerical studies.
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- DOI
- Digital Object Identifier link open in new tab 10.4467/2353737xct.16.210.5959
- Category
- Publikacja w czasopiśmie
- Type
- artykuły w czasopismach recenzowanych i innych wydawnictwach ciągłych
- Language
- angielski
- Publication year
- 2016
