Book Description:
This new book deals with earthquake engineering including seismology, tsunamis, ground motion characteristics, soil and foundation dynamics, wave propagation, probabilistic and deterministic methods of dynamic analysis, experimental behaviour of structures, and methods for earthquake resistant design and retrofit of structures that are germane to practicing engineers. It includes seismic code requirements and system identification, as well as supplemental energy dissipation, base isolation, and structural control emphasizing earthquake engineering.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Research and Review Studies

Multi-scale Analysis for Estimating Strong Ground Motion and Structure Responses;pp. 3-15
(Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Dept. Civil and Environmental Eng., Tokyo Institute of Technology, Muneo Hori, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo)

Prediction of the Seismic Displacement of Landslides and Gravity Walls Using a Multi-Block Model;pp. 17-53
(Constantine A. Stamatopoulos, Athens, Greece)

^Geotechnical Seismic Isolation;pp. 55-87
(Hing-Ho Tsang, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

Dynamic Responses of High-speed Railway Bridges under Earthquakes and their Influences on Running Safety of Train Vehicles;pp. 89-133
(Weiwei GUO, He XIA, Chaoyi XIA, School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, China)

On the Seismic Attenuation with Consideration of the Prediction Model Complexity;pp. 135-153
(Ka-Veng Yuen, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, He-Quing Mu, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, China)

Using Ambient Noise Measurements in the Process of Assessing Earthquake Hazards in Urban Areas: Examples from Israel;pp. 155-218
(Y. Zaslavsky, A. Shapira, G. Ataev, Seismology Division, Geophysical Institute of Israel, et al.)

Seismic Resistant Braced Frame Structures with Shape Memory Alloy-Based Self-Centering Damping Device;pp. 219-254
(Yunfeng Zhang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Songye Zhu, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem)

Application of numerical tools for the modelling of granular soil behaviour under earthquakes: the state-of-the-art;pp. 255-294
(S. Lopez-Querol, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. de Castilla,
La Mancha, Avda. Camilo Jose Cela, Ciudad Real, Spain)

The Use of Dissipated Energy at Modeling of Cyclic Loaded Saturated Soils;pp. 295-321
(S. Lenart, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Slovenia)

Simplified Modal Response History Analysis for Asymmetric-Plan Structutes;pp. 323-361
(Jui-Liang Lin, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Keh-Chyuan Tsai, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan)


Index pp.363-373