Seismic pounding between adjacent buildings: Identification of parameters, soil interaction issues and mitigation measures

M Miari, KK Choong, R Jankowski - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2019 - Elsevier
Structural pounding has been observed in many previous earthquakes due to insufficient
gap commonly provided between adjacent structures. The collisions usually generate large …

Required building separations and observed seismic pounding on the soft soils of Mexico City

A Tena-Colunga, D Sánchez-Ballinas - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, the authors discuss the extensive structural pounding observed in Mexico City
during the September 19, 2017 earthquake. A critical review of the recommendations …

Incremental dynamic analysis and fragility assessment of buildings founded on different soil types experiencing structural pounding during earthquakes

M Miari, R Jankowski - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The effect of the soil type on buildings experiencing pounding during earthquakes is
investigated in this study using the incremental dynamic analysis and fragility assessment …

Seismic behavior of mid-rise reinforced concrete adjacent buildings considering soil-structure interaction

M Kamal, M Inel, BT Cayci - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the effects of structure-soil-structure interaction (SSSI), soil-
structure interaction (SSI) and fixed-base (FB) assumptions on seismic behavior in mid-rise …

Three-dimensional response of neighboring buildings sitting on pile foundations to seismic pounding

B Fatahi, Q Van Nguyen, R Xu, W Sun - International Journal of …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
Seismic pounding occurs when the separation gap between buildings and structures is not
wide enough, particularly during major earthquake events; this can cause them to collide …

Seismic wave input method for three-dimensional soil-structure dynamic interaction analysis based on the substructure of artificial boundaries

J Liu, H Tan, X Bao, D Wang, S Li - Earthquake Engineering and …, 2019 - Springer
The method of inputting the seismic wave determines the accuracy of the simulation of soil-
structure dynamic interaction. The wave method is a commonly used approach for seismic …

Analysis of pounding between adjacent buildings founded on different soil types

M Miari, R Jankowski - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Earthquake-induced pounding was experienced in many previous earthquakes and it was
found to be a critical issue. This study investigates the effect of pounding between buildings …

Dynamic response of structures subjected to pounding and structure–soil–structure interaction

B Madani, F Behnamfar, HT Riahi - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2015 - Elsevier
During strong earthquakes, adjacent structures with non-sufficient clear distances collide
with each other. In addition to such a pounding, cross interaction of adjacent structures …

Damage‐based seismic planar pounding analysis of adjacent symmetric buildings considering inelastic structure–soil–structure interaction

M Ghandil, H Aldaikh - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In cities and urban areas, building structures located at close proximities inevitably interact
under dynamic loading by direct pounding and indirectly through the underlying soil …

An optimization study for viscous dampers between adjacent buildings

EC Kandemir-Mazanoglu, K Mazanoglu - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper investigates optimum viscous damper capacity and number for prevention of one-
sided structural pounding between two adjacent buildings under earthquake motion. The …