TY - GEN
T1 - Development of a new base isolation system for seismic isolation of steel pallet storage racks
AU - Michael, Robert
AU - Courtwright, James A.
AU - Ferro, Ernie
AU - Filiatrault, Andre
AU - Higgins, Peter S.
AU - Wanitkorkul, Assawin
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper provides an overview of a new base isolation system developed for seismic isolation of steel pallet storage racks. The new isolation system provides seismic isolation primarily in the cross-aisle direction by incorporating heavily damped elastomeric bearings and friction plates. The paper consists of two focus areas: a summary of experimental results from actual tests performed on the triaxial shake table in the Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL) at the University of Buffalo and optimization of the seismic mount through hyperelastic material modeling to achieve characteristics that expand the use of the isolation system from lightly loaded racks to heavily loaded racks.
AB - This paper provides an overview of a new base isolation system developed for seismic isolation of steel pallet storage racks. The new isolation system provides seismic isolation primarily in the cross-aisle direction by incorporating heavily damped elastomeric bearings and friction plates. The paper consists of two focus areas: a summary of experimental results from actual tests performed on the triaxial shake table in the Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL) at the University of Buffalo and optimization of the seismic mount through hyperelastic material modeling to achieve characteristics that expand the use of the isolation system from lightly loaded racks to heavily loaded racks.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84867173330
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84867173330
SN - 9781617388446
T3 - 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2010, Including Papers from the 4th International Tsunami Symposium
SP - 1040
EP - 1049
BT - 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2010, Including Papers from the 4th International Tsunami Symposium
T2 - 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2010, Including Papers from the 4th International Tsunami Symposium
Y2 - 25 July 2010 through 29 July 2010
ER -