The Seismic Action and Seismic Isolation Design: Comparison Between Chinese and Turkish Buildings

Earthquakes occur frequently throughout the world, and the loss of life, damage to property, and loss of dwellings of people in earthquake-prone areas have been very serious, seriously compromising the safety of human life and property. The most effective measure to mitigate earthquake disasters is to carry out seismic strengthening and isolation and shock-absorbing design of engineering structures. Some regions of China and Türkiye are in more active seismic zones, the losses caused by previous major earthquakes are large, and the damage to buildings is severe. Therefore, the comparison of China’s seismic code, isolation code and Türkiye’s seismic code will play a better role in promoting the design of building seismic resistance and isolation. This paper analyses the seismic response spectrum and seismic action of the two codes and analyses the similarities and differences of the isolation design in China and Türkiye through actual cases.