A building inside University of Palermo which has a reinforced concrete load carrying system, has been designed as a seismically base-isolated structure and the superstructure has been isolated at the foundation level against earthquake effects. The seismic isolators have been designed and manufactured by TİS Teknolojik İzolatör Sistemleri A.Ş. Information about the project and isolation system is presented at the table below.

Name of the produced devices

TİS Double Pendulum (TDP)

Project year

2021

Total number of devices

80 (Str: 78, Prototype: 2)

Displacement capacity of the devices

± 300 mm

Load bearing capacity of the devices

2100 kN