1. Earthquake engineering in China

   • Hu Yuxian

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 9

2. Highway bridge seismic design: Summary of FHWA/MCEER project on seismic vulnerability of new highway construction

   • Ian M. Friedland
   • Ian G. Buckle
   • George C. Lee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 10 - 19

3. Earthquake motion input and its dissemination via the Internet

   • Benedikt Halldorsson
   • Gang Dong
   • Apostolos S. Papageorgiou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 20 - 26

4. Antiplane SH-deformations near a surface rigid foundation above a subsurface rigid circular tunnel

   • V. W. Lee
   • M. E. Manoogian
   • S. Chen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 35

5. Scattering of SH-wave by multiple circular cavities in half space

   • Wang Guoqing
   • Liu Dianku

   OriginalPaper Pages: 36 - 44

6. Estimation of damping ratio of soil sites using microtremor

   • Guo Xun
   • Y. L. Wong
   • Yuan Yifan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 49

7. Study on liquefaction of saturated loess by in-situ explosion test

   • Wang Lanmin
   • He Kaiming
   • Wang Jun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 50 - 56

8. Seismic response of tall building considering soil-pile-structure interaction

   • Han Yingcai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 64

9. Seismic response of arch dams considering infinite radiation damping and joint opening effects

   • Liu Xinjia
   • Xu Yanjie
   • Zhang Chuhan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 73

10. Modeling of cable vibration effects of cable-stayed bridges

    • S. H. Cheng
    • David T. Lau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 74 - 85

11. Effect of near-fault earthquake on bridges: lessons learned from Chi-Chi earthquake

    • Chin-Hsiung Loh
    • Wen-I Liao
    • Juin-Fu Chai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 86 - 93

12. Static inelastic analysis of RC shear walls

    • Chen Qin
    • Qian Jiaru

    OriginalPaper Pages: 94 - 99

13. Intelligent technology-based control of motion and vibration using MR dampers

    • Zhou Li
    • Chih-Chen Chang
    • B. F. Spencer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 100 - 110

14. Seismic structural control using semi-active tuned mass dampers

    • Yang Runlin
    • Zhou Xiyuan
    • Liu Xihui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 118

15. Higher-mode effect on the seismic responses of buildings with viscoelastic dampers

    • Meng-Hao Tsai
    • Kuo-Chun Chang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 129

16. Theoretical and experimental research on a new system of semi-active structural control with variable stiffness and damping

    • Zhou Fulin
    • Tan Ping
    • Wei Lushun

    OriginalPaper Pages: 130 - 135

17. Damage localization under ambient vibration using changes in flexibility

    • Yong Gao
    • B. F. Spencer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 136 - 144

18. Engineering models for catastrophe risk and their application to insurance

    • Weimin Dong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 151

19. Overcoming obstacles to implementation: addressing political, institutional and behavioral problems in earthquake hazard mitigation policies

    • Daniel J. Alesch
    • William J. Petak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 152 - 158