Effectiveness of Using Polymer Bumpers to Mitigate Earthquake-Induced Pounding between Buildings of Unequal Heights

<div>Model of colliding frames and viscoelastic models: (a) two concrete frame buildings (left: a fifteen-storey building; right: an eight-storey building); (b) viscoelastic models (3-parameters solid).</div>

Advances in Civil Engineering

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Figure 1: Effectiveness of Using Polymer Bumpers to Mitigate Earthquake-Induced Pounding between Buildings of Unequal Heights 