1) Seismologists and engineers have sought to understand earthquakes and develop earthquake-resistant building designs for over a century.
2) While earthquakes cannot be prevented, their effects can be minimized through engineering techniques. Engineers have developed various methods for building structures that are resistant to earthquakes.
3) Two key approaches to developing earthquake-resistant structures are base isolation, which isolates the structure from ground movement using low-stiffness supports, and increasing damping, which reduces earthquake-generated forces on the structure.
1) Seismologists and engineers have sought to understand earthquakes and develop earthquake-resistant building designs for over a century.
2) While earthquakes cannot be prevented, their effects can be minimized through engineering techniques. Engineers have developed various methods for building structures that are resistant to earthquakes.
3) Two key approaches to developing earthquake-resistant structures are base isolation, which isolates the structure from ground movement using low-stiffness supports, and increasing damping, which reduces earthquake-generated forces on the structure.
1) Seismologists and engineers have sought to understand earthquakes and develop earthquake-resistant building designs for over a century.
2) While earthquakes cannot be prevented, their effects can be minimized through engineering techniques. Engineers have developed various methods for building structures that are resistant to earthquakes.
3) Two key approaches to developing earthquake-resistant structures are base isolation, which isolates the structure from ground movement using low-stiffness supports, and increasing damping, which reduces earthquake-generated forces on the structure.
1) Seismologists and engineers have sought to understand earthquakes and develop earthquake-resistant building designs for over a century.
2) While earthquakes cannot be prevented, their effects can be minimized through engineering techniques. Engineers have developed various methods for building structures that are resistant to earthquakes.
3) Two key approaches to developing earthquake-resistant structures are base isolation, which isolates the structure from ground movement using low-stiffness supports, and increasing damping, which reduces earthquake-generated forces on the structure.
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ABSTRACT
Seismologists and earthquake engineers have sought to understand and predict
earthquakes and to develop better building designs to withstand hem for well over a century. The last decade of 20 th century has seen much progress in comprehending the source processes of Indian earthquakes. As earthquake causes much destruction we cannot prevent it from striking but its effect can be minimi!ed. "ngineers have developed a number of ways to build earthquake resistant structure. In the areas where earthquake are likely knowing where to build and how to build can help reduce in#ury loss of life and property damage during a earthquake. $nowing what to do when a quake strikes can also help prevent in#uries and deaths. There are various methods and technologies are developed to resist the effect of earthquake. These technologies are used during the construction. The techniques range from e%tremely simple to fairly comple%. Also after the destruction caused due to natural disaster such as earthquake there are various technologies available which helps to reconstruct the new structure which is safe from the effect of earthquake. In contrast we can say that the basic approach underlying more advanced techniques for earthquake resistant is not to strength the building but to reduce the earthquake&generated forces acting upon it. 'y de&coupling the structure from seismic ground motion it is possible to reduce the earthquake induced forces in it. This can be done in two ways(& ). Increase natural period of structure by *'AS" IS+,ATI+-.. 2. Increased damping of the system by *"-"/01 2SSI3ATI-0 2"4I5"S.. The traditional engineering design strategy based on increasing design capacity and stiffness to accommodate foreseeable lateral forces may not be the efficient solution. The problem with the later all seismic forces from the ground will be absorbed by the superstructure. The base isolation strategy is opposite of traditional engineering design strategy. 'ase isolation is a system that protects the building from damaging effect of seismic movement. If the structure separates from the ground during an earthquake the ground is moving but structure is still dormant. The current technology that is active and e%panding is the introduction of low lateral stiffness support that isolates the structure from the ground movement. 6ith this work comparison the behavior of conventional and base isolated structure 6e concluded that base isolated structure less destructive against lateral displacement.
Key words- base isolation base isolated structure design earthquake design.