A seismic isolated structure is usually a long-period structural system, which may encounter a lowfrequency resonance problem when subjected to a near-fault earthquake that usually has a long-period pulse-like waveform. This long-period wave component may result in an enlargement of the base displacement and a decrease of the isolation efficiency. To overcome this problem, a rolling-based seism...

During earthquake buildings which are closely spaced vibrate out of phase if there is insufficient distance between two adjacent building to accommodate maximum lateral displacement, they collide with each other this phenomenon is called as pounding. Pounding leads to verse damages to structure as the responses are drastically increased in terms of base shear, absolute acceleration, impact forc...

Seismically isolated bridges with inverted T-cap beams are not investigated in depth until now. Elastic response spectrum analysis is typically preferred in design of bridges. In this study, it has been demonstrated that elastic response spectrum analysis may not be the right analysis tool to design bridges with inverted T cap beams since pounding effects are ignored. Pier design forces determi...

The collision between adjacent buildings with an insufficient seismic separation distance has been reported after earthquakes. This buildings, commonly referred to as earthquake-induced pounding, entails huge damages the involved buildings. main cause of damage was interpreted developed impact forces colliding intensity force relies on many factors, therefore, a significant research effort foun...

Insufficient separation distance between adjacent buildings may lead to their pounding during strong earthquakes causing damage or local failure. Accordingly, most of the design codes specify a minimum gap prevent seismic pounding. Main objectives this research are studying reinforced concrete (RC) under various ground motions and effect on The studied modeled as three-dimensional frames ideali...

Modular expansion joints (MEJs) are used for accommodating large relative displacements of adjacent bridge segments and for completely eliminating pounding. However, the minimum total gap that an MEJ needs to avoid pounding is not well investigated. To provide guidance for the seismic gap of MEJs, the maximum relative displacement of adjacent bridge segments subject to strong earthquakes was st...

This paper investigates the cogency of various impact models in capturing the seismic pounding response of adjacent structures. The analytical models considered include the contact force-based linear spring, Kelvin and Hertz models, and the restitution-based stereomechanical approach. In addition, a contact model based on the Hertz law and using a non-linear hysteresis damper (Hertzdamp model) ...