Earthquake Engineering

Table of contents/Table des matieres; Keynote lectures I Discours d'ouverture ; A seismic design strategy for hybrid structures; The estimation of ground shaking caused by earthquakes; Earthquake analysis, design, and safety evaluation of concrete dams; Specification of control motions for embedded foundations; Structural damage due to the 1985 Mexican earthquake; 1. Response analysis and design of structures and structural components I Calcul de lareponse et conception des structures et des elements structuraux ; 1.1. Analytical procedures I Methodes d'analyse ; Load dependent vector bases for earthquake response analysis; Seismic inelastic torsional analysis by the modified substitute structure method; Boundary element analysis of the hydrodynamic forces in a 2D reservoir; Effect of damping on inelastic response spectra; A new approach for the model analysis of nonlinear multistory structures; Damage evaluation by static nonlinear analysis; 1.2. Response analysis and design of building structures and components I Calcul de la reponse et conception du gros oeuvre et des elements du batiment; Approximate decoupling of torsional and translational seismic response considering diaphragm flexibility; Influence of architectural configuration on seismic response of buildings; Seismic response of buildings with pile uplift; Friction dampers for seismic control of Concordia University library building; Seismic analysis of eccentric buildings - An evaluation of existing techniques; Dynamic inelastic behavior of chevron braced steel frames; A CAD integrated modular method of analysis of shear walls under earthquakes; Nonlinear response of RC frame-wall structures; Investigation of Canadian seismic code requirements for reinforced concrete frames; ; Seismic response of large panel coupled wall systems; Steel cross-bracing in seismic resistant structures; Seismic response characteristics of concentrically K-braced steel structures; Ductility demand on structures designed based