Analysis of the rocking response of rigid blocks standing free on a seismically isolated base

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-196

  Vassiliou, Michalis F ^a   Makris, Nicos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Earthquake engineering; Overturning stability of slender columns; Rocking; Seismic isolation; Spherical sliding bearings

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); CIVIL ENGINEERING; STABILITY;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; OVERTURNING STABILITY; ROCKING; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SLIDING BEARING;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; OVERTURN; SEISMIC ISOLATION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SLIDING; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84855907699     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.1124     Document Type: Article

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