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    Seismic displacement based design of structures: relevance of soil structure interaction.

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    In this paper a brief summary of the seismic design method known as “direct displacement – based design” (DDBD) is presented, with some discussion of the appropriate seismic design input to be used, on the applicability to retaining structures and on the relevance of including nonlinear soil-structure interaction in the DDBD and the tools to account for it, with reference to shallow foundations

    Conceptual design of isolating systems for bridge structures

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    n the first part of this paper the objectives of an isolation system for a bridge structure axe discussed, in relation to modelling options and modification of the traditional capacity design principles. A displacement-based design approach is then presented, using a linear equivalent single degree-of-freedom model. The preliminary design of an isolation system for existing bridges is based on the definition of a “structure regularity” which allows the estimation of whether the response of the real structure will be similar to that predicted in the preliminary design phase. The efficiency of the approach is shown in designing the isolation system for a highly irregular bridg
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