Abstract From November to December 2015, shaking table experiments were conducted on
a ten-story reinforced-concrete building to acquire useful data for developing advanced …

Damping technology has been widely used because of its good vibration control effect.
However, due to the strong nonlinearity of the added dampers, accurately predicting the …

Freestanding objects have endured seismic damage during major historical earthquakes,
but their seismic performance is not fully understood yet. A steel frame was constructed with …

The seismic performance of nonstructural elements is crucial for buildings to remain
functional during and after earthquakes. Since the seismic damage to many nonstructural …

When subjected to earthquakes, many objects or structural elements behave like rocking
rigid blocks. Computer servers, medical shelves, art objects, statues, and electrical …

The seismic response of freestanding objects is a fundamental problem in earthquake
engineering that is usually handled with the aid of the rocking block theory, ie assuming …

Museum collections are preferred to be unanchored on showcases in exhibition and
sometimes restrained by small transparent fasteners due to aesthetic requirement. The …

Understanding the unstable evolution of railway slopes is the premise for preventing slope
failure and ensuring the safe operation of trains. However, as two major factors affecting the …