1. Foreword

   • George W. Housner

   EditorialNotes Pages: N1 - N1

2. From the editors

   • Xiaozhai Qi
   • George C. Lee

   EditorialNotes Pages: N3 - N3

3. Bi-normalized response spectral characteristics of the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake

   • Xu Longjun
   • Xie Lili

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 155

4. Dynamic responses under the excitation of pulse sequences

   • Dai Junwu
   • Mai Tong
   • Bai Wenting

   OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 169

5. Seismic spatial effects on dynamic response of long-span bridges in stationary inhomogeneous random fields

   • Lin Jiahao
   • Zhang Yahui
   • Zhao Yan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 180

6. Seismic response control of a complex structure using multiple MR dampers: experimental investigation

   • Chen Jing
   • Xu Youlin
   • Wu Zhilun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 193

7. Finite element investigation of steel built-up shear links subjected to inelastic deformations

   • Peter Dusicka
   • Ahmad M. Itani
   • Ian G. Buckle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 203

8. Shaking table test and dynamic response prediction on an earthquake-damaged RC building

   • Ye Xianguo
   • Qian Jiaru
   • Li Kangning

   OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 214

9. Twin lintel belt in steel for seismic strengthening of brick masonry buildings

   • C. V. R. Murtyl
   • Jayanta Dutta
   • S. K. Agrawal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 222

10. A simplified methd of evaluating the seismic performance of buildings

    • Ashutosh Bagchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 236

11. Time-domain identification of dynamic properties of layered soil by using extended Kalman filter and recorded seismic data

    • Yibin Zheng
    • Wang Mansheng
    • Zhou Xiyuan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 247

12. Diffraction of anti-plane SH waves by a semi-circular cylindrical hill with an inside concentric semi-circular tunnel

    • Vincent W. Lee
    • Luo Hao
    • Liang Jianwen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 262

13. Analytical solutions for dynamic pressures of coupling fluid-solid-porous medium due to P wave incidence

    • Wang Jinting
    • Zhang Chuhan
    • Jin Feng

    OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 271

14. Dynamic stiffness matrix of a poroelastic multi-layered site and its Green’s functions

    • Liang Jianwen
    • You Hongbing

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 282

15. Seismic response analysis of arch dam-water-rock foundation systems

    • Du Xiuli
    • Wang Jinting

    OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 291

16. Application of experimental design techniques to structural simulation meta-model building using neural network

    • Fei Qingguo
    • Zhang Lingmi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 298

17. Cracked structure-acoustic coupling problems by hybrid fractal FE and BE methods

    • Wu Guorong
    • Zhong Weifang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 305

18. Calendar of events

    Events Pages: 307 - 309