Performance of Seismic Restrainer with SMA Springs for Sliding Isolation of Single-Layer Spherical Lattice Shells

Figure 12

Time histories of isolation system displacement subjected to various seismic excitations.

(a) Displacement in X direction under El-Centro wave

(b) Displacement in Y direction under El-Centro wave

(c) Displacement in X direction under Taft wave

(d) Displacement in Y direction under Taft wave

(e) Displacement in X direction under Sylmar wave

(f) Displacement in Y direction under Sylmar wave