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Earth quake resistant bridgesTheme: ________________________________________________ 

Student:________________________________________________ 

Guide:_________________________________________________ 

   Introduction please give a brief description on earthquake and a need for a good

construction setup in india

and usage of friction pendulum base isolator (refer internet) 1page

 

riction pendulum base isolator !asic scienti"c principles involved:

#h$sics behind suspension bridges in earth quake and

friction pendulum base isolator%& page'referattachment or internet

Materials needed:For construction of building : card board, pipes for base, gum,paint etcFor construction of base isolator: circular concave metal surface of diameter 2

inch;  Hemispherical solid of radius 0.5 cm  Hollo c!linder of height 1cm and

radius 0."cm  #ircular plane surface of radius 2

inches$pring, anchor eight

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#onstruction and or&ing:'efer the ne(t attachment2 pages

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)dvantages: 'efer the ne(t attachment'eferences :

1. internet2. *ang, +. . -2002 Fundamentals of $eismic /ase solation.

nternational training program for seismic design of building structures,

sponsored b! ational $cience #ouncil, ational #hiao3ung 4nversit!,

Hsinchu, 3aian.. *ang, +. ., #hung, 6. 6. and 6iao, *. H. -1778. $eismic 'esponse

)nal!sis of /ridges solated ith Friction endulum /earings,

9arthua&e 9ngineering and $tructural !namics, 7107.". 9arthua&e rotection $!stems -9$, Friction endulum $eismic

solation /earing. 6ast accessed ecember 1, 200=.5. ?uanser nc., http:@@.uanser.com. 6ast accessed ecember ",

200=.>. #hopra, ). -1775 !namics of $tructures: 3heor! and )pplications to

9arthua&e 9ngineering, $econd 9d., rentice Hall, nc, 4pper $addle

'iver, . A. >. #lough, '.*. and enBien, A. -177 !namics of$tructures, McCraHill, nc., .+.llustration :i ill ma&e illustration