Building pounding damages observed in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake are
described in this paper. The extent and severity of pounding damage is presented based on …

Due to recent legislation, the past three years has seen a radical increase in the evaluation
of potentially Earthquake Prone Buildings (EPBs) in New Zealand. Using the Initial …

The effects of diaphragm mass distribution are investigated for building pounding. Elastic
diaphragm‐to‐diaphragm collisions are explained by considering the total momentum over …

This paper addresses the damage to buildings and bridges resulting from relative
movements between adjacent structures observed by the authors from building inspections …

Taipei City, with its high seismicity, soft soil condition, and many tall buildings without proper
seismic separation, is vulnerable to seismic pounding destruction similar to that occurred in …

It has been observed during earthquakes that adjacent building, or bridge segments, might
come into contact if the separation distance between them is not sufficient so as to …

Past earthquakes have revealed detrimental effects of pounding on the seismic performance
of conventional fixed-supported buildings, ranging from light local damage to more severe …

A formulation and solution of the multiple‐degree‐of‐freedom equations of motion for
pounding between two multistorey buildings are presented. Pounding occurs at rigid …

Valuable insights on the problem of seismic pounding have been obtained recently from
analytical studies. So far, the proposed analytical models have not been validated …

Investigations of past and recent earthquake damage have illustrated that the building
structures are vulnerable to severe damage and/or collapse during moderate to strong …