Structure for seismic isolation, steel support structure, and method for seismic isolation of existing steel support structures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10309643-B2
Application number	US-201615556415-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2016
Priority date	Mar 27, 2015
Publication date	Jun 4, 2019
Grant date	Jun 4, 2019

Abstract

A structure for seismic isolation 10 provided on a structure plane 17 including a pair of left and right columns 5, 5 spaced apart in a horizontal direction, and a pair of upper and lower beams 7 A, 7 B spaced apart in a vertical direction, wherein the structure for seismic isolation comprises: a seismic isolation device 11 provided in a middle of each of the column 5, 5 to be displaced toward the beam 7 A; and a horizontal rigid bearing element that is provided between an area in which the seismic isolation device 11 is provided and the beam 7 B and that includes a connection beam 13 connecting the pair of columns 5, 5 and vertical braces 15 L, 15 R.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for providing a structure for seismic isolation in an intermediate layer of an existing steel support structure including an object to be supported, and a support steel frame that has a plurality of columns standing on a foundation via column bases and a plurality of beams connecting adjacent columns and that suspends and supports the object to be supported, the structure for seismic isolation being provided on a structure plane including a pair of left and right columns spaced apart in a horizontal direction, and at least one beam bridging between the pair of columns,
wherein the structure for seismic isolation comprises:
a seismic isolation device provided in a middle of each of the columns and displaced closer to a first beam of the at least one beam; and
a horizontal tie beam connecting the pair of columns,
wherein,
the method comprises at least the steps of:
connecting the pair of columns using the horizontal tie beam;
providing a support member between the horizontal tie beam and the first beam and then cutting an area of at least one of the columns between the horizontal tie beam and the first beam;
providing the seismic isolation device in the cut area; and
removing the support member.

2. The method for seismic isolation of an existing steel support structure according to claim 1 , wherein the object to be supported is a boiler.

3. A method for providing a structure for seismic isolation in an intermediate layer of an existing steel support structure including an object to be supported, and a support steel frame that has a plurality of columns standing on a foundation via column bases and a plurality of beams connecting adjacent columns and that suspends and supports the object to be supported, the structure for seismic isolation being provided on a structure plane including a pair of left and right columns spaced apart in a horizontal direction, and a pair of upper and lower beams spaced apart in a vertical direction, each of the upper and lower beams bridging between the pair of columns,
wherein the structure for seismic isolation comprises:
a seismic isolation device provided in a middle of each of the columns; and
a horizontal tie beam connecting the pair of columns,
wherein the seismic isolation device is provided to be displaced closer to one of the upper and lower beams, and
the horizontal tie beam is provided between the area in which the seismic isolation device is provided and the other of the upper and lower beams,
wherein the structure for seismic isolation is provided on the structure plane including the pair of left and right columns and the upper and lower beams,
the method comprises at least the steps of:
connecting the pair of columns using the horizontal tie beam;
providing a support member between the horizontal tie beam and one of the upper and lower beams and then cutting an area of at least one of the pair of left and right columns between the horizontal tie beam and the one of the upper and lower beams;
providing the seismic isolation device in the cut area; and
removing the support member.

4. The method for seismic isolation of an existing steel support structure according to claim 3 , wherein the object to be supported is a boiler.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Sys

Inventors

• Shimono Masaki
• Morishita Kunihiro
• Kato Motoki
• Kuroda Yuji
• Amano Tatsuya
• Moritsuka Keiichi

Classifications

• E04H9/0215

  involving active or passive dynamic mass damping systems · CPC title

• E04G23/0218

  Increasing or restoring the load-bearing capacity of building construction elements (E04G23/0203 and E04G23/0266 take precedence) · CPC title

• F22B37/24 Primary

  Supporting, suspending or setting arrangements, e.g. heat shielding · CPC title

• F16F15/08

  with rubber springs {(grommet- or bushing-type resilient mountings F16F1/3732, F16F1/38); with springs made of rubber and metal (arrangement of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units B60K5/12; mounting of propulsion plants on vessels B63H21/30; mounting of vehicle drivers' cabs B62D33/0604)} · CPC title

• E04B2001/2487

  Portico type structures · CPC title