Development of low-cost rolling base isolation system for seismic protection of rubble stone masonry buildings in Himalayan Mountain range

A low-cost rolling base isolation system (RBIS) for rubble stone masonry buildings in the Himalayan mountain range was presented and the feasibility of RBIS in the initial conditions installed in the buildings were evaluated in experiments and simple numerical simulations. The base isolation layer i...

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Main Authors: Jiro Takagi, Takeshi Masui, Yoshikazu Araki, Kohju Ikago, Sanjay Pareek, Sanghun Lee, Yusuke Suzuki, Ryuta Enokida, Jia Guo, Kshitij C. Shrestha, Iori Fukuda, Hayato Miyagawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Built Environment
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2024.1495051/full