PERFORMANCE OF A BASE-ISOLATED RC BUILDING SUPPORTED ON SQUARE UN-BONDED FIBER REINFORCED ELASTOMERIC ISOLATOR UNDER EARTHQUAKES
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Un-bonded fiber reinforced elastomeric isolator (U-FREI) is a relatively new type of multi-layer elastomeric isolator in which fiber layers are used as reinforcement to replace steel sheets in conventional steel reinforced elastomeric isolators. It is installed directly between the substructure and superstructure without any connection at the interfaces. Most of the previous studies on the U-FREIs supported to the base-isolated buildings are masonry or stone structures. In this study, the dynamic responses of a reinforced concrete (RC) building supported on square U-FREIs under the action of recorded real time-history ground motions of earthquakes are investigated by finite element analysis using SAP2000 software. A hypothetical 4-storey reinforced concrete building constructed in Vietnam is selected for the study. Comparison of the dynamic responses of the base-isolated building and corresponding fixed-base building is carried out to evaluate the seismic vulnerability of the base-isolated building under earthquakes. Finite element analysis results show that peak values of floor acceleration and inter-storey drifts at different floor levels, and peak value of base shear of the base-isolated building are lower than those of the corresponding fixed-base building. The U-FREIs are found to be very effective in reducing seismic vulnerability of low and mid-rise RC buildings.
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