Risk estimation of rocking components subjected to ground motions

Thesis

The behaviour of a rocking object has fascinated the scientific community for many years. This is partly because its study is applicable to a wide variety of structural and non-structural elements, i.e., hospital equipment, industrial technology, bridge piers or art preservation. Rocking motion typically occurs in objects that are unrestrained at their base and are disturbed from their equilibrium position. However, despite the intuitive nature of rocking motion, it is in fact a high...

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Authors: Espinosa, M

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: stochastic analysis; Rocking; earthquake generation; non linear dynamics