Abstract: Building pounding is one of the most common and dangerous causes of structural damage and even collapse during earthquakes. When two adjacent buildings are separated by a small gap, this phenomenon happens. It is critical to investigate the consequences of earthquake damage. The pounding phenomenon occurs during strong earthquakes due to different–phase oscillations of buildings with improper distances. Intensive effects result from earthquakes with acceleration history of repeated directions changes with greater acceleration.

Keywords: Seismic pounding, Impact force, SAP 2000, Time history analysis, Gap element.

| DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2021.8453