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Introduction to Seismic behavior of Isolated Bridges

Seismic isolation is an old design idea, proposing the decoupling of a structure or part of it, or even of equipment placed in the structure, from the damaging effects of ground accelerations.
One of the goals of the seismic isolation is to shift the fundamental frequency of a structure
away from the dominant frequencies of earthquake ground motion and fundamental frequency
of the fixed base superstructure. The other ...