The classical, pseudostatic limiting equilibrium analysis for the sliding stability of structures during seismic events gives factors of safety against sliding that appear unrealistically low in many cases. Further, these methods provide no information on the actual magnitude of sliding motions, should they occur.
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Kausel et al. (1979) studied this question.
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