http://10.58225/sw.2023.2.52-57
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BASE ISOLATED HOSPITAL BUILDINGS AFTER KAHRAMANMARAS EARTHQUAKES
Kaatsız Kaan- ass.prof., Deparment of Civil Engineering, Turkey, kaan.kaatsiz@ahievran.edu.tr
Alıcı F.S.- ass.prof., Deparment of Civil Engineering, Turkey
Tanisher S.- technical office manager, TIS Technological Isolator Systems, Ankara
Abstract. The devastating effects of February 6th , 2023 earthquakes have been documented for many types of building systems located in the disaster region. Another important aspect of the region is that there are several seismic base-isolated hospital buildings that were constructed or is under construction. In this study, the performance evaluation of the base-isolated hospital buildings is discussed based on the data gathered from a field study conducted after the earthquakes. Several conclusions regarding the seismic performance of the isolator devices and behaviour of the isolated superstructure are made from these observations.
Keywords: seismic base isolation, performance-based earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, friction pendulum