Research Article

The Use of Limestone Sand for the Seismic Base Isolation of Structures

Table 1

Comparison of some maximum values of experimental and numerical results.

ag,max = 0.1 gag,max = 0.2 gag,max = 0.3 gag,max = 0.4 g
ExperimentalNumericalExperimentalNumericalExperimentalNumericalExperimentalNumerical

Column C1
u (mm)11.0211.2936.2038.0170.3172.30
(mm)
εs-left side (‰)1.691.773.563.424.484.53
εc-right side (‰)−0.92−0.94−2.53−2.62−5.52−5.47
au (ms−2)2.011.982.522.615.064.99

Column C2
u (mm)10.0510.4531.1130.9843.1242.9876.3173.42
(mm)0.340.351.131.210.820.791.081.06
εs-left side (‰)1.381.458.658.779.068.999.249.35
εc-right side (‰)−1.05−1.16−2.12−2.08−3.15−3.26−1.35−1.29
au (ms−2)1.121.182.512.423.283.485.064.99

Column C3
u (mm)13.0613.5129.1228.5552.2249.1196.57105.2
(mm)0.580.632.272.122.842.952.842.96
εs-left side (‰)1.941.884.003.954.083.983.002.95
εc-right side (‰)−0.82−0.86−1.22−1.32−3.05−3.11−4.15−4.00
au (ms−2)1.511.622.252.024.424.5112.5411.28