Demonstration of compatible yielding between soil-foundation and superstructure components

W Liu, TC Hutchinson, BL Kutter… - Journal of Structural …, 2013 - ascelibrary.org
Although the nonlinear behavior of rocking shallow foundations has been experimentally
and numerically demonstrated as an effective tool to dissipate vibrational energy during …

Seismic behavior of frame-wall-rocking foundation systems. I: Test program and slow cyclic results

W Liu, TC Hutchinson, AG Gavras… - Journal of Structural …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
The mechanism of foundation rocking has received much attention recently due to its
appealing seismic resistant features, namely, self-centering tendency and energy …

Seismic behavior of frame-wall-rocking foundation systems. II: Dynamic test phase

W Liu, TC Hutchinson, AG Gavras… - Journal of Structural …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents the earthquake response of three low-rise frame-wall-foundation
centrifuge building models, including a structural hinging-dominated, foundation rocking …

[КНИГА][B] Balancing the beneficial contributions of foundation rocking and structural yielding in moment-frame and frame-wall building systems

W Liu - 2014 - search.proquest.com
To date, experimental studies have illustrated that foundation rocking can advantageously
provide an isolation mechanism, dissipating energy, and re-centering of building-foundation …

[PDF][PDF] Balancing the Beneficial Contributions of Foundation Rocking and Structural Yielding to Improve Structural Seismic Resilience

W Liu, TC Hutchinson, BL Kutter… - … Methods in Structural …, 2013 - researchgate.net
To date, numerous individual and system-level experimental studies have illustrated that the
mode of foundation rocking advantageously can provide dissipation of seismic energy and …

Effect of earthquake‐induced axial load fluctuations on asymmetric frame–wall–rocking foundation systems

W Liu, TC Hutchinson, BL Kutter… - Earthquake …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fluctuations in axial load imposed on a rocking footing will affect its moment capacity, the
shape of its moment–rotation hysteresis, and potentially the system's seismic performance …

[PDF][PDF] Modeling of Foundation-Soil Systems Using Plane-Strain Elements

W Liu, TC Hutchinson, AW Stuedlein - Proceedings of the 6th …, 2015 - secure.tcc.co.nz
Numerical simulation serves as an important tool for assessing the effect of inelastic
soilfoundation-structure interaction (SFSI) on the seismic performance of buildings, bridges …

Evaluation of seismic behavior of shear walls with curved foundation

F Salehi Rad, J Sabouri, F Behrouz Sarand… - Journal of Structural and …, 2022 - jsce.ir
Shallow foundation rocking movement include the nonlinear behavior of the foundation and
soil material during strong earthquake motions that it has been proposed by researchers in …

Centrifuge Testing of Systems with Combined Structural Hinging and Rocking Foundations

W Liu, TC Hutchinson, M Hakhamaneshi… - Structures Congress …, 2012 - ascelibrary.org
The rocking foundation mechanism has proven to be an effective means to dissipate seismic
energy, and thereby reduce the seismic demand on the superstructure. Its use has been …