This paper describes an experimental program to examine the dynamic response of
deformable cantilevers rocking on a rigid surface. The primary goal of the tests is to verify
and validate a dynamic rocking model that describes the behavior of these structures. The
benchmark response data was obtained from shaking‐table tests on deformable rocking
specimens with different natural vibration frequencies and different aspect ratios excited by
analytical pulses and recorded ground motions. The responses computed using the model …

This paper extends previously developed models to account for the influence of the column
and the foundation masses on the behavior of top‐heavy deformable elastic cantilever
columns rocking on a rigid support surface. Several models for energy dissipation at impact
are examined and compared. A novel Vertical Velocity Energy Loss model is introduced.
Rocking uplift and overturning spectra for the deformable elastic cantilever model excited by
sinusoidal ground motions are constructed. The effects of non‐dimensional model …