Experimental Hybrid Simulation of Severe Aftershocks Chains on Buildings Equipped with Curved Surface Slider Devices
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The study looks interesting and the experimental/analysis part is quite complete/extensive.
This paper can be published in the present form.
Author Response
The Authors would like to thank the Distinguished Reviewer for the precious appreciation of the presented manuscript.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The paper shows an interesting investigation of the behavior of friction isolation system in a building subjected to multiple earthquake events.
Some spelling needs to be checked.
Introduction would benefit from an extended state of the art review of previous work in this field.
Authors state that the response of the superstructure is bound to be within the elastic range. How are they certain of that?
A more detailed explanation (both written and graphical/photo) should be given about the experimental simulations set-up.
It is also recommended that the displacements of the top of the structure are given for each event, and also for the unisolated structure.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
The attached letter provides detailed answers to all the revisions of the present article. In addition, comments have been inserted into the highlighted version of the revised text, in order to make revisions checks easier. The Authors wish to thank the Distinguished Reviewer for the effort and all the comments and suggestions.
Best regards,
Marco Furinghetti
Igor Lanese
Alberto Pavese
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 3 Report
2.Case Study Structure: To describe more basics of building is it a Reinforced Concrete Building (Concrete Grade) or Steel Building (Steel Grade). Value of Imposed Load and Dead Load
Figure 1. Can you indicate the global axis Y and X which I believe you are input the direction of seismic events
Figure 2. Can express Y-axis in term of base shear / building weight and X-axis in terms of overall drift
Figure 5. Text mentions 3D FEM but Figure 5 only shows an equivalent SDOF system. Can Authors show the 3D FEM and indicate the software used e.g. ANSYS/ABAQUS etc?
Figure 8 to 10, allow intervals of 0.025
Figure 13, allow interval of 5% for Y axis. Displ to be full "Displacement"
Figure 14, allow interval of 2.5%
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
The attached letter provides detailed answers to all the revisions of the present article. In addition, comments have been inserted into the highlighted version of the revised text, in order to make revisions checks easier. The Authors wish to thank the Distinguished Reviewer for the effort and all the comments and suggestions.
Best regards,
Marco Furinghetti
Igor Lanese
Alberto Pavese
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 3 Report
Accepted
