Replacable building base isolation
Regular paper
CDM
Monday 1 june, 2015, 14:40 - 15:00
Auditorium 2 (592)
Abstract:
Building base isolation is increasing in popularity nowadays due to the fact
that buildings are being built closer to railways, tramways and metrolines
since only the most difficult areas in cities are at disposal. At the same
time there is an increasing demand for noise comfort of people living and/or
working in these buildings. When a building base isolation system is installed
at the foundations of a new building, it is recommended to have access to it
in order to monitor its well-functioning over time, or to be able to replace
the isolators when necessary (e.g. in case of a fire, explosion, flooding,
etc.). Up to now, this was only possible through the use of large
precompressed steelboxes containing springs or rubbers. However, this
presentation brings an alternative method for replacing high-stress rubber
bearings using the "frozen bearing technology", which was recently developed
by CDM. This system has already been installed meanwhile in Nijmegen (NL),
showing that the replacement method is indeed functioning.