Court of Appeals San Francisco CA Building Retrofitted with 256 Isolators of type Friction Pendulum System
Historic Monument Suffered Damage in 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
Installation of FPS Construction of Side Beams Cutting hole for jacks and column removal
Installation of damper Damper in place and grouted to receive load Cutting the wall along the building
Court of Appeals- Retrofit of Interior Walls Protected During Construction Interior After Retrofit
Ball-in-Cone Isolator - Tekton Dev., Arizona
Wire Rope Isolators
Elastomeric Bearing Models 2R t
Elastomeric Bearings Properties Horizontal Stiffness Vertical Stiffness t r = net rubber thickness A t Circular Bearing Square Pad Holed Circular Pad for strip for circular for square
Elastomeric Bearings Properties Moment Capacity of Circular Pad Effective Stiffness for Square Pad Effective Stiffness for Holed Pad Effective shear strain Effective Stiffness for Circular Pad (EI) eff = E c R 4 /12
Modified Stiffness- Modified Stiffness for Large S Modified Stiffness for Very Large S For Circular Pad - Small S For Circular Pad Large S K - bulk modulus of material
Lead Rubber Bearings
Friction Pendulum System D WW Force Resistance Horizontal Stiffness Effective Stiffness Basic Period
Friction Pendulum System D WW
Design Procedure