ABSTRACT

Base isolation is one of the most powerful tools of earthquake engineering

pertaining to the passive structural vibration control technologies. It is meant to enable a building or
non-building structure to survive a potentially devastating seismic impact through a proper initial
design or subsequent modifications. In some cases, application of base isolation can raise both a
structure's seismic performance and its seismic sustainability considerably. Contrary to popular belief
base isolation does not make a building earthquake proof. Instead, it minimizes all kind of damages
and deterioration that lead to the collapse of the building. This is achieved by introducing a

flexible layer having low horizontal stiffness in between the foundation and the super
structure
Periodic structure is made up of an infinite or finite
repetition of unit cell in one, two or three direction. One of the significant properties of a
periodic structure is that it possesses bands of frequency gaps or attenuation zones. When the
frequency of a wave falls within the range of the frequency band gap of the periodic material,
the wave, and hence its energy, cannot propagate through the periodic material. So, for
practical purposes, if a periodic foundation can be designed using common engineering
materials such as concrete, rubber and steel, it can be used as an effective method for base
isolation.
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SEMINAR ABSTRACT
TOPIC: BASE ISOLATION USING PERIODIC FOUNDATION

SUBMITTED BY
SANJITH R
M140136CE
CEA, NITC