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

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Pounding force time-history with three different models of collision: (a, d, g) without bumpers; (b, e, h) with bumper calculated by the elastic pounding force model; (c, f, i) with bumper calculated by the viscoelastic pounding force model.

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