Seismic response distribution expressions for on‐ground rigid rocking blocks under ordinary ground motions

Athanasia K. Kazantzi; Christos G. Lachanas; Dimitrios Vamvatsikos

doi:10.1002/eqe.3511

Seismic response distribution expressions for on‐ground rigid rocking blocks under ordinary ground motions

Athanasia K. Kazantzi^*, Christos G. Lachanas, Dimitrios Vamvatsikos

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Civil Engineering

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Abstract

Predictive relationships are offered for the response of on-ground 2D rigid blocks undergoing rocking. Among others, this is pertinent to (1) modern or classical antiquity structures that utilize rocking as a seismic protection mechanism and (2) freestanding contents (e.g., cabinets, bookcases, and museum artifacts) located on the ground or lower floors of stiff buildings. Blocks of varying dimensions were subjected to a full range assessment of seismic response under increasing intensity levels of ordinary (no-pulse and no-long-duration) ground motions, parameterized by peak ground acceleration or velocity. Both response and intensity were normalized, allowing the fitting of general-purpose parametric expressions to determine the mean and dispersion of response for an arbitrary block of interest. These can be utilized in the same way as conventional strength-ratio/ductility/period relationships of yielding oscillators, to enable the rapid assessment or design of simple rocking systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3311-3331
Number of pages	21
Journal	Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
Volume	50
Issue number	12
Early online date	6 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.3511
Publication status	Published - 10 Oct 2021

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This research has been cofinanced by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union and Greek National Funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE (project code: Τ1EDK-00956), project: “ARCHYTAS” Financial support has been also provided by the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (Horizon 2020) under the “HYPERION” project with Grant Agreement number 821054.

Keywords

earthquake engineering
overturning
rocking response
seismic response

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Seismic response distribution expressions for on‐ground rigid rocking blocks under ordinary ground motions

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