The idea of separating the structure from the horizontal motion of the ground using kinematic
bearings that may uplift and rock under severe ground excitations can be considered …

Seismic design tools are based on surrogate models of the designed structure and the
responses of those surrogates to earthquake ground motions. To design symmetric flexible …

With growing interest in rocking structures, it is important to quantify the effects of ground
motion processing schemes on rocking response. To this end, this paper studied the …

Problems for which it is impossible to make a precise causal prediction are commonly
tackled with statistical analysis. Although fairly simple, the problem of a rocking block on a …

We propose a set of equations for preliminary risk‐targeted seismic design of structures
base‐isolated using single friction pendulum (SFP) bearings. The equations offer statistical …

This paper presents the shake table testing and finite element (FE) modeling of a modular
prefabricated concrete bridge‐like specimen. The specimen comprised four equal‐height …

The seismic performance assessment of the ancient Temple of Aphaia in Aegina island,
Greece, is presented. The Temple of Aphaia was erected around 500BC using porous …

Recorded ground motions require filtering and baseline correction to remove noise that
results in unrealistic velocity and displacement time histories. The effect of ground motion …

This study aims to introduce a risk-targeted probabilistic model that facilitates seismic design
hazard mapping. Here, we investigate how to incorporate hazard regional variations and …

This paper presents a three-dimensional finite element model to predict the shake-table
response of a rocking bridge-like specimen. The numerical model is statistically validated …