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Alga Technological Thinking
November 10, 2011
The seismic isolation of HSR Eskisheir - Istanbul

Alga has successfully completed the delivery of the seismic isolation system for the railway viaducts VK12 and VK14A on the Eskisehir – Istanbul HSR, in Turkey, one of the most seismic regions in the world.

Alga has designed, manufactured and supplied 200 sliding pendulum isolators type Algasism APS with vertical load up to 20.000kN, seismic displacement 1m and friction coefficient of the sliding surface 12%. This are the first devices with similar performances produced in the world.