Comprehensive Review on Seismic Pounding Between Adjacent Buildings and Available Mitigation Measures

A Elgammal, A Seleemah, M Elsharkawy… - … Methods in Engineering, 2024 - Springer
Seismic pounding has taken place in several earthquake events since adjacent structures
that lack adequate separation distance usually suffer from repetitive, severe collisions …

Structural and non‐structural numerical blind prediction of shaking table experimental tests on fixed‐base and base‐isolated hospitals

F Mazza, A Donnici… - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Base‐isolated hospitals are frequently preferred to fixed‐base ones because of their
improved seismic structural performance. Despite this, the question remains open on the …

Seismic design optimization of space steel frame buildings equipped with triple friction pendulum base isolators

RB Taymus, I Aydogdu, S Carbas… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
To increase the seismic resilience of structures, it is necessary to utilize seismic isolation to
increase structural periods and reduce story drifts. When seismic isolation is implemented …

Effects of in-plan irregularity of RC framed buildings on the out-of-plane nonlinear seismic response of masonry infills

F Mazza - Current Perspectives and New Directions in …, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Masonry infills (MIs) are typically found in reinforced concrete (RC) framed buildings, but
they are commonly neglected in seismic design practice. As expected, the increase of lateral …