Base Isolation for LA City Hall In process of seismic upgrading a high-rise building was placed atop a mechanical system of isolators, sliders and dampers called "base isolation technology". http://www.lacityhall.org/isohow.html Lacityhall.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
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 Csun.edu~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check