Lessons learned from past earthquake damage suggest the potential benefit of rocking systems that reduce earthquake damage. This paper evaluates a structural system that [...]

During post-earthquake reconnaissance after the March 11, 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, the writers examined a damaged parking ramp structure. The structure was a twostory stee [...]

Observations from past earthquakes suggest that some buildings survived severe ground motion because of accidental uplift at their foundation. Such notion has motivated t [...]