This work reviews the main techniques to model dynamical systems with contact-impact
events. Regularized and non-smooth formulations are considered, wherein the fundamental …

Structural pounding has been observed in many previous earthquakes due to insufficient
gap commonly provided between adjacent structures. The collisions usually generate large …

The effectiveness of viscoelastic (VE) material with different mechanical properties in
reducing the pounding between neighboring buildings, considering soil-structure …

Rapid and accurate post‐earthquake damage evaluation of regional reinforced concrete
(RC) bridges is a key issue for assessing the seismic resilience of cities and communities …

This study presents a novel type of shape memory alloy (SMA) cable‐restrained high
dam** rubber (SMA‐HDR) bearing, which is particularly suited to near‐fault (NF) regions …

Predicting the nonlinear time-history responses of civil engineering structures under seismic
loading remains an essential task in earthquake engineering. This paper explores the …

In performance-based earthquake engineering framework, seismic fragility functions play a
fundamental role for quantifying the seismic resilience. There are three main approaches for …

Multibody dynamics deals with the study of mechanical systems composed of multiple
bodies, whose motion interactions are governed by the presence of kinematic constraints …

Abstract Machine-learning has recently gained considerable attention in the earthquake
engineering community, as it can map the complex relationship between the expected …

Recent researches are directed towards the regional seismic risk assessment of structures
based on a bridge inventory analysis. The framework for traditional regional risk …