Denise-Penelope N. Kontoni 1,* and Ahmed Abdelraheem Farghaly 2,* 1 Department of Civil Engineering, Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece, GR-26334 Patras, Greece 2 Department of Civil and Architectural Constructions, Faculty of Industrial Education, Sohag University Sohag 82524, Egypt * Correspondence: [email protected] (D.-P.N.K.); [email protected] (A.A.F.); Tel...

This study aims to evaluate five different methodologies reported in the literature for developing fragility curves assess seismic performance of RC structures subjected structural pounding. In this context, displacement-based and curvature-based are developed. The use probabilistic demand models (PSDMs) on assessment pounding risk is further estimated. Linear bilinear PSDMs developed, while va...

The present aim of this study is to investigate the effect of different parameters influencing pounding in highway bridges. Pounding is the result of a collision between two parts of the deck and/or the deck and abutments at the separation distance during the earthquake.  In the present study, the period ratio of the adjacent frames, ground motion spatial variation, and soil-structure interacti...

Pounding between adjacent structures occurs when the separating distance within two buildings is inadequate to contain movement them during an earthquake event. Seismic pounding can lead significant harm or even destruction of neighbouring structures. In creating a model for structural response, impact stiffness considered as critical factor in calculating force throughout collision It importan...

Presently, the general seismic fragility evaluation method for a bridge system composed of member elements with different nonlinear behaviors against strong earthquakes has been to evaluate at element-level. This study aims develop system-level that represents structural system. Because behavior bridges is generally divided into transverse and longitudinal directions, this evaluated in both dir...