Abstract
At present, there are many types of isolation system, but many of them are designed for the short-period ground motion. And the long-period ground motion has recently attracted the attention, but the isolation system for the shortperiod ground motion does not have an ability to suppress the vibration due to the long-period ground motion. In this study, a new isolation system is proposed for not only the short-period ground motion but also the long-period one. The basic concept is that the dynamic property, which is the natural frequency, is changed by adding a spring when the amplitude of isolation table exceeds a threshold value. The validity of the method is checked by the numerical simulation using a single-degree-of-freedom system. As a result, it is shown that the resonance can be suppressed by the proposed method. Then the applicability is checked by using the experimental setup. As a result, the system can suppress the resonance phenomenon, so that it was concluded that the proposed system has a sufficient ability to suppress the resonance due to the long-period ground motion.
