During strong earthquake excitations, base-isolated buildings may collide, either with the surrounding moat wall or with adjacent buildings. This unfavorable possibility [...]

Base isolation has proven an effective strategy to minimize structural and nonstructural damage, prevent functionality disruption and protect sensitive equipment in build [...]

Considering a limited seismic gap around a seismically isolated building, in combination with a very strong earthquake excitation, there is always the possibility of poun [...]

In this research work, the Discrete Element Methods (DEM) is utilized to investigate the response of ancient multi-drum columns during harmonic and earthquake excitations [...]

Seismic isolation is used in relatively stiff buildings to reduce their induced seismic loads, by shifting their fundamental periods outside the dangerous for resonance r [...]