Part 2: Applications. Introduction

Conference · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:129047

Mok, G C ^[1]; Chung, H H ^[2]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States). Fission Energy and Systems Safety Program
2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Reactor Engineering Division

As pointed out in the introduction of Part 1, the isolation strategy can be used to effectively decouple a structure from its environment and thus the structure can be protected from damaging seismic loads or unwanted vibrations and noises from the environment. The method has been used for solving vibration and shock problems in machinery and equipment for many years, but its application to the protection of structures from seismic loadings is relatively recent. Owing to the current interest generated by the Northridge and Kobe earthquakes, all but one of the papers in this publication deal with seismic isolation. The authors preview the papers in this section on the following applications of seismic isolation to: buildings, civil structures, industrial facilities, and nuclear plants.

• OSTI ID: 129047
• Report Number(s): CONF-950740--; ISBN 0-7918-1325-8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
42 ENGINEERING
BUILDINGS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
SEISMIC ISOLATION
SHOCK ABSORBERS
USES