Mikayel Melkumyan
New and original concept for base isolation of four residential houses unified by one rigid R/C slab, which rests on the seismic isolation laminated rubber-steel bearings. Proposed idea can be very efficiently used for large blocks of buildings to be newly constructed.
The main feature of the proposed idea is that the distance between the seismic isolation laminated rubber-steel bearings under the rigid R/C slab in longitudinal and transverse directions can be bigger than the distance between the bearing elements of the superstructure.
In comparison with the usual way of base isolation the proposed idea brings to significant reduction of the number of needed seismic isolation laminated rubber-steel bearings. Proposed idea leads to the more flexible architectural solution and to creation of the larger spaces in the basement/parking floor.
Armenian Association for Earthquake Engineering, "Melkumyan Seismic Technologies" LLC
New solution gives a possibility to reduce by two times the number of seismic bearings in comparison with the known ways of creation of base isolation systems
Armenian Association for Earthquake Engineering, "Melkumyan Seismic Technologies" LLC
