Foundation uplifting or rocking has been explored as an isolation technique by many
researchers. It introduces alternate modes of nonlinearity and energy dissipation as …

In conventional seismic design, bridges usually are assumed to be fixed to a rigid support.
This assumption, however, does not correspond to the reality of bridges with shallow …

It is critical to find ways to mitigate earthquake damage in bridges. One of the ways that has
been proposed to achieve this is to permit the foundations to rock. In order to investigate the …

Rocking as an acceptable mode of seismic response has been investigated extensively and
has shown to potentially limit local displacement demands. Rocking can act as a form of …

The effects of rocking bridge foundations were investigated by a series of highly
instrumented centrifuge tests at the University of California, Davis. Slow cyclic tests on …

The effects of rocking bridge foundations were investigated by two series of highly
instrumented centrifuge tests. Slow cyclic tests on shallow foundations supporting rigid …

Some spread footing foundations from real retrofitting practices in Taiwan were extended to
be uneconomically large due to the restriction of foundation uplift regulated in the design …

The rocking pile foundation system is a relatively new design concept that can be
implemented in bridges to improve their seismic performance. This type of foundation …

Rocking isolation is one of the most effective methods to minimize the structural damage to
bridge piers caused by earthquakes. The system safeguards the structure from seismic …

This article studies the seismic performance of a rocking-isolated bridge pier on surface
foundation, resting on sand. A series of reduced-scale shaking table tests are conducted …