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• TITLE: Seismic Response of Magnetically Levitated House

  AUTHORS: Yuji Miyamoto, Takaharu Nakano, Atsushi Shimamura, Kentaro Sho

  KEYWORDS: Seismic Response Reduction, Magnetic Levitation, Shaking Table Test, 3D FEM

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Earthquake Research, Vol.11 No.1, February 10, 2022

  ABSTRACT: This study explored the seismic response of a house supporting base sides with a polymeric displacement control material and by magnetically levitating the foundation base. In this paper, we explore the possibility and efficacy of a seismic-isolated detached house as described above from both a shaking table experiment of model and three-dimensional finite element analysis. The seismic-isolated model showed stable response and its acceleration response was significantly reduced compared to the base-fixed model in the shaking table test. Three-dimensional finite element analysis was possible to simulate the experimental results. In the seismic response analysis of a full-scale detached house, the seismic-isolated model showed response reduction and its residual displacement was smaller than that of the sliding-base isolation model.