Rocking Response Analysis of Self-Centering Walls under Ground Excitations

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2018/4371585/figures/4371585.fig.0015a.svgz" name="4371585.fig.0015a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Rotation angle</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2018/4371585/figures/4371585.fig.0015b.svgz" name="4371585.fig.0015b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Angular velocity</td></tr></table>

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Figure 15: Rocking Response Analysis of Self-Centering Walls under Ground Excitations 