ABSTRACT

Seismologists and earthquake engineers have sought to understand and predict

earthquakes and to develop better building designs to withstand hem for well over a
century.
The last decade of 20
th
century has seen much progress in comprehending the
source processes of Indian earthquakes. As earthquake causes much destruction we
cannot prevent it from striking but its effect can be minimi!ed. "ngineers have developed
a number of ways to build earthquake resistant structure. In the areas where earthquake
are likely knowing where to build and how to build can help reduce in#ury loss of life
and property damage during a earthquake. $nowing what to do when a quake strikes can
also help prevent in#uries and deaths.
There are various methods and technologies are developed to resist the effect of
earthquake. These technologies are used during the construction. The techniques range
from e%tremely simple to fairly comple%. Also after the destruction caused due to natural
disaster such as earthquake there are various technologies available which helps to
reconstruct the new structure which is safe from the effect of earthquake.
In contrast we can say that the basic approach underlying more advanced
techniques for earthquake resistant is not to strength the building but to reduce the
earthquake&generated forces acting upon it. 'y de&coupling the structure from seismic
ground motion it is possible to reduce the earthquake induced forces in it. This can be
done in two ways(&
). Increase natural period of structure by *'AS" IS+,ATI+-..
2. Increased damping of the system by *"-"/01 2SSI3ATI-0 2"4I5"S..
The traditional engineering design strategy based on increasing design capacity
and stiffness to accommodate foreseeable lateral forces may not be the efficient solution.
The problem with the later all seismic forces from the ground will be absorbed by the
superstructure. The base isolation strategy is opposite of traditional engineering design
strategy. 'ase isolation is a system that protects the building from damaging effect of
seismic movement. If the structure separates from the ground during an earthquake the
ground is moving but structure is still dormant. The current technology that is active and
e%panding is the introduction of low lateral stiffness support that isolates the structure
from the ground movement.
6ith this work comparison the behavior of conventional and base isolated
structure
6e concluded that base isolated structure less destructive against lateral displacement.

Key words- base isolation base isolated structure design earthquake design.