Dry casks are vertical reinforced concrete cylinders, which are used to store spent nuclear
fuel. In a seismic event, impact between adjacent casks, due to excessive horizontal …

The main objectives of this paper are the experimental characterization of the overturning
events of a block in the shape of parallelepiped and the experimental validation of the …

The present work describes a shaking table experimental campaign specifically developed
for the characterisation of the out‐of‐plane response of a full scale stone masonry façade …

Overturning of rigid blocks on rigid foundations subjected to earthquakes in principle can be
analyzed by simple replacement signals. The effect of a signal is generally characterized by …

A new model is presented for multiblock columns subjected to earthquakes, which contains
an impact and an opening model. Both in the impact and in the opening model, all the …

The paper aims at providing an original fully distributional approach for the description of the
pure rocking motion of a unilateral rigid system undergoing a dynamic excitation. Impulsive …

The paper focuses on the problem of the assessment of the response of structures behaving
like rocking rigid blocks with unilateral constraints under dynamic loading. Although the …

The main goal of this study is to evaluate the long-term seismic performance of freestanding
and anchored Dry Storage Casks (DSCs) using experimental tests on a shaking table, as …

An appreciable portion of the electricity generated in the United States (US) is provided by
nuclear power plants, making the US the largest producer of nuclear power in the world. In …

This dissertation presents a simple design method to predict the safety of rocking multi-block
columns. As the background of the design method Housner's refined impact model and a …