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Engineering Review : International journal for publishing of original researches from the aspect of structural analysis, materials and new technologies in the field of mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, fundamental engineering sciences, computer sciences, electrical engin, Vol. 42 No. 3, 2022.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.30765/er.1950

Numerical and experimental investigation of rocking stability of rigid blocks during single sine-wave excitation

Nina Čeh orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-4903-9769 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Radmile Matejčić 3, 51000 Rijeka
Gordan Jelenić ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Radmile Matejčić 3, 51000 Rijeka

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Abstract

Rocking stability of a rigid prismatic block standing on a rigid base subject to a simple harmonic acceleration function is still an important dynamics problem, in which energy loss is often not treated accurately enough. The energy loss at impacts during rocking is here examined. The stability for various slendernesses and sizes of a rocking block is assessed numerically, where an improved coefficient capable of estimating the size effect is considered. A number of relevant cases are validated experimentally, with a specially designed set of well-controlled and documented rocking benchmark tests on a shaking table system.

Keywords

rocking stability; restitution coefficient; single-wave harmonic excitation; overturning; experimental benchmark

Hrčak ID:

294938

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/294938

Publication date:

18.12.2022.

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