Research Article
Seismic Analysis of a Viscoelastic Damping Isolator
Table 1
Mechanical properties of the components of VDI.
| | Material | Young’s modulus
(MPa) | Poisson’s ratio | Density
(g/cm3) |
| | Low carbon steel (S25C) (top plate) | 210,000 | 0.3 | 7.85 |
| | Spring steel (SUP-9) | 207,000 | 0.29 | 7.0 |
| | PDMS material (viscoelastic lipid) | 1.35 | 0.49 | 0.91 |
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