The assessment of the rocking and overturning response of rigid blocks to earthquakes is a
complex task, due to its high sensitivity to the input motion, variations in geometry and …

Thank you for opening the third edition of this monograph. The first edition [202] was
published in 1996 in the Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences series (vol. 220) …

The seismic performance of unreinforced masonry buildings is commonly assessed using
equivalent frame modelling. Its computational efficiency allows for a large number of …

An argument of engineers and researchers against the use of rocking as a seismic response
modification technique is that the rocking motion of a structure is chaotic and the existing …

In this paper, the dynamic response of the rocking block subjected to base excitation is
revisited. The goal is to offer new closed-form solutions and original similarity laws that shed …

Predicting the rocking response of structures to ground motion is important for assessment of
existing structures, which may be vulnerable to uplift and overturning, as well as for designs …

The evaluation of the out‐of‐plane behaviour of unreinforced walls is one of the most
debated topics in the seismic assessment of existing masonry buildings. The discontinuous …

A new finite element model to analyze the seismic response of deformable rocking bodies
and rocking structures is presented. The model comprises a set of beam elements to …

The seismic behaviour of a wide variety of structures can be characterized by the rocking
response of rigid blocks. Nevertheless, suitable seismic control strategies are presently …

Results obtained for rigid structures suggest that rocking can be used as seismic response
modification strategy. However, actual structures are not rigid: structural elements where …