Validation under real operating conditions and uncertainty reduction in the design of a seismic isolation system for partition walls made of laminated gypsum boards.
The Lorca earthquake (2011) revealed that the main cause of the observed damages was the unresolved issue of seismic interaction between partition walls and the building structure. In 2014, UPV patented a novel seismic isolator for brick partition walls that solves this problem by reducing seismic interaction and damages. However, there was no solution available in the market to address the seismic interaction between the structure and partition walls made of laminated gypsum boards (drywall), where the seismic response system differs. The research team at UPV has been funded by the Valencian Agency of Innovation to design a prototype seismic isolation system for these LGB partition walls.