… As expected, the irregular object shows different behaviors depending on the analysis … rigid
bodies has the following challenges: (a) rigid bodies can respond with large displacements, …

… to conduct the … displacement-controlled rocking behavior for rigid objects by Kafle et al.
[Citation2011] showed that the maximum displacement responses measured at the top of rocking …

… The study of rocking of rigid bodies has attracted widespread … first described the rocking
behaviour of rigid rectangular blocks … equal to the static elastic displacement of the block due its …

… to accurately predict the complex hysteretic behaviors of the above-… Therefore, only the
rocking response of rigid bodies is of … angular displacement 𝜃𝜃 approaches zero, the rigid body …

… between static and dynamic displacement capacity. For a … Thereby, resulting different rocking
oscillator behaviors are … contact points between these rigid objects and are deduced from …

… objects, such as statues and museum artefacts, however there is relatively little research
relating to the rocking behaviour of non-symmetric rocking objects… Note that due to displacement …

… Rocking analysis is a nonlinear transient analysis to evaluate the motion of rigid objects, …
fourier transform (FFT) of the top displacement induced by a given earthquake are compared…

… the rocking response and stability of rigid bodies standing free … -known size effect of the
rocking behaviour. The strategy was … must reach the critical displacement with nonzero velocity in …

… Most of these studies, however, assume that the rocking end of the body is rigid, but this …
the actual target displacements at each control point across the rocking surface divided by b . …

… dynamic behaviour of rigid bodies and derived analytical equations that describe their rocking
… , where the seismic-induced displacements are controlled primarily via stiffness, damping …