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reach up and start to penetrate a base of a building, their energy flow density, due to reflections, reduces dramatically: usually, up to 90%. However, the remaining portions of the incident waves during a major earthquake still bear a huge devastating potential.
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Mechanical snubbers operate on the standards of restricting acceleration of any pipe movements to a threshold of 0.2 g's, which is the maximum acceleration that the snubber will permit the piping to see.
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Standards and guidelines for testing, installation, and performance of mechanical equipment have been created in order to provide attachment methods for
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412 Manual: Installing Seismic Restraints for Mechanical Equipment (VISCMA / Vibration Isolation and Seismic Control Manufacturers Association)
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For this, some pads are inserted into all major load-carrying elements in the base of the building which should substantially
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However, there is quite another approach: partial suppression of the seismic energy flow into the superstructure known as
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incorporate real-time recording instrumentation on the ground integrated with earthquake input processing equipment and
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which has been implemented in a number of historical buildings all over the world and remains in the focus of
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are often used for vibration control. Snubbers come in two different variations: hydraulic snubber and a
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a superstructure from its substructure resting on a shaking ground. It also requires creating a rigidity
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equipment located in noise sensitive areas. One manual that provides such specifications is:
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Hydraulic snubbers are used on piping systems when restrained thermal movement is allowed.
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Devices of the last kind, abbreviated correspondingly as TMD for the tuned (
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around the building, as well as making provisions against overturning and
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portions of the whole wave frequencies band with the help of so-called
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Vibration Control of Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and & HVAC
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to disperse the wave energy between a wider range of frequencies;
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the wave energy inside a superstructure with properly engineered
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have combined features of active and passive control systems.
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capability between them, structural elements and the ground;
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All seismic vibration control devices may be classified as
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Piping Technology and Products, (retrieved March 2012)
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Index

Vibration control
Vibration isolation
earthquake engineering
seismic
impacts
building
non-building

Base isolator
UCSD
feedback
actuators
seismic waves
superstructure
seismic performance
dissipate
dampers
absorb
resonant
mass dampers

San Francisco City Hall
seismic retrofit
high-rise buildings
base isolation
earthquake engineering
decouple
diaphragm
moat
P-delta effect

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