Intelligent Anti-Seismic Foundation: The Role of Fractal Geometry
Résumé
Safe and resistant infrastructure is an essential component of public safety. However,
existing structures are vulnerable to damage resulting from excessive ground movement due to
seismic activity or underground explosions. The aim of this paper, which is part of an extensive
study, is to develop an isolation system based on periodic materials with H-fractal geometry in
order to obstruct, absorb or completely modify the pattern of seismic energy before it reaches the
foundations of structures. Fractal metamaterial structures have shown promise for increasing the
frequency range prohibited for seismic protection. We report the anti-seismic properties of a seismic
metamaterial model based on an H-shaped quasi-fractal cell. The fractal design, also known as seismic
metamaterials, has an important impact on the band structures of seismic crystals. Using the fractal as
a base unit, anti-seismic phononic crystals were developed, and their band-gap characteristics were
shown to display unique features due to the increasing wave propagation path and hybridization
between local resonances and Bragg scattering. The seismic–mechanical duality is supposed to
provide flexible solutions capable of increasing/widening the band-gaps to improve the level of
seismic protection.
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