This paper summarizes the research on non-structural elements and building contents being
conducted at University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Since the 2010-2011 series of …

Base isolation has been established as the seismic design approach of choice when it
comes to protecting nonstructural contents. However, while this protection technology has …

Earthquake damage to freestanding nonstructural components has occurred in past
earthquakes. Ceramic vase is one of the most vulnerable freestanding nonstructural …

A freestanding rigid block subjected to base excitation can exhibit complicated motion
described by five response modes: rest, pure rocking, pure sliding, combined sliding …

The seismic interaction of unanchored objects with a seismically qualified system or
component in a nuclear power plant (NPP) can be detrimental to nuclear safety. In order to …

Using representative numerical models of eight code-designed steel moment-resisting
frame buildings and several ground motions, time-history analyses are performed and a …

A novel intensity measure (IM), dimensionless floor displacement, is presented for
evaluating the seismic fragility of freestanding rigid blocks subjected to one-sine …

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 …

Motivated by the demand of seismic protection of museum collections and development of
performance-based seismic design guidelines, this paper investigates the seismic fragility of …

The response analysis of sliding objects and structures subjected to ground excitation is
most often performed using Newmark's rigid sliding block with Coulomb friction. This …