Patil, S.J.Reddy, G.R.Shivshankar, R.Ramesh Babu, R.Jayalekshmi, B.R.Kumar, B.2026-02-052016Earthquake and Structures, 2016, 10, 4, pp. 829-84720927614https://doi.org/10.12989/eas.2016.10.4.829https://idr.nitk.ac.in/handle/123456789/26028Generally seismic isolation is achieved by supporting the structure on laminated rubber bearings, friction pendulum bearings, roller bearings etc. Very little work has been performed using soil as a base isolation media. Experiments and analytical work has been performed on a structural model with isolated footing and found encouraging results. Details of this work are presented in this paper. © 2016 Techno-Press, Ltd.IS 1893Isolated footingsModulus reductionNatural seismic base isolation