Seismic safety of high concrete dams
Chen Houqun;China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research;

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From the editors
Xiaozhai Qi;George C.Lee;IEM;MCEER;

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Performance-based seismic design of nonstructural building components:The next frontier of earthquake engineering
Andre Filiatrault;Timothy Sullivan;Dept.of Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering;University at Buffalo;State University of New York;Dept.of Civil Engineering & Architecture;University of Pavia;

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Recent progress of seismic research on tall buildings in China Mainland
Lu Xilin;Jiang Huanjun;State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering;Tongji University;

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A phased approach to enable hybrid simulation of complex structures
Billie F.Spencer;Jr.;Chia-Ming Chang;Thomas M.Frankie;Daniel A.Kuchma;Pedro F.Silva;Adel E.Abdelnaby;Department of Civil Engineering;University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;Earthquake Engineering Research &Test Center;Guangzhou University;Wiss;Janney;Elstner Associates;Inc.;Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering;University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering;George Washington University;Department of Civil Engineering;University of Memphis;

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Persisting challenges for performance-based building assessment
B.Bayhan;.Kazaz;P.Gülkan;Dept.of Civil Engineering;Bursa Technical University;Dept.of Civil Engineering;Erzurum Technical University;Dept.of Civil Engineering;?ankaya University;

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Simplified seismic performance assessment and implications for seismic design
Timothy J.Sullivan;David P.Welch;Gian Michele Calvi;University of Pavia;Department of Civil Engineering & Architecture;Pavia 27100;Italy;European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering;Pavia 27100;Italy;UME School;ROSE Programme;IUSS Pavia;IUSS Pavia;

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New characteristics of intensity assessment of Sichuan Lushan “4.20” M_s7.0 earthquake
Sun Baitao;Yan Peilei;Chen Xiangzhao;Key Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration;Institute of Engineering Mechanics;China Earthquake Administration;

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Earthquake engineering research needs in light of lessons learned from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake
Masayoshi Nakashima;Oren Lavan;Masahiro Kurata;Yunbiao Luo;Disaster Prevention Research Institute;Kyoto University;Disaster Prevention Research Institute;Kyoto University;Gokasho;Uji;Kyoto;Japan;Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering;Technion–Israel Institute of Technology;Haifa;Israel;

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Seismic performance of an existing bridge with scoured caisson foundation
Kuo-Chun Chang;Yu-Chi Sung;Kuang-Yen Liu;Ping-Hsiung Wang;Zheng-Kuan Lee;Lu-Sheng Lee;Witarto;Department of Civil Engineering;Taiwan University;Department of Civil Engineering;Taipei University of Technology;Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering;Department of Civil Engineering;The University of Houston;

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Full-scale dynamic testing of response-controlled buildings and their components:concepts,methods,and findings
Kazuhiko Kasai;Kazuhiro Matsuda;Structural Engineering Research Center;Tokyo Institute of Technology;

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A Preliminary study on the seismic conceptual design
Zhao Zhen;Xie Lili;Institute of Engineering Mechanics;China Earthquake Administration;Key Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration;China Earthquake Administration;School of Civil Engineering;Harbin Institute of Technology;

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Instructions for authors

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AIMS AND SCOPE

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