Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures: v.5

Section 1: Site effects and geotechnical aspects; Seismic wave scattering by inhomogeneous geological deposits with cracks; Settlements and pore pressure generation in sand during earthquakes - physical phenomena and their 1-D description; Accelerograms for building design for hard soil in Mexico City; Empirical Arias Intensity attenuation relationships for the seismic hazard analysis of Greece; Evaluation of the liquefaction potential of soil deposits based on SPT and CPT test results; Critical evaluation of near-field seismic records in Greece; An application of the seismic microzonation to the critical facilities in the city of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico; Site effect evaluation in Sellano (Italy) by 1-D and 2-D numerical analyses; Simulation of earthquake ground motion for generation of artificial accelerograms; Section 2: Earthquake resistant design; Damage controlled seismic design of quasi-brittle beam structures; Seismic design of braced frame gusset plate connections; Earthquake analysis of multidrum columns; An aseismic design method for preventing damage of a soil-pile foundation-super structure system; Seismic analysis and design of a precast concrete framed structure; Improvement of seismic capacity of external beam-column joints using rectangular spiral shear reinforcement; Seismic design of steel frames with partial strength joints; Incorporation of the soil-structure interaction into performance-based design;; Section 3: Seismic behaviour and vulnerability; Variation of response with incident angle under two horizontal correlated seismic components; Studying the educational places in the earthquake-prone southern regions of the Khorasan province; On the pushover analysis as a method for evaluating the seismic response of RC buildings; The effect of column shape on seismic performance of 3D RC framed structures with and without infill walls using pushover analysis; An immediate evaluation method of earthquake damage of dams by utilizing real-time earthquake information; Behavior of rigid bodies in buildings; Inelastic seismic response comparison of two 15 and 25 level buildings of reinforced concrete with and without shear walls; Seismic response of a single story innovative steel frame system; A study on hysteretic plastic energy input into single and multi degree of freedom systems subjected to earthquakes; Required rotational and horizontal stiffness of lateral support for H-shaped compression members with eccentric braces; Effects of configurations of shear walls on system behavior under seismic load; Evaluation of economic loss for structures in the area struck by the 7/9/1999 Athens earthquake and comparison with actual repair costs; Section 4: Structural dynamics; Analysis of earthquake wave propagation in buildings; Dynamic poroelastic soil pressures on a pair of rigid retaining walls experiencing base rotation; Seismic response analyses of rocking structural systems with yielding base plates by the finite element method; The seismic energy dissipation mechanism of rocking structural systems with yielding base plates; Dynamic analysis of beams including warping and shear deformation effects: application in bridge deck analysis; Investigation of the perturbing natural frequencies through an evolutionary material trimming process; Simplified non-linear time-history analysis based on the Theory of Plasticity; Damping and its importance to structure; Earthquake resistant design of a transformer; Modeling of higher-mode effects using an optimal multi-modal pushover analysis; Section 5: Monitoring and testing; The dynamic and earthquake response of a bridge pier model at the Volvi European test site; Behavior of bare and masonry infilled R/C frames under cyclic loading: experiments and analysis; Cyclic load behaviour of reinforced concrete beam-column subassemblages of modern structures; Shaking table dynamic tests of a granular deposit; Section 6: Bridges; Innovative materials for bridge seismic design; Numerical study on the behavior of cables of cable-stayed bridges; The problem of minimum cost for structural members of earthquake resistant bridges; Short wall-like piers of R/C monolithic bridges under seismic loading: EC8 provisions and experimental results; Reduction of inertial seismic forces in bridges by using the abutment backwall as a "yielding" stopper; Section 7: Heritage buildings and masonry construction; Seismic analysis and retrofit of a historic masonry building; Developments in the architecture of earthquake resistant high-rise buildings in the period from the end of the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century; Static and dynamic analysis of masonry buildings by a nonlinear 3-D FEM; Section 8: Retrofitting; Design of seismic retrofitting of reinforced concrete structures; Investigation of the effectiveness of two styles of R/C jackets in pre-earthquake retrofitting of columns and b/c joints of R/C structures; Ductility performance of RC beams strengthened with CFRP sheets; Strengthening of infilled RC frames by CFRP; Experiments on seismic retrofitting of in-plane loaded masonry walls with fibre composites; Static cyclic tests on URM walls after retrofitting with hardwires and GFRP; Section 9: Passive protection devices and seismic isolation; Analysis and assessment of a seismically isolated bridge; Seismic protection of bridges using viscous dampers; Using mushroom shaped basements under buildings as an isolator in order to reduce the earthquake effect on structures; A Generalized Translational-Rotational Tuned Mass Damper (T-R TMD) system for passive control of vibrations in structures; Response analysis of a building loaded by technical seismicity propagating from a tube railway structure; Towards an industrialisation and standardisation of earthquake isolators:; a case study; Section 10: Lifelines; Methodology for design of earthquake resistant steel liquid storage tanks; Assessment of Monar Arch Dam under extreme seismic and thermal loads; The seismic risk of the lifeline in small communes: the cross-correlation effects; Section 11: Design codes and response spectra; Elastic and inelastic spectra for Greek earthquakes, based on a representative set of records; Behaviour factor of RC structures: a probabilistic approach; Comparison of seismic demands determined by nonlinear static analysis according to ATC-40, FEMA-356 and EC-8; Remarks regarding FEMA 368 seismic analysis guidelines; Investment appraisal with respect to EC8 behaviour factor 'q' in reinforced concrete buildings; Methods for the evaluation of the damage limit state and stiffness regularity in elevation of frame systems in seismic areas; Suggested changes to the non-conservative low frequency criteria for the seismic design spectrum used in intraplate regions; Assessment of the floor response spectra of the Ignalina nuclear power plant