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Seismic isolation of foundations by composite liners
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Date
2013
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Kalpakçı, Volkan
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In this research, the dynamic behavior of a seismic isolation system composed of high strength geotextile placed over an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) geomembrane (together called as composite liner) beneath the structure is investigated experimentally. The results of the shaking table experiments which were performed on model structures both under harmonic and modified earthquake motions with and without the seismic isolation (composite liner system), are presented in the thesis. The main focus is given on the potential improvement obtained by use of the composite liner system as compared to the unisolated cases. Based on the performed experiments, it is observed that the utilization of composite liner system provides significant reduction in the accelerations and interstorey drift ratios of structures under harmonic motions while signifant drop is obtained in the spectral accelerations under earthquake motions which provide noticeable improvement in the durability of structures under dynamic effects at the expense of increased translational displacements.
Subject Keywords
Foundations.
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Structural engineering.
,
Buildings
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Geotextiles.
,
Geomembranes.
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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615500/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/22261
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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis