Objetivo There has been an increasing demand to avoid structural and non-structural damage, and to protect sensitive equipment during strong earthquakes. This is difficult to achieve for low- to medium-rise buildings in high seismicity areas with conventional earth quake-resistant design. The latter only ensures the required strength and ductility to avoid structural collapse, but allows inelastic deformations, as the fundamental frequencies of these structures fall in the range of dominant frequencies of earthquakes.Seismic isolation is an alternative approach that reduces the induced seismic loads, by shifting the fundamental frequency of stiff structures away from the dangerous-for-resonance range. Structural and non-structural damage can be avoided, sensitive and expensive equipment can be protected, and the functionality of essential facilities can be maintained by reducing both inter-story deflections and floor accelerations. However, a limitation in the utilization of seismic isolation is the seismic gap t hat must be provided around the structure, which allows the expected large relative displacements at the isolation level. A major concern is the possibility of poundings during strong ground excitations, which may result in local damage, excitation of higher modes, and increased floor accelerations.The objective of this research proposal is to investigate, using numerical simulations, the response of seismically isolated buildings during potential poundings with adjacent structures in order to understand how their floor accelerations and interstory deflections are affected by design parameters and conditions. The reintegration mechanism will allow the returning researcher to establish a research group at the University of Cyprus that will focus on earthquake-resistant design with innovative methods, such as seismic isolation, and enable the sharing and transferring of interdisciplinary knowledge and expertise with European colleagues. Ámbito científico engineering and technologycivil engineeringstructural engineeringearthquake engineeringbase isolation Programa(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Tema(s) MOBILITY-4.2 - Marie Curie International Reintegration Grants (IRG) Convocatoria de propuestas FP6-2002-MOBILITY-12 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación IRG - Marie Curie actions-International re-integration grants Coordinador UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 75 Kallipoleos Street NICOSIA Chipre Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos
