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Rocking Instability in Rigid Block Systems by Dimvoulg Civil is a document available to read on EtoBox.
1) The document examines the rocking instability of one and two rigid block systems under ground motion. 2) It finds that for two blocks of the same width but different heights, the taller block will rock and overturn before the shorter block due to the Housner effect. 3) For a single rigid block system, overturning can occur through an unstable equilibrium point via an "escaped motion", regardless of whether impact occurs before or after the external excitation.
- Author
- Dimvoulg Civil
- Language
- EN