Sliding versus Rubber Bearings: Exploring the Difference in Collapse Probability

While collapse mechanisms have received significant attention for conventional buildings, they are less well understood for isolated buildings. Recently, there has been a more concerted effort to quantify the collapse probability of isolated structures; however, the majority of the research has explored the behavior of buildings isolated with concave sliding bearings, also referred to as friction pendulum (FP) bearings. Isolated buildings are …