Web Directory

» Advanced Structural Control: Earthquake Protector
   Video of a performance testing of a 6-story building model placed on an earthquake protector. The peak horizontal accelerations of the shake table are in the range of 1.2 - 30.6g. California State University Northridge. Requires apple quicktime.
   http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/EP-2005.htm

» Antiseismic Control: Structural Research Briefing
   Research projects related to the earthquake/wind protective building control techniques that are developed at the California State University, Northridge.
   http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/Control.htm

» BFRL Publications - base isolation
   Building and Fire Research Laboratory of NIST draft guidelines for testing of base isolation systems.
   http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/bfrlall/key/key170.html

» Base Isolation: Origins and Development
   Some base isolation concepts, their research, and example applications.
   http://nisee.berkeley.edu/lessons/kelly.html

» Building Research Institute (BRI)of Japan
   Information from Japan's major national research institution carrying out earthquake engineering and structural control research in buildings.
   http://www.kenken.go.jp/english/index.html

» Dynamic Analysis of Base-Isolation Highway Bridge
   Department of Civil Engineering, University of Maryland online paper.
   http://www.isr.umd.edu/~austin/aladdin.d/wjlin-bridge.html

» Dynamic System Modeling, Sensing and Control (DSMSC)
   The National Science Foundation program to support research on the relevant fundamental earthquake engineering concepts and mathematical theories.
   http://www.eng.nsf.gov/cms/dsc.htm

» Earthquake Protection Systems: San Francisco International Airport Terminal
   Provides an example of a building designed to resist a magnitude 8 earthquake on the nearby San Andreas Fault.
   http://www.earthquakeprotection.com/building_san_francisco_airport_terminal.html

» Fluid Viscous Damping as an Alternative to Base Isolation.
   Viscous dampers distributed throughout an otherwise conventional structure can achieve the same result as base isolation at a significantly lower cost. This technical paper describes how to install viscous dampers in a structure and gives several examples
   http://www.taylordevices.com/fluidviciousdamping.html

» History, Design and Application of Fluid Dampers in Structural Engineering
   Taylor Devices, Inc. provides information on the use of damping devices in large structures.
   http://www.taylordevices.com/papers/history/design.htm

» Model Performance Factor Testing Procedure for Base Isolation Systems
   SEAINT presented research paper on seismic isolation for free download.
   http://www.seaint.org/seaocconvention/convention1999/Proceedings/MODAL.pdf

» Research Results on Active Structural Enhancement
   Experiments on a structural beam element to control linear buckling phenomena.
   http://www2.parc.com/spl/projects/mems-actl/structural-enhance.html

» Seismic Isolation System for Bolu Viaducts, Turkey
   Earthquake Protection Systems supplied friction pendulum bearings which satisfied the high seismic design requirements for the rebuilding of these viaducts after the 1999 earthquake.
   http://www.earthquakeprotection.com/bridge_bolu_viaducts.html

» Seismic Isolation of Buildings by EPS
   Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc. presents an overview of its major building projects incorporating seismic isolation devices.
   http://www.earthquakeprotection.com/buildings.html

» Seismic Isolation of Industrial Facilities by EPS
   Earthquake Protection Systems presents its major industrial projects incorporating seismic isolation technique.
   http://www.earthquakeprotection.com/industrial.html

» Structural Control Proceedings
   Proceedings of the 1994 First World Conference on Structural Control and of the two preceding workshops.
   http://www.usc.edu/dept/civil_eng/structural/STRUCTURAL.HTML

» Structural Control Research at Texas A&M University
   Department of Civil Engineering presents current structural control projects.
   http://ceprofs.tamu.edu/roschke/StructuralControl/index.htm

» Structural Dynamics - Seismic Response Control Laboratory at Duke University
   Research information on semi active vibration control methods and smart damping, magnetorheological, and electrorheological devices.
   http://www.duke.edu/~hpgavin/

» UIUC - Smart Structures Technology Laboratory (SSTL)
   Facilities, research topics, and researchers. Includes educational readings, videos and strong motion data.
   http://cee.uiuc.edu/sstl/