The rocking oscillator has drawn the attention of many researchers since the publication of Housner’s [1] seminal paper. As the response of the rocking oscillator is hi [...]

More than 9000 people died, more than 22,000 people were injured and more than 750,000 buildings were destroyed during the 2015 Nepal Earthquake Series. A large part of t [...]

This study investigates the application of the tail-equivalent linearization method (TELM) to nonlinear stochastic dynamic analysis of seismically isolated structures. Fo [...]

Existing buildings constructed in earthquake prone locations designed prior to 1970s, in general, fail to meet the criteria of modern seismic design codes. This leads in [...]

This study serves three purposes: (i) to review appropriate metrics for life safety (ii), to provide the outline of a robust mathematical framework quantifying and compar [...]