Mitigation of pounding between adjacent buildings in earthquake situation

Adjacent buildings subjected to seismic excitations collide against each other when the separation distance is not large enough to accommodate the displacement response of the structures relative to one another. As shown by field observations and by numerical models, seismic pounding can cause sever...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warnotte, Viviane
Other Authors: ELGHAZOULI, Ahmed
Format: Others
Published: Universite de Liege 2007
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Online Access:http://bictel.ulg.ac.be/ETD-db/collection/available/ULgetd-11242007-115833/