Assalam o alaikum..
My building is in zone 3 and it has a 2 inch expansion joint in it... So my building is divided into two blocks. Now I m worried when my structure will go under seismic excitation, Whether both blocks of structure will behave exactly same and will have same frequency of vibrations or will both of them can move towards each other causing collision.. Maximum story displacement for my structure is 0.81 inch. and I have assigned it value of R as 8.5. So maximum inelastic respons