Soil-structure interaction (SSI) fundamentally changes the behaviour of structures subjected to earthquakes. In case of static design, the foundation is usually assumed t [...]

The design of rocking shear walls or frames can be a difficult task for practicing engineers. Because of the high nonlinearity and in the same time the lack of the adequa [...]

Housner published his classical paper in 1963 for the calculation of a rocking block. He assumed that impact occurs at the corners of the block and identical angular mome [...]