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8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME 1

PERFORMANCE-BASED EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING OF BUILDINGS An Application of PEER Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Methodology ................................1

Der Kiureghian, A.;Moehle, J.;Stojadinovic, Bozidar;Yang, T.Y.

Comparative Seismic Performance of Structural Systems ............................................................................11Goings, Craig;Harris, Stephen;Mayes, Ronald;Naguib, Wassim

NEW ZEALAND I: EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING HIGHLIGHTS FROM MIDDLE EARTH New Zealand Earthquake Engineering Expertise in the International Arena ............................................21

Sharpe, R.

Earthquake Geology Research in New Zealand .............................................................................................22Van Dissen, Russ

Historic and Pre-Historic “uNZipping” of the New Zealand Plate Boundary.............................................23Langridge, Robert

A New Generation Earthquake Loading Standard for New Zealand ..........................................................24King, Andrew

THE SEISMIC PROVISIONS OF THE 2006 IBC-I The Role of the NEHRP Provisions in Building Code Seismic Design Criteria...........................................25

Hamburger, Ronald

The ASCE 7-05 Reformat Project ...................................................................................................................36Dowty, Susan

Development of Seismic Ground-Motion Criteria for the ASCE 7 Standard..............................................46Crouse, C.B.;Leyendecker, E.V.;Power, Maury;Silva, Walter;Somerville, Paul

General Seismic Design Requirements for Buildings.....................................................................................54Hooper, John

Criteria for Nonstructural Components in the 2006 International Building Code .....................................64Gillengerten, John

RETROFIT AND STRENGTHENING OF RC AND MASONRY BUILDINGS Fiber Reinforced Polymers in Seismic Upgrading of Existing Reinforced Concrete Structures...........................................................................................................................................................72

Pantazopoulou, Stavroula;Tastani, Souzana

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Retrofit of Non-Ductile, Soft-Story Concrete Building Using Steel/Brass Friction Dampers ....................82Determan, Lon;Miyamoto, Kit

Seismic Evaluation of Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames Strengthened with FRPs .............................92Binici, Baris;Ozcebe, Guney

Seismic Reliability of Masonry Structures Strengthened with FRP Materials..........................................102Aprile, Alessandra;Benedetti, Andrea;Cosentino, Nicola

Seismic Retrofit of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frames with Diagonal Prestressing .....................112Saatcioglu, Murat;Shalouf, Fathalla

Retrofitting RC Structures with Precast Prestressed Concrete Braces......................................................122Kono, Susumu;Watanabe, Fumio

STEEL AND COMPOSITE STEEL-CONCRETE BUILDINGS Hybrid Coupled Core Wall Systems: An Innovative Approach to Post-Event Damage Mitigation.........................................................................................................................................................132

Fortney, Patrick;Rassati, Gian A.;Shahrooz, Bahram

Cyclic Behavior of Steel and Composite Shear Walls ..................................................................................142Astaneh-Asl, Abolhassan;Zhao, Qiuhong

Design and Construction of Steel Plate Shear Walls....................................................................................152Eatherton, Matthew

Seismic Performance of Steel Concrete Composite Structures ...................................................................162De Stefano, Mario;Polazzi, Denis;Viti, Stefania

Introducing an Innovative Moment Connection Detail for Steel and Composite Moment Frames with Box-Shaped Columns................................................................................................................172

Karbasi Arani, Kamyar;Mirghaderi, Seyed Rasul

Hybrid Moment Resisting Frame Structure with Bolted Endplate Steel Beam and Reinforced Concrete Column Connections...................................................................................................182

Anderson, James;Guo, Yurong;Wu, Yuntian;Xiao, Yan

SEISMIC RESPONSE OF BRIDGE COMPONENTS AND SUBSYSTEMS Seismic Performance of Unbonded Prestressed Concrete Columns Constructed with Precast Segments .............................................................................................................................................192

Sanders, David;Yamashita, Ryo

Effect of Combined Cyclic Flexural-Torsional Loading on the Seismic Performance of RC Columns ...........................................................................................................................................................199

Kawashima, Kazuhiko;Tirasit, Paiboon;Watanabe, Gakuho

Implications of the Effects of Seasonal Freezing on Seismic Design of Bridge Column-Foundation Systems ........................................................................................................................................209

Sritharan, Sri;Suleiman, Muhannad

Effect of Backfill Soil Type on Stiffness and Ultimate Capacity of Bridge Abutments: Large-Scale Tests ............................................................................................................................................219

Ashford, Scott;Bozorgzadeh, Azadeh;Restrepo, José

Dynamic Field Tests of Small-Scale Bridge Bents Supported on Drilled Shafts .......................................226Agarwal, Puneet;Black, Joshua;Kurtulus, Asli;Menq, Farn-Yuh;Rathje, Ellen;Stokoe II, Kenneth, ;Wood, Sharon

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Networked Pseudo-Dynamic Testing of Bridge Pier and Pile Foundation ................................................236Guo, Yurong;Martin, Geoffrey;Xiao, Yan;Zhu, Ping Sheng

SEISMIC STABILITY OF GEO-SYSTEMS Experimental Approach for Behavior of Buried Pipe Subject to Thrust Fault Movement......................246

Hamada, Masanori;Lee, Jeawoo

Seismic Safety Evaluation of Dam for Foundation Faulting .......................................................................256Gillon, Murray;Mejia, Lelio;Walker, Jim

Seismic Stability of San Pablo Dam ...............................................................................................................266Makdisi, Faiz;Ryan, Marc;Traubenik, Michael;Wang, Zhi-Liang;Yiadom, Atta

Dynamic Behavior of Sand Levee on Saturated Sand Deposits - Centrifuge and Numerical Studies ..............................................................................................................................................................276

Iai, Susumu;Tobita, Tetsuo;Ueda, Kyouhei

1-G Small-scale Shaking Table Experiments- Seismic Slope Responses and Deformations ....................286Bray, Jonathan;Chen, Weiyu;Seed, Raymond

Seismic Wave Energy in Surface Layers and Energy-Based Damage Evaluation ....................................296Ishizawa, Tomohiro;Kokusho, Takaji;Motoyama, Hiroshi

EARTHQUAKE RECONNAISSANCE- IMPROVING THE PRACTICE Integrative Technologies in Support of GIS-Based Post-Disaster Response..............................................304

Bonneau, Amanda;Lembo, Arthur J.;O'Rourke, Thomas

Multi-Disciplinary Development and Application of Information Technology Solutions in Earthquake Reconnaissance...........................................................................................................................314

Faison, Heidi;Greene, Marjorie;Lembo, Arthur J.;Love, Jay;Marrow, Joshua;Mulford, Gabe

Tsunami Reconnaissance Data Repository ...................................................................................................324Kamrath, Anke;Van Den Einde, Lelli;Veytser, Vladimir;Warnock, Tim;Yeh, Harry

Post-Earthquake Investigations – Exercising the NEHRP Plan and Development of a Virtual Clearinghouse Concept......................................................................................................................334

Holzer, Thomas;Rojahn, Christopher;Scawthorn, Charles

TOOLS FOR RESPONSE AND RECOVERY The Disaster Management Tool – Concept and Application Experiences .................................................344

Engelmann, Hagen;Gehbauer, Fritz;Leebmann, Johannes;Markus, Michael;Schweier, Christine

Geometry Based Estimation of Casualties and of the Demand for Search and Rescue Resources .........................................................................................................................................................354

Markus, Michael;Schweier, Christine

An Architecture for Decision Support and Training in Emergency Operations Centers.........................364Engelmann, Hagen;Fiedrich, Frank;Markus, Michael;Zikas, Theodoros

Engineering and Social Dimensions of Victim Location and Behavior in Collapsed Structures.........................................................................................................................................................375

Aguirre, Benigno;El-Tawil, Sherif;Khandelwal, Kapil

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Using the Earthquake Engineering Intensity Scale to Improve Urban Area Earthquake Emergency Response ......................................................................................................................................385

Freeman, Sigmund;Irfanoglu, Ayhan

LIFELINES One Hundred Years of Experience with Gas Systems and Fires Following Earthquakes........................395

Strand, Carl

Train Derailments in Earthquakes ................................................................................................................406Byers, William

Water-Supply Systemic Reliability Considering Interactions Between Water-Electric Systems .............................................................................................................................................................416

Tang, Aiping;Wang, Sanding;Wu, Yixue

Seismic Response of Trestle-Supported Pipes at the Dumbarton Strait ....................................................426Cheng, Luke;Eidinger, John;Ketchum, Mark;Wong, Stephanie

Seismic Hazard Modeling for Probabilistic Risk Analysis of Spatially Distirbuted Systems ..................436Shinozuka, Masanobu;Zhou, Youwei

Seismic Risk Evaluation and Renovation Method of Weak Water Supply Pipeline to Hospital ............................................................................................................................................................446

Kuwata, Yasuko;Nakao, Maki;Takada, Shiro

Seismic Risk Evaluation of Buried Pipelines by KDD Method ...................................................................456Javanbarg, Mohammad Bagher;Kuwata, Yasuko;Takada, Shiro

Maintaining Seismic Readiness at EBMUD..................................................................................................466Cain, Bill;Lee, David

Analysis of the Floatation Response of Buried Pipeline...............................................................................474Junqi, Lin;Mingyi, Hu;Xuanzhao, Shen;Zuohua, Li

Active Fault Crossings: Quantifying Surface Faulting Hazard for Lifeline Design..................................484Fenton, Clark

Seismic Evaluation and Response of Concrete Liquid Containing Structures .........................................494Chen, Jason;Kianoush, Reza;Sadjadi, Reza

Analytical Study on the Parameters Affecting Seismic Torsion in Skewed Bridge Piers .........................504Kawashima, Kazuhiko;Tirasit, Paiboon

Damage Analysis of Buried Lifelines in the 2004 Niigata-Ken Chuetsu Earthquake, Japan ...................514Miyajima, Masakatsu

Fast Solution Method to Predict Seismic Responses of a Buried Pipeline Network..................................523Koganemaru, Kenichi;Nabana, Kenichi;Nakane, Hiroyuki;Suzuki, Nobuhisa;Watahiki, Daisaku

Seismic Wave Effects on the Longitudinal Forces and Pullout of Underground Lifelines .......................533O'Rourke, Thomas;Shi, Peixin;Wang, Yu

VOLUME 2

Simulation of Earthquake Water Supply Performance...............................................................................543

O'Rourke, Thomas;Shi, Peixin;Wang, Yu

Seismic Mitigation Solutions for High-Voltage Electric Transmission Line Network ..............................553Kempner Jr., Leon;Mueller III, Wendelin H.;Riley, Michael

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Development of a Web-Based Transportation Modeling Platform for Emergency Response .................563Cho, Sungbin;Eguchi, Ronald;Ghosh, Shubharoop;Huyck, Charles

Seismic Strengthening of Large Diameter Steel Waterline with Advanced Composites ..........................574Jones, Scott;Mason, James;O'Rourke, Thomas

ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS OF EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS (A) Influence of Low-Cut Filtering on SDOF Linear/Nonlinear Deformation Demands................................584

Akkar, Sinan;Özen, Önder

Some Analytical Considerations on the Concept of Design Accelerograms...............................................593Sandi, Horea

A Note on Probabilistic Assessment of Fault Displacement Hazard..........................................................603Todorovska, Maria;Trifunac, Mihailo

Seismic Design Implications of Ground Motion Data Recoded During 2004 Parkfield Earthquake ......................................................................................................................................................613

Goel, Rakesh

ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS OF EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS (B) Ground Strong Motion and Landslides Relationship: The Loma Prieta Earthquake Analysis ............................................................................................................................................................623

Ramos-C., Alfonso M.;Rodríguez-Pineda, Carlos Eduardo

Site-Dependent Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for Romania and Bucharest Caused by Deep Seismicity in Vrancea Zone................................................................................................632

Bonjer, Klaus-Peter;Grecu, Bogdan;Radulian, Mircea;Sokolov, Vladimir;Wenzel, Friedemann

Comparison of Mechanism and Operation of North Tabriz Fault (NTF) and North Anatolian Fault (NAF) with Mechanism of San Andreas Fault (SAF) in California (U.S.A.) .................642

Ghanbari, Ebadollah

Uniform Hazard Spectra Estimation in Peru ...............................................................................................652Blondet, Marcial;Bolaños, Ana;Monroy, Manuel;Muñoz, Alejandro

Automated Post-Processing of Downhole Shear Wave Signals ...................................................................662Liao, Tianfei;Mayne, Paul

Ground-Motion Simulations of Distant Earthquakes Considering Source Rupture Propagation......................................................................................................................................................672

Chandler, Adrian;Megawati, Kusnowidjaja

Numerical Simulation of Long-Period Ground Motion for Kunming Basin by 3-D FEM .......................682Ding, Haiping;Huang, Yong;Jin, Xing;Liu, Qifang

Seismic Waveform Modeling Offshore of Southern California: The 2002 Santa Barbara Island, California, Earthquake ......................................................................................................................689

Dreger, Douglas;Perri, Juan

Seismic Wave Propagation in Stochastic Soil ...............................................................................................699Jeremic, Boris;Sett, Kallol

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Japan Seismic Hazard Information Station, J-SHIS ...................................................................................709Aoi, Shin;Fujiwara, Hiroyuki;Hayakawa, Yuzuru;Ishii, Toru;Kawai, Shinichi;Kobayashi, Kyoko;Morikawa, Nobuyuki;Okumura, Toshihiko;Senna, Shigeki

Development of the 7.5-Arc-Second Engineering Geomorphologic Classification Database and Average Shear-Wave Velocity Map for Japan's Metropolitan Areas .................................................718

Matsuoka, Masashi;Wakamatsu, Kazue

Seismic Damage Potential Description Through Spectral Intensity Parameters ......................................728Elenas, Anaxagoras;Pouliou, Eleni;Vasiliadis, Lazaros

Realistic Ground Motion Scenarios for Napoli.............................................................................................736Imperio, Fabrizio;Natale, Maddalena;Nunziata, Concettina;Panza, Giuliano F.

Development of Dynamic Slip Model for a Shear Crack.............................................................................746Chai, Juin-Fu;Teng, Tsung-Jen

Evaluation of Local Site Effect in Mula Town (Murcia, Spain) Applicable to Seismic Risk Management ....................................................................................................................................................756

Alcala-Garcia, Francisco;Enomoto, Takahisa;Jerez, Antonio;Luzón, Francisco;Navarro, Manuel;Perez-Ruiz, Alfonso;Vidal, Francisco;Yamamoto, Toshio

Random and Fractal Characteristic in the Earthquakes.............................................................................766Hermosillo, Armando;Magaña, Roberto;Pérez, Marcelo

Application of Near Real-Time Spatial Distribution of Ground Motion in Recent Japanese Earthquakes and Its Implementaion in Damage Assessments ....................................................................776

Guin, Jayanta;Mahdyiar, Mehrdad;Shabestari, Khosrow T.

Application of Microtremor Measurements for Earthquake Site Response Studies in Southwestern British Columbia, Canada......................................................................................................786

Cassidy, John;Molnar, Sheri;Monahan, Patrick;Onur, Tuna;Rosenberger, Andreas;Ventura, Carlos

Stochastic Simulation of Faults-Cascading for Earthquake Hazard Analysis...........................................796Mahdyiar, Mehrdad;Rong, Yufang

Animation of Ground Shaking from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake ................................................807Chen, Shengzao;Egan, John;Mote, Timothy

Earthquake Scenario Ground Motion Hazard Maps for the San Francisco Bay Region for a Repeat of the M 7.9, 1906 Earthquake .......................................................................................................817

Schneider, John;Silva, Walter;Wong, Ivan

An Evaluation of Ground Motions Recorded During the Niigata-Ken Chuetsu, Japan, Earthquake of October 2004 ..........................................................................................................................827

Han, Y.C.;Lee, C.M.;Yang, J.

Volcanic Soil Characterisation and Site Response Analysis in the City of Catania ..................................835Cavallaro, Antonio;Grasso, Salvatore;Maugeri, Michele

Revisiting the SMART-1 Array Using Modern Inverse System Identification Methods..........................845Alexander, Nicholas;Chanerley, Andrew

Three Urban Transects of Shallow Shear-Velocity Using the Refraction Microtremor Method .............................................................................................................................................................854

Clark, Matthew;Lopez, Christopher;Louie, John;Pancha, Aasha;Rasmussen, Tiana;Scott, James;Smith, Shane;Thelen, Weston

Adaptive Simulated-Annealing Velocity Modeling for Rayleigh Surface-Wave Dispersion ....................864Louie, John;Pei, Donghong;Pullammanappallil, Satish

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Guerrero Accelerograph Network: Highlights from 20 Years of Operation .............................................873Alcántara Nolasco, Leonardo;Almora Mata, David;Anderson, John;Ayala Hernández, Mauricio;Brune, James;Castro Parra, Gerardo;Macías Castillo, Marco A.;Pérez Yáñez, Citlali;Quaas Weppen, Roberto;Ruíz Gordillo, Ana Laura;Singh, S.K.;Torres Noguez, Miguel

Computation of Dispersion Curves for Rayleigh and Love Waves Using Horizontal Components of Seismic Microtremor............................................................................................................883

García-Jerez, Antonio;Luzón, Francisco;Navarro, Manuel

Evaluation of Seismic Source Contributions and General Procedure Versus Site Specific Approaches from Building Codes for Ground Motion Hazard Analyses for Several Sites Along a Profile Across the San Francisco Bay Area, California .................................................................893

Chen, Shengzao;Gregor, Nicholas;Hanson, Kathryn;Litehiser, Joseph;Marrone, James;Wells, Donald;Youngs, Robert

Progress Toward Quantifying CISN ShakeMap Uncertainty.....................................................................903Kuo-Wan, Lin;Shakal, Anthony;Wald, David;Worden, Bruce

Estimation of Strong-Motion Acceleration Applying Point Source Models...............................................913Ólafsson, Símon;Sigbjörnsson, Ragnar

Compilation of a Suite of Strong Motion Records for Earthquake Engineering Use in Vancouver, BC.................................................................................................................................................923

Bird, Alison;Cassidy, John;Onur, Tuna;Rogers, Garry

Long Period Ground Motion by Large Aftershocks of the 1923 Kanto Earthquake................................933Hayakawa, Takashi;Kataoka, Shunichi;Miyakoshi, Junichi;Sato, Toshiaki

Liquefaction Mechanism of Sandy Ground and Influence of Surface Layer Hardness ...........................943Fukada, Hisashi;Hashizume, Yutaka;Shioi, Yukitake

The 1906 Earthquake in Humboldt County, CA..........................................................................................953Dengler, Lori

Hilbert–Huang Spectral Analysis of Nonlinear Seismic Ground Response ...............................................963Correa, Francisco;Garcia, Silvia;Ortega, Mercedes;Romo, Miguel

Site Frequencies Identification and Calibration of Soil Profiles Using Historic Earthquake Records.............................................................................................................................................................973

Montejo, Luis;Suarez, Luis

Impact of Attenuation Models on Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis: A Case Study for Bursa City, Turkey..........................................................................................................................................983

Cetin, K. Onder;Yunatci, A. Anil

Preliminary Comparison of Ground Motion from Earthquakes in Italy with Ground Motion Prediction Equations for Active Tectonic Regions..........................................................................993

Bazzurro, Paolo;Decanini, Luis;Giuseppe, Scasserra;Lanzo, Giuseppe;Mollaioli, Fabrizio;Stewart, Jonathan

Determination of Site Effects and Ground Motion Lengthening in Istanbul Area Derived from Small Earthquake Recordings ............................................................................................................1003

Birgoren, Gulum;Ozel, Oguz Asim

Zonal Seismicity Characteristics in and Around Bangladesh ...................................................................1011Al-Hussaini, Tahmeed M.;Hasan, M. Rakibul

Attenuation of Earthquake Ground Motion with Depth ---Some Insights from CSMIP and Hosokura Mine Array...................................................................................................................................1021

Hu, Jin-jun;Xie, Li-Li

Software for Generation of Spectrum Compatible Time History Having Same Phase as of a Given Time History.......................................................................................................................................1031

Kumar, Ashok

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Analytical Expression of Earthquake Input Energy Spectrum Based on Spectral Density Model of Ground Acceleration.....................................................................................................................1040

Asano, Koichiro;Matsuda, Satoshi

GROUND MOTIONS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN (JOINT EERI/SSA) Analysis for Feature of Surface Acceleration on Liquefied Soil Layer ....................................................1048

Sun, Rui;Yuan, Xiaoming

Attenuation of Arias Intensity Based on Data from the Chi-Chi Earthquake.........................................1058Hwang, Howard

Understanding Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessments: An Example in the New Madrid Seismic Zone of the Central United States ..................................................................................................1068

Shi, Baoping;Wang, Zhenming;Woolery, Edward W.

Comparison Between Absolute and Relative Input Energy Spectra with Different Ductility Factors............................................................................................................................................................1078

Gong, Mao-Sheng;Xie, Li-Li

Normalized Attenuation Relations...............................................................................................................1088Hadjian, Asadour

Soil Attenuation Relationships and Seismic Hazard Analyses in the Upper Mississippi Embayment....................................................................................................................................................1098

Fernandez, J. Alfredo;Rix, Glenn

Applications of the Short-Time-Response-Spectrum .................................................................................1108Bea, Robert;Perri, Juan;Pestana, Juan

Effect of Uncertainties in Soil Material Properties on Soil Site Amplification Ratios ............................1118Zhang, Jian;Zhao, John X.

Assessing Earthquake Ground Shaking Hazard Since the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.................1128Cao, Tianqing;Petersen, Mark;Wills, Chris

Seismic Response Characteristics of Sand Sites Using Wavelets ..............................................................1136Rahman, Shamimur;Sarica, Rabia

Development of Urban and Regional Earthquake Hazard Maps in the U.S. ..........................................1146Dober, Mark;Gregor, Nick;Olig, Susan;Silva, Walter;Thomas, Patricia;Wong, Ivan;Wright, Douglas

Ground Motion Suite Selection for Boston, Massachusetts.......................................................................1156Baise, Laurie;Hines, Eric M.;Sorabella, Sonia

Using Information Theory Concepts to Compare Alternative Intensity Measures for Representing Ground Motion Uncertainty .................................................................................................1166

Beck, James;Jalayer, Fatemeh

VOLUME 3

Non-Linear Soil Response Model.................................................................................................................1176

Abrahamson, Norman;Walling, Melanie

Generation of a Family of Artificial Earthquakes from a Set of Records of an Actual Earthquake ....................................................................................................................................................1186

Cruz, Ernesto F.;Fernandez-Davila, Victor I.

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PERFORMANCE OF UTILITY LIFELINE COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS Performance Objectives for Seismic Mitigation of Utility Lifelines .........................................................1196

Chang, Stephanie;Coelho, Sanjay

Estimation of the Serviceability Index in the Mexico City’s Water System Due to Future Earthquakes...................................................................................................................................................1206

Ordaz, Mario;Pineda-Porras, Omar

Multi-Hazard Reliability Assessment of Water Supply and Transmission System for a Major Utility in the San Francisco Bay Area .............................................................................................1213

Gur, Turel;Jasperse, James;Nisar, Ahmed;Scawthorn, Charles;Stillman, Cordel;Villet, Willem

Seismic Risk Assessment for Electric Power Lifeline Focusing on Business Interruption Loss.................................................................................................................................................................1223

Shumuta, Yoshiharu

Seismic Risk of a High Voltage Electric Transmission Network ..............................................................1233Eidinger, John;Kempner Jr., Leon,;Perez, Jared;Schiff, Anshel

NEW ZEALAND II: EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING HIGHLIGHTS FROM MIDDLE EARTH Site Effects and Soil- Structure Interaction in the New Zealand Loadings Standard, and Comparison with Other Codes.....................................................................................................................1243

Pender, Michael;Butterworth, John

Developments in New Zealand Seismic Design of Buildings Since the Hawkes Bay Earthquake of 1931 .......................................................................................................................................1244

Megget, Leslie

Earthquake Engineering and Emergency Management in New Zealand ................................................1245Brounts, Hans

Almost Family...? Research, Business, Investment and Trade Linkages Between the Wellington Region and the Bay Area ..........................................................................................................1246

Lewin, Philip

A Basic Study on Asymmetry of Seismic Response Using Rigid-Plastic Model ......................................1247Costa, Joao L.D.;Umemura, Hisashi;Marubashi, Nanako;Nielsen, Mogens Peter;Ichinose, Toshikatsu

THE SEISMIC PROVISIONS OF THE 2006 IBC – II The Seismic Provisions of the 2006 IBC - Nonbuilding Structure Criteria .............................................1257

Soules, James

The 2005 AISC Seismic Provisions ..............................................................................................................1267Malley, James

Overview of Chapter 19 – Concrete of the 2006 IBC .................................................................................1277Ghosh, Satyendra;Hawkins, Neil

Seismic Requirements for Wood Building Design - 2003 IBC to 2006 IBC .............................................1287Line, Philip;Russell, James

The BSSC and the Masonry Standards Joint Committee: An Evolving Partnership............................1297Klingner, Richard;Thompson, Jason

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DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF CONCENTRICALLY BRACED STEEL FRAMES Seismic Design of Dual Concentrically Braced Steel Frames for Stable Seismic Performance of Multi-Story Buildings ........................................................................................................1307

Merzouq, Sina;Tremblay, Robert

Hysteretic Behavior of HSS Bracing Members ..........................................................................................1317Foutch, Douglas A.;Han, Sang Whan

Performance-Based Seismic Design of Steel Concentric Braced Frames.................................................1324Dasgupta, Prabuddha;Goel, Subhash C.

Comparison of Low-Ductility Moment Resisting Frames and Chevron Braced Frames Under Moderate Seismic Demands..............................................................................................................1334

Gryniuk, Michael C.;Hines, Eric M.;Nelson, Timothy A.

Improved Seismic Design of Special Concentrically Braced Frames .......................................................1344Herman, David;Johnson, Shawn;Lehman, Dawn;Roeder, Charles

On the Development of Zipper Frames by Quasi-Static Testing and Pushover Analysis.......................1355Leon, Roberto;Yang, Chuang-Sheng;DesRoches, Reginald

SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT AND UPGRADE FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS Behavior of Concrete Walls for Economic Housing...................................................................................1365

Alcocer, Sergio;Ponce, Angel;Sánchez Alejandre, Alfredo;Uribe, Roberto

The Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Korean Traditional Wood Frame Buildings with Thatched Roof.......................................................................................................................................1375

Huh, Young Chul;Kim, Jae Kwan;Ryu, Hyeuk

Seismic Risk Reduction of School Buildings in Venezuela ........................................................................1385Del Re, Gianina;Hernández, Julio;López, Oscar A.;Puig, José

Low-Cost Tension Resistance to Improve Seismic Safety of Adobe Construction: Strips Cut from Used Car Tyres .............................................................................................................................1395

Charleson, Andrew

Earthquake-Resistant Evaluation of Historical Buildings: Recent Experiences in Perú........................1405Proano, Ricardo;Salinas, Rafael;Vásquez, Gonzalo;Zavala, Carlos

Improving the Earthquake Resistance and Sustainability of Confined Masonry (Mixto) Dwellings in El Salvador...............................................................................................................................1415

Alfaro, Alba;Aschheim, Mark;Flanagan, Shannon;Harlander, John;Pitt, Christopher;Rivas, Carlos;Rodriguez, Mario

SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF INDUSTRIAL AND NON-BUILDING STRUCTURES Sliding Displacement Analysis for Concrete Gravity Dams ......................................................................1425

Beaty, Michael;Matheu, Enrique

Torsionally Coupled Primary-Secondary Systems.....................................................................................1435Aziz, Tarek

Pushover Analysis of a Collapsed Chimney Considering Higher Mode Effects ......................................1445Gould, Phillip;Huang, Wei

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Buckling Evaluation of Steel Anchored Tanks Subjected to Earthquakes Using Capacity-Demand Spectra ............................................................................................................................................1455

Godoy, Luis A.;Suarez, Luis;Virella, Juan C.

Application of Performance Based Methods to the Seismic Assessment of Existing Nuclear Facilities .........................................................................................................................................................1465

Gallocher, Stewart;Kourepinis, Dimitrios;Manafpour, Ali;Robertson, Colin

Seismic Demands on Secondary Systems in Conventional and Isolated Nuclear Power Plants ..............................................................................................................................................................1475

Constantinou, Michael;Huang, Yin-Nan;Whittaker, Andrew

HYBRID SIMULATION ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT A Unified View of Hybrid Seismic Simulation Algorithms .......................................................................1485

Sivaselvan, Mettupalayam

State Space Control Design for Real-Time Pseudodynamic Testing Applications ..................................1495Mercan, Oya;Ricles, James;Zhang, Xiaoping

An Enhanced Explicit Pseudodynamic Algorithm with Unconditional Stability ....................................1505Chang, Shuenn-Yih;Sung, Yu-Chi

Stability Analysis of Operator-Splitting Method for Real-Time Substructure Testing with Actuator Delay and Compensation..............................................................................................................1515

Ou, J.P.;Wang, Qianying;Wu, Bin

System Dynamics in Real-Time Pseudodynamic Testing ..........................................................................1525Jung, Rae-Young;Shing, Benson

Energy-Based Procedure for Monitoring Experimental Errors in Hybrid Simulations ........................1535Mahin, Stephen;Mosqueda, Gilberto;Stojadinovic, Bozidar

LIQUEFACTION-INDUCED GROUND FAILURE Modeling Flow Liquefaction and Pore Water Redistribution Mechanisms.............................................1545

Byrne, Peter;Naesgaard, Ernest;Seid-Karbasi, S. Mahmood

Role of Static Shear Stress in Liquefaction Analysis of Sloping Ground .................................................1555Mattson, Benjamin;Olson, Scott;Sacks, Aaron;Servigna, Daniel

Probabilistic Residual Shear Strength for Post-Liquefaction Analysis ....................................................1565Eddy, Morgan;Gutierrez, Marte

Probabilistic Models for the Assessment of Cyclic Soil Deformations .....................................................1575Bilge, H. Tolga;Cetin, K. Onder

A Semi-Empirical Model for the Estimation of Maximum Horizontal Displacement Due to Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading....................................................................................................1584

Faris, Allison;Kayen, Robert;Seed, Raymond;Wu, Jiaer

Assessment of Ground Deformation Due to Soil Liquefaction in the San Jose, California Area by Using Geotechnical IT ....................................................................................................................1594

Kayen, Robert;Knudsen, Keith;Nagata, Satoshi;Tanaka, Yasuo

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ADVANCES IN THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SITE EFFECTS ON GROUND MOTIONS Understanding Weak and Strong Motion Site Effects Through Downhole Array Seismogram Inversion ..................................................................................................................................1604

Assimaki, Dominic;Steidl, Jamison

Practical Implementation of Analysis Routines for Nonlinear Seismic Ground Response Analysis ..........................................................................................................................................................1614

Hashash, Youssef;Kwok, On-Lei Annie;Matasovic, Neven;Pyke, Robert;Stewart, Jonathan;Wang, Zhiliang;Yang, Zhaohui

Effects of Nonlinear Dynamic Soil Properties on Strong Ground Motions at Ojiya K-NET and JMA Stations During 2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake ......................................................1624

Sekiguchi, Toru;Tokimatsu, Kohji

Effect of Ground Motion Scaling and Uncertainties in Site Characterisation on Site Response Analyses.........................................................................................................................................1634

Ansal, Atilla;Durukal, Eser;Tonuk, Gokce

Non-Linear Site Response Analyses for Two Nuclear Power Plant Sites Considering Cyclic Mobility Effects .............................................................................................................................................1643

Bazzurro, Paolo;Mangini, Mauro;Pelli, Fabrizio

Validation of Ground Motions in the Upper Mississippi Embayment .....................................................1653Lawrence, Brian;Mayne, Paul;Rix, Glenn

SEISMIC DESIGN AND RESPONSE ISSUES FOR BRIDGES Evaluation of Seismic Risk: Application to Viaducts in China .................................................................1663

Wang, Jianmin;Zhu, Xi

Effect of Using PGA Versus Sa on the Uncertainty in Probabilistic Seismic Demand Models of Highway Bridges .......................................................................................................................................1673

DesRoches, Reginald;Nielson, Bryant

Impact of Long-Term Material Degradation on Seismic Performance of a Reinforced Concrete Bridge.............................................................................................................................................1683

Baker, Jack;Billington, Sarah;Matsuki, Satoshi

Seismic Fragility Analysis of Wall Pier Supported Bridges on Southern Illinois Priority Emergency Routes.........................................................................................................................................1693

Bignell, John;LaFave, James

Bridge Damage-Functionality Using Expert Opinion Survey ...................................................................1703DesRoches, Reginald;Padgett, Jamie

Rapid Construction Details for Bridges in Seismic Zones .........................................................................1713Eberhard, Marc;Gunnarsson, Kari;Hieber, David;Stanton, John;Wacker, Jonathon

ISSUES IN RESPONSE AND RECOVERY Reconstruction of Housing Destroyed in the 2003 Bam-Iran Earthquake...............................................1723

Astaneh-Asl, Abolhassan;Fatemi-Aghda, S.M.;Fathi, M.;Havaii, M.H.;Heidarinejad, G.;Mir Ghaderi, S.R.;Saeedikia, M.

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Remote Sensing Technology for Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment – A Coming of Age.................1733Adams, Beverley;Eguchi, Ronald;Ghosh, Shubharoop;Gusella, Luca;Huyck, Charles;Wabnitz, Colette

Post-Earthquake Recovery Planning in the Central United States: Lessons from Other Times and Places ...........................................................................................................................................1747

Chandrasekhar, Divya;Olshansky, Robert

Building Occupancy Resumption Program (BORP) - A Public/Private Partnership for Preparedness..................................................................................................................................................1757

Turner, Zan

Selecting the Post-Earthquake Temporary Shelters in Large Cities Based on Their Accessibility ...................................................................................................................................................1763

Bahrami Movini, Mehri;Hosseini, Mahmood;Shariat Mohaymany, Afshin

Hazard Risk Assessment for Earthquakes from a Public Health Perspective.........................................1773Rottman, Steve;Seligson, Hope;Shoaf, Kimberley

STRUCTURAL DESIGN METHODS, CRITERIA, AND CODES Design Spectra of Input Energy for Near-Fault Ground Motions ............................................................1779

Jianghui, Hui;Zhu, Xi

Residual Displacement Ratios of Sdof Systems Subjected to Near-Fault Ground Motions ...................1789Miranda, Eduardo;Ruiz-Garcia, Jorge

A Comparison of the Design Response Spectra Between the International Building Code 2003 and Mexico's Manual of Civil Works 1993 ........................................................................................1799

Gannon, Glenn;Pong, Wenshen

Design Spectrum-Based Scaling and Parametric Study of Strength Reduction Factor Spectrum ........................................................................................................................................................1809

Gupta, Vinay;Karmakar, Debasis

VOLUME 4

Equivalent Seismic Loss Spectrum for a Performance Based Design of Sustainable R/C Buildings ........................................................................................................................................................1819

Nakano, Yoshiaki;Shiohara, Hitoshi;Takahashi, Noriyuki

Updated Attenuation Laws in Displacement and Acceleration for the Mexican Pacific Coast as the First Step to Improve Current Design Spectra for Base-Isolated Strucrtures in México ............................................................................................................................................................1829

Gómez-Soberón, Consuelo;Ordaz, Mario;Tena-Colunga, Arturo

Simplified Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering..........................................................................1839Krawinkler, Helmut;Zareian, Farzin

Time History Selection and Scaling to NZS1170: 2004..............................................................................1849Kelly, Trevor;Tremayne, Bill

Story-Dependent Response Modification Factors for Eccentrically Braced Frames: A New Lateral Load Pattern ....................................................................................................................................1859

Esmaeili, Mehdi;Hosseini, Mahmood

Application of Normalized Spectral Acceleration-Displacement (NSAD) Format on Performance-Based Seismic Design in Taiwan...........................................................................................1869

Lin, Tsung-Wu;Sung, Yu-Chi;Tsai, I-Chau

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New Approach on Mitigating Seismic Damage of RC Columns ...............................................................1879Maki, Takeshi;Mutsuyoshi, Hiroshi;Pandey, Govinda Raj

A Comparison of Strength Enhancement Requirements for P Delta Effects in the US and New Zealand Loadings Standards ...............................................................................................................1889

Davidson, Barry

Conceptual Seismic Design and State-of-the-Art Protection Systems ......................................................1898Mezzi, Marco;Parducci, Alberto

Research Program on the Seismic Resistance of Conventional Wood-Frame Construction..................1908Cheng, Haijiang;Follesa, Maurizio;Karacabeyli, Erol;Lu, Xilin;Ni, Chun;Rainer, Hans

Seismic Force Modification Factors for Light Gauge Steel Frame / Wood Panel Shear Walls...............................................................................................................................................................1918

Blais, Caroline;Boudreault, Felix;Rogers, Colin

Displacement-Based Design Considering Soil-Structure Interaction Effect ............................................1928Ghannad, Mohammad Ali;Jafarieh, A.H.

Proposal of an Index for the Seismic Damage Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Buildings....................1938Padilla, Daniel;Rodriguez, Mario

Seismic Assessment of Safety-Critical Structures Using Fragility/Hazard and Demand/Capacity Methodologies ................................................................................................................1948

Arici, Yalin;Stojadinovic, Bozidar

Building Codes for Earthen Buildings in Seismic Areas: The Peruvian Experience ..............................1958Blondet, Marcial;Tarque, Nicola;Vargas, Julio

Consistent Performance Comparison of Seismic-Isolated and Fixed-Base Buildings.............................1968Morgan, Troy;Ryan, Keri;Sayani, Prayag

HMSI R1 - A System Identification Computer Program for Differential Equation Hysteresis Models..........................................................................................................................................1978

Clarke, Richard

Displacement-Based Seismic Design Using Energy Concept.....................................................................1987Bakhshi, Ali;Tavallali, Hooman

Constructing Over-Damped Displacement Spectra for Seismic Design Codes .......................................1997Bommer, Julian;Mendis, Rishmila

Strength Reduction Factors for Constant Cumulative Ductility Spectra.................................................2007Bahena, Nadyne;Teran-Gilmore, Amador

Seismic Response of RC Moment Frames Subjected to Near Field Ground Motions ............................2017Naderi, Majid

Direct Inelastic Design of Structures Using Secant Stiffness (Local Deformation Control Design)............................................................................................................................................................2027

Eom, Taesung;Kim, Changsoo;Park, Honggun

A Story Damage Index of Asymmetric Buildings Based on Modal Parameters......................................2040Lin, Chi-Chang;Wang, Jer-Fu;Yen, Shih-Min

Response Modification Factor for Low Seismicity Regions ......................................................................2050Cho, So-Hoon;Ko, Hyun;Lee, Dong-Guen

EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL SIMULATION OF STRUCTURES A Simple Set Up for Dynamic Testing of Models Subjected to Base Motions .........................................2060

Acuña, Qutberto;De-La-Colina, Jaime;Hernández, Alejandro;Valdés, Jesús

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Dynamic Response Analysis of Frame Structures Using Forced Analogy Method with Considering Deteriorating Inelastic Hysteretic Model and P-Delta Effect ..............................................2070

Chau, Shu-Hsien;Loh, Chin-Hsiung

Applicability of Turkish Seismic Code for Mass Irregular Buildings ......................................................2080Aydin, Kamil

Comparison of Different Finite-Element Modeling Approaches in Terms of Estimating the Residual Displacements of RC Structures ..................................................................................................2094

Dazio, Alessandro;Yazgan, Ufuk

Effect of Hysteretic Shapes on the Seismic Response of Stiffness and Strength Degrading Sdof Systems ..................................................................................................................................................2104

Pekoz, Hasan A.;Pincheira, José A.

The Effect of Interface Material on the Dynamic Behavior of Free Rocking Blocks ..............................2114Butterworth, John;ElGawady, Mohamed A.;Ingham, Jason;Ma, Quincy

Non-Iterative Capacity Spectrum Method Based on Equivalent Linear Systems for Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings..................................................................................................................2124

Lin, Yu-Yuan

Adaptive Modal Combination Procedure for Predicting Seismic Response of Vertically Irregular Structural Systems .......................................................................................................................2133

Kalkan, Erol;Kunnath, Sashi

Behaviour of Asymmetric Structures in Near Field Ground Motions .....................................................2143Aziminejad, Armin;Moghadam, A.S.

Seismic Fragility Analysis of Degrading MDOF Structures......................................................................2153Ayoub, Ashraf;Chenouda, Mouchir

Long-Term Dynamic Behaviour of a Multi-Story RC-Building in Seismic and Windy Environment ..................................................................................................................................................2163

Carr, Athol;Sigbjörnsson, Ragnar;Snaebjörnsson, Jónas Thór

The Applicability of Incremental Dynamic Analyses to Fault-Normal Near-Field Ground Motions...........................................................................................................................................................2173

Fu, Qiang;Menun, Charles

Residual Displacements Caused by Fault-Normal Near-Field Ground Motions.....................................2183Fu, Qiang;Menun, Charles

Study of the Combination Rules to Estimate the Inelastic Response of Asymmetric Multi-story Buildings Subjected to Bi-directional Seismic Motions....................................................................2192

Cruz, Ernesto F.;Fernandez-Davila, Victor I.

Seismic Analysis of Asymmetric Building Systems ....................................................................................2202Lin, Jui-Liang;Tsai, Keh-Chyuan

Variations in the Dynamic Properties of Structures: The Wigner-Ville Distribution ...........................2212Bradford, Case;Heaton, Thomas;Yang, J.

An Application of Modal Pushover Analysis to Medium-Rise Shear-Wall Reinforced Concrete Buildings ........................................................................................................................................2222

Arevalo, L.;Cruz, E.F.

Rapid Estimation of Peak Lateral Deformations in Buildings Using Generalized Interstory Drift Spectra ..................................................................................................................................................2232

Akkar, Sinan;Miranda, Eduardo

Time Domain System Identification Using Advanced Iterative Least-Square with Unknown Input Method ...............................................................................................................................2242

Jung, Miyoung;Shin, Yeong-Soo;Shiohara, Hitoshi

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A Displacement-Based Adaptive Pushover for Seismic Assessment of Steel and Reinforced Concrete Buildings ........................................................................................................................................2252

Antoniou, Stelios;Pietra, Dario;Pinho, Rui

Estimation of Seismic Input Energy in Yielding Structural Systems .......................................................2262Chai, Y.H.;Hung, Hung-Jung

Determinatrion of the Main Uncertainty Parameters on Concrete Arch Dams Using the Vibration Tests and Optimization of Them ................................................................................................2272

Mivehchi, Mahmoudreza

Horizontal Orthogonal Seismic Effects in Soft Soil....................................................................................2280De-La-Colina, Jaime;Ordaz, Mario;Valdés, Jesús

Seismic-Force-Resisting Mechanism of a Multi-Story Structural Wall Supported by Piles ..................2290Kono, Susumu;Sakashita, Masanobu;Tanaka, Hitoshi

Centrifuge Testing of Combined Frame-Wall-Foundation Structural Systems......................................2300Chang, Barbara;Gajan, Sivapalan;Hutchinson, Tara;Kutter, Bruce;Raychowdhury, Prishati;Thomas, Jeremy

Test and Analysis on Inelastic Soil-Structure Interaction of an Existing Reinforced Concrete School Building .............................................................................................................................2310

Kabeyasawa, Toshikazu;Kabeyasawa, Toshimi;Kim, Yousok;Sanada, Yasushi

Comparison of Recorded Strong Motion Data and Estimated Lateral Acceleration Demands in Buildings Located in the Soft Soil Region of Mexico City ....................................................2320

Arredondo, Cesar;Miranda, Eduardo;Mosquera, Juliana;Reinoso, Eduardo

A Slepian Model Approach to Seismic Reliability of Structures ..............................................................2330Niedzwecki, John;van De Lindt, John

Non-Stationary Random Seismic Analysis of Long-Span Spatial Lattice Structures under Three-Dimensional and Multi-Support Earthquake Excitations..............................................................2337

Ding, Yang;LI, Zhong-Xian;Lin, Wei

Identifying Significant Structural Components of Reinforced Concrete Frames Using FOSM Method ...............................................................................................................................................2347

Lee, Tae-Hyung;Mosalam, Khalid

Response Sensitivity and Probabilistic Response Analyses of Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures.......................................................................................................................................................2357

Barbato, Michele;Conte, Joel;Gu, Quan

Preliminary Study on a 20-Story Office Building Instrumented by ANSS Program in Anchorage, Alaska ........................................................................................................................................2367

Bai, Feifei;Goel, Rakesh;Kono, Toshifumi;Liu, He;Scott, William

Dynamic Instability by Link-Element Deformation...................................................................................2377Lowes, Laura;MacRae, Gregory;Tagawa, Hiroyuki;Wada, Akira

ENGINEERING PRACTICE The Influence of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering in Romania ...............................................................................................................................2387

Vlad, Ion;Vlad, Mirela-Nausica

Effects of Bedrock Depth and Embedded Soft Strata on the Site Fundamental Period .........................2397Assaf, Musaid

Effects of Near-Field Vertical Ground Motions on Structural Response.................................................2405Rahim Labafzadeh, Mohammad Saleh;Tehranizadeh, Mohsen

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Seismic Behavior of an Ageing Concrete Dam Adjacent to Sedimented Reservoir ................................2415Gogoi, Indrani;Maity, Damodar

Nonlinear Wall Models- A Practical Engineer Standpoint........................................................................2424Guljas, Ivica;Kalman, Tanja;Sigmund, Vladimir

Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis for a Vector of Parameters ........................................................2434Cornell, Allin;Shome, Nilesh

VOLUME 5

Residential Retrofitting in Istanbul - Realities in Bakirkoy ......................................................................2444

Gulkan, Polat;Hopkins, David;Kubin, D.;Sharpe, R.;Sucuoglu, Haluk

A Comparison of the Uniform Building Code 1997 and the International Building Code 2003 for the Seismic Design of Special Moment Resisting Frames ...........................................................2454

Lee, Anson;Pong, Wenshen

Managing Seismic Risk in a Technology Company ...................................................................................2464Bonneville, David;Geng, Hwaiyu

Essential Facility Design Using Tension-Restraint Friction Pendulum Isolators ....................................2471Huang, Sampson;Islam, Saiful;Skokan, Matthew

Nonlinear Dynamic Behaviour of Structures Due to Horizontal Near-Field Ground Motions...........................................................................................................................................................2481

Rahim Labafzadeh, Mohammad Saleh;Tehranizadeh, Mohsen

British Columbia School Seismic Mitigation Program: Dominant Influence of Soil Type on Life Safety of Greater Vancouver and Lower Mainland Schools of British Columbia ..........................2490

Monahan, Patrick;Taylor, Graham;Ventura, Carlos;White, Timothy

Cyclic Response of RC Column-Bent Piers Subjected to Bidirectional Repeated Loadings ..................2501Chung, Young Soo;Lee, Beom Gi;Lee, Dae Hyoung;Park, Chang Kyu

A Shaking Table Test of Base Isolation Building Using Sliding Bearings................................................2511Inai, Shinsuke;Inoue, Namihiko;Ito, Yoshio;Masuda, Keiji;Matsumoto, Kiyotaka;Minowa, Chikahiro;Miyama, Takafumi

Dynamic Control Devices for the Stonecutters Cable-Stayed Bridge.......................................................2521Chiarotto, Renato;Colato, Gian Paolo;Infanti, Samuele

Prioritization of Seismic Retrofits of School Buildings in Oregon Using an Enhanced Rapid Visual Screening Methodology.....................................................................................................................2531

Goettel, Kenneth;Wang, Yumei

Fixing Up the “Big House": Seismic Retrofitting at San Quentin State Prison.......................................2541 Revelli, P.; Yuen, N.; Ryan, P.; Moore, M.

Integrated Seismic Analysis and Design of Shear Wall Structures...........................................................2552Gurbuz, Orhan;Kohli, Thomas;Ostadan, Farhang

Change-of-Practice: Augered Uncased Cast-in-Place Piles in the Puget Sound Region ........................2561Baska, David;Hudgings, Thomas

Inelastic Displacement Ratios of SDOF Systems Subjected to Subduction Earthquake Records...........................................................................................................................................................2571

Elwood, Kenneth;Mattman, Dominic

Dynamic Characteristics of Buildings Estimated from Strong Motion Records .....................................2581Kashima, Toshihide;Kitagawa, Yoshikazu

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Structural Typology of Traditional Houses in Iran Based on Their Seismic Behavior ..........................2591Bakhshi, Ali;Bozorgnia, Yousef;Ghannad, Mohammad Ali;Khosravifar, Arash;Mousavi Eshkiki, Ebrahim;Taheri Behbahani, Ali A.

Soil-Structure Interaction: Linear, Equivalent Linear and Nonlinear Approximation for the Soil Behavior Modeling; A Comparative Study ...................................................................................2601

Clouteau, Didier;Lopez-Caballero, Fernando;Modaressi, Arezou;Pitilakis, Dimitris

Evaluation of Shaking Table Tests of Capacity Designed Masonry Structures ......................................2611Carydis, Panayotis G.;Fehling, Ekkehard;Mouzakis, Harris;nejati, Mahmoud

The European In-Situ Assessment Manual for Existing Structures .........................................................2621Campos Costa, Alfredo;Eusebio, Marina;Flesch, Rainer;Oppe, Matthias;Ralbovsky, Marian;Veit, Robert

A Synthetic Parameter Capable of Capturing the Torsional Behavior of One-Storey Asymmetric Structures .................................................................................................................................2631

Gasparini, Giada;Silvestri, Stefano;Trombetti, Tomaso

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of UAE Residential Buildings (Villas) to Far Field Earthquakes...................................................................................................................................................2641

Abdalla, Jamal

A Rational Approach to Evaluation of Shearwall Nail Spacing and Recommended Spacing Tolerances ......................................................................................................................................................2650

Dethlefs, Richard A.;Gatto, Kip S.;Mahaney, James A.;Searer, Gary

Response of a Gravity Arch Dam to Spatially Varying Earthquake Ground Motion ............................2659Bekkouche, Abdelmalek;Derbal, Rachid;Djafour, Mustapha;Meddane, Nassima;Megnounif, Abdellatif;Zendagui, Djawad

Effectiveness and Feasibility of Inter-story Isolation Systems ..................................................................2669Earl, Curtis L.;Ryan, Keri

Investigation of Earthquake Damage and the Scientific Quantification of Confidence in Opinions .........................................................................................................................................................2679

Hart, Gary;Jain, Anurag;King, Stephanie

Seismic Response of Skewed Bridges with Seat-Type Abutments ............................................................2689Martin, Geoffrey;Shamsabadi, Anoosh;Yan, Liping

Friction Pendulum System in Seismic Isolation: Research, Testing and Applications ...........................2699Iqbal, Asif

End Wall Effect for Underground Structures Three-Dimensional Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction Parametric Study ......................................................................................................................2709

Mok, Chin Man;Vallenas, Jose;Wen, John;Zhang, Miao

Simple Civil Structure Models and Earthquake Excitation ......................................................................2719Rosko, Peter

Seismic Foundation-Structure Interaction Analysis of a Spillway ...........................................................2727Yu, Xiong

The Emergence of Seismic Structural Engineering Following the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 .......................................................................................................................................2735

Paulson, Conrad

LOSS ESTIMATION AND MODELING An Approach to Formulate a Vulnerability Function for Buildings ........................................................2745

Hayashi, Akio;Kobayashi, Ichiro

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Development of Monetary Damage Functions for California Single-Family Houses Based on Insured Losses and Shakemap Ground Motions...................................................................................2755

Guin, Jayanta;Lai, Tao

Development of Fragility Curves for the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake ........................................2765Pai, Chih-Hung;Tien, Yong-Ming

Seismic Risk Management of an Urban Building Considering Multiple Seismic Sources .....................2775Nishiuchi, Koji;Takahashi, Yuji;Yamaguchi, Keiichi;Yasuno, Satoshi

Influence of Uncertainty of Soil Damping and Degradation Shear Modulus Curves of Deep Deposits on the Earthquake Mitigation Cost ..............................................................................................2785

Prieto-S., Jorge A.;Ramos-C., Alfonso M.

A Stochastic Approach for Developing Seismic Fragility Functions of Structures .................................2795Eshghi, Sassan;Ghafory-Ashtiany, Mohsen;Nasserasadi, Kiarash;Zolfaghari, Mohammad

Seismic Evaluation of Mexican Southeast Historic Town Centers ...........................................................2805Roberto, Arroyo;Salgado, Alberto

Integration Study on Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis and Disaster Simulation Technology .....................................................................................................................................................2815

Yeh, Chin-Hsun

Disaster Scenarios and Risk Mapping for Sustainable Safety...................................................................2825Klyachko, Mark;Larionov, Valery;Suthcsev, Sergey

Progress and Perception of Seismic Strengthening in a Stone Masonry Village .....................................2834Chesi, Claudio;Jurina, Lorenzo;Parisi, Maria A.

Evaluation of Historical Earthquakes in Caracas for Disaster Prevention..............................................2844Altez, Rogelio;Audemard, Franck;Hernández, Julio;Kagawa, Hideo;Orihuela, Nuris;Safina, Salvador;Schmitz, Michael;Tanaka, Ichiro;Yamazaki, Yoshitaka

Assessment and Propagation of Epistemic Uncertainty in Loss Estimation ............................................2854Aslani, Hesameddin;Miranda, Eduardo

Maps for Engineering and Underwriting of Earthquake Risk .................................................................2864Malhotra, Praveen;Sensenhy, Paul E.

Seismic Risk Assessment for Tokyo Japan .................................................................................................2871Ahmad, Furkan;Masuda, Manabu;Molas, Gilbert;Mortgat, Chris;Williams, Chesley

Preliminary Seismic Risk Scenarios for Malaga, Spain.............................................................................2881Clavero, Daniel;Figueras, S.;Garcia, Ricardo;Goded, Tatiana;Irizarry, Janira;Macau, Albert;Pazos, Antonio

Seismic Risk Assessment of Existing Building Stock in Istanbul - A Pilot Application in Zeytinburnu District .....................................................................................................................................2891

Kubin, Joseph;Ozcebe, Guney;Sucuoglu, Haluk;Yakut, Ahmet;Yucemen, M. Semih

A Contribution to Seismic Prevention in Catalonia (Spain)......................................................................2901Gasulla, Nuria;Goula, Xavier;Irizarry, Janira;Roca, Antoni;Romeu, Nuria;Susagna, Teresa;Olivera, C.;Figueras, S.;Fleta, J.

Riskscape New Zealand - A Multihazard Loss Modelling Tool ................................................................2911Bell, Rob;Cousins, Jim;King, Andrew

Consequence Assessment in Earthquake Risk Management Using Indicators .......................................2921Faber, Michael H.;Faizian, Marjan;Schalcher, Hans-Rudolf

From San Francisco to Naples JR Freeman and Pioneering Work in Earthquake Engineering....................................................................................................................................................2932

Carter, Marina;Di Sarno, Luigi;Elnashai, Amr

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Joint Mitigation of Earthquake and Terrorism Risk.................................................................................2942Woo, Gordon

Effects of Wall Anchorage on Seismic Risk of Light-Frame Wood Shear Walls ....................................2950Ellingwood, Bruce;Li, Yue

Seismic Risk Assessment of Essential Buildings in Clark County, Nevada .............................................2960Ebrahimpour, Arya;Keller, Jared;Luke, Barbara;Sack, Ronald

Fuzzy Processing of Seismic Accelerograms for Damage Classification of Structures ...........................2970Andreadis, Ioannis;Elenas, Anaxagoras;Tsiftzis, Ioannis

Investigation on Destructive Power Indices of Strong Motions Using Building Damage Data and Strong Motions Recorded in the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu, Japan, Earthquake .........................2980

Kato, Daisuke;Nakamura, Yukiko;Sakai, Yuki

Fragility Functions for Estimating Damage in Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Columns .................2988Aslani, Hesameddin;Miranda, Eduardo

Smarter Structures: Real-Time Loss Estimation for Instrumented Buildings ........................................2998Beck, James;Ching, Jianye;Mitrani-Reiser, Judith;Porter, Keith

Social and Economic Consequences of Seismic Hazard to Mega Cities in the Developing Countries........................................................................................................................................................3008

Zolfaghari, Mohammad

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment Using Statistical Sampling ..................................................................3018Aldama-Ojeda, Alejandro;Gómez-Soberón, Consuelo;Guillen López, Briseida

Damage Assessment of Nonductile Slab Column Connections Using Interstory Drift-Based Fragility Functions ........................................................................................................................................3028

Aslani, Hesameddin;Miranda, Eduardo

Probabilistic Repair Cost Evaluation for the UC Berkeley Seismic Replacement Building Using the Fourway Graphical Method ........................................................................................................3038

Mackie, Kevin;Stojadinovic, Bozidar

Seismic Performance Level of Buildings Based on the Earthquake Risk of Portfolio ............................3048Fukushima, Sei'ichiro;Yashiro, Harumi

Quantitative Framework for Multi-Hazard Risk Assesssment.................................................................3058Harris, Stephen;Hartford, Desmond N.D.;Millard, John

VOLUME 6

Seismic Strategy Implementation for the Department of National Defence in British Columbia........................................................................................................................................................3068

Clark, William (Bill);Tran, Thien (Charlie)

NEAR-FAULT GROUND MOTIONS FROM LARGE EARTHQUAKES (JOINT WITH EERI) Near-Fault Strong-Motion from the M6.0 Parkfield, California Earthquake of September 28, 2004...........................................................................................................................................................3078

Haddadi, Hamid;Huang, Moh;Shakal, Anthony

Site Effects for Near-Fault Forward-Directivity Motions .........................................................................3088Bray, Jonathan;Rodriguez-Marek, Adrian

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NEES RESEARCH ON BUILDINGS The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES): Progress to Date and Future Directions ......................................................................................................3098

Fragaszy, Richard;Pauschke, Joy

Non-Rectangular Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls: Design Issues and Performance ..........................3108Brueggen, Beth;Dow Nakaki, Suzanne;French, Catherine;Jung, Narina

Investigation of the Seismic Behavior and Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls...............................................................................................................................................................3118

Brown, Peter;Ji, Jun;Kuchma, Daniel;Lehman, Dawn;Lowes, Laura;Oyen, Paul;Sterns, Aaron;Zhang, Jian

Relaxation of Confinement Reinforcement Requirements in Structural Walls Through the Use of High-Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites.............................................................3128

Canbolat, B. Afsin;Jeyaraman, Ganesh;Parra-Montesinos, Gustavo

On the Importance of 3D Analysis for Zipper Frames Structures ...........................................................3138Leon, Roberto;Reinhorn, Andrei;Schachter, Macarena

Forced Vibration Testing of a Four Story RC Building Utilizing the nees@UCLA Mobile Field Laboratory ...........................................................................................................................................3148

Skolnik, Derek;Wallace, John;Whang, Daniel;Yu, Eunjong

FIRE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE- MODELING AND ANALYSIS Review of Forest, Compartment, Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Research and Their Relation to Fire Following Earthquake Models .........................................................................................3158

Davidson, R.;Lee, Selina

ENHANCING SEISMIC RESILIENCE: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND OPERATIONALIZATION Overview of the Resilience Concept.............................................................................................................3168

Bruneau, Michel;Reinhorn, Andrei

Resilience of Electric Power Systems...........................................................................................................3177Shinozuka, Masanobu

Enhancing the Resilience of Acute Care Facilities: An Overview of MCEER Research ........................3187Alesch, Dan;Bruneau, Michel;Constantinou, Michael;Dargush, Gary;Filiatrault, Andre;Grigoriu, Mircea;Lee, George;Maragakis, Manos;Mosqueda, Gilberto;Petak, William;Reinhorn, Andrei;von Winterfeldt, Detlof

Response and Recovery in the Perspective of Enhancing the Resilience of Communities.......................N/ATierney, Kathleen

Improving the Resilience of Highway Systems to Major Earthquakes ....................................................3198Buckle, Ian;Lee, George

Quantification of Seismic Resilience............................................................................................................3208Bruneau, Michel;Cimellaro, Gian Paolo;Reinhorn, Andrei

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EMERGING SEISMIC ENGINEERING ISSUES San Franciso’s Program for Seismic Safety Planning: “The Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety – CAPSS” – Part 1 ...............................................................................................................3218

Kornfield, Laurence;Rojahn, Christopher;Scawthorn, Charles

CHINA I: ADVANCES IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH IN CHINA Progress in Seismic Aspects of Dams in China ...........................................................................................3228

Chen, Houqun

Review on Code Development for Seismic Design of Building in China ..................................................3238Wang, Yayong

Main Advances on Reserach and Applications of Structural Vibration Control in the Mainland of China ........................................................................................................................................3245

Ou, J.P.

TURKEY I: SEISMIC RISK MITIGATION IN ISTANBUL Seismic Risk Mitigation Studies in Istanbul ...............................................................................................3255

Sucuoglu, Haluk

Seismic Risk Mitigation in Mexico City ......................................................................................................3257Alcocer, Sergio

An Implementation Model for Megacities Disaster Risk Management: The Metro Manila Case Study .....................................................................................................................................................3259

Bendimerad, Fouad;Fernandez, Jeannette;Mattingly, Shirley

Retrofit of Public Buildings and Transportation Facilities in Istanbul ....................................................3260Aydinoglu, Nuray

NONLINEAR TIME-HISTORY SIMULATION OF BUILDING RESPONSE Incremental Dynamic Analysis with Two Components of Motion for a 3D Steel Structure ..................3261

Vamvatsikos, Dimitrios

Accounting for Structural Irregularities in Performance-Based Seismic Analysis .................................3270Mansouri Dana, Masume;Stojadinovic, Bozidar

Next Generation Hysteretic Models for Development of a Performance-Based Seismic Design Philosophy for Woodframe Construction.......................................................................................3280

Pang, WeiChiang;Pei, Shiling;Rosowsky, David;van De Lindt, John

Evaluation of Residual Drift Demands in Multi-Story Frame Buildings .................................................3290Miranda, Eduardo;Ruiz-Garcia, Jorge

Effects of Modeling Masonry Walls on Seismic Risk of Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings ........................................................................................................................................................3300

Bazzurro, Paolo;Bruno, Silvia;De Sortis, Adriano;Mollaioli, Fabrizio

Effect of Interface Friction-Variation During Sliding on Base Isolated Structures ................................3310Botero Jaramillo, Eduardo;Mendez, Bogart;Romo, Miguel

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SOIL LIQUEFACTION Strain-Based Pore Water Pressure Generation in Clean Sands ...............................................................3319

Hazirbaba, Kenan;Rathje, Ellen

Dynamic Responses of Saturated Sand in the Bi-Axial Laminar Box Under Multi-Directional Shaking Table Tests ..................................................................................................................3329

Chen, C.H.; Ueng, T.S.

LiqueMap: A Real-Time Post-Earthquake Map of Liquefaction Probability.........................................3339Bennett, Michael;Blair, Luke;Holzer, Thomas;Noce, Thomas

Mapping Liquefaction-Induced Ground Failure Potential in Charleston Quadrangle, South Carolina...............................................................................................................................................3349

Juang, Hsein;Li, David Kun

Performance-Based Liquefaction Hazard Evaluation: Implications for Codes and Standards .......................................................................................................................................................3358

Anderson, D.;Kramer, Steven;Mayfield, Roy T.

The California Seismic Hazards Mapping Act of 1990: Protecting the Public or Economic Hardship? ......................................................................................................................................................3368

Hudson, Martin;Lew, Marshall

ENERGY, DISPLACEMENT AND PERFORMANCE BASED SEISMIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN PROCEDURES Use of Energy Concepts in Earthquake Engineering: An Historical Review ..........................................3378

Anderson, James;Anderson, James;Bertero, Vitelmo V.

Lateral Load Patterns for the Conceptual Seismic Design of Frames Exposed to Near-Fault Ground Motions ..................................................................................................................................3388

Medina, Ricardo;Park, Kyungha

A Seismic Design Lateral Force Distribution Based on Inelastic Response .............................................3398Chao, Shih-Ho;Goel, Subhash C.;Lee, Soon-Sik

Modification of Design Strength for Directivity Effects ............................................................................3408Fenves, Gregory;Park, Jaesung;Stojadinovic, Bozidar

Toward the Codification of Modeling Provisions for Simulating Structural Collapse ...........................3418Deierlein, Gregory;Haselton, Curt

Direct Estimation of Residual Displacements from Displacement Spectral Ordinates...........................3428Miranda, Eduardo;Ruiz-Garcia, Jorge

LOSS ESTIMATION I Geologic Hazard Maps and Risk Assessments in Oregon: FEMA Natural Hazard Mitigation Plans for Six Counties in the Mid/Southern Willamette Valley, Oregon ..............................3438

Burns, William;Hofmeister, R. Jon;LeDuc, Andre;Sigrist, Dennis;Wang, Yumei

Uncertainty in Loss Estimation of 1906 Type Earthquakes Due to the Uncertainties in Earthquake Ground Motions, Rupture Directivity, and Slip Distribution..............................................3448

Guin, Jayanta;Mahdyiar, Mehrdad

Measuring Loss as Disruption Time: the Case of University Laboratory Buildings .............................3458Chang, Stephanie;Falit-Baiamonte, Anthony

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Seismic Risk Assessment of the Delta Levees..............................................................................................3468Arrich, Jeremy;Arulnathan, Rajendram;Forrest, Michael;Kulkarni, Ram;Rosidi, Dario;Salah-Mars, Said

Loss Estimation Online Using INLET (Internet-based Loss Estimation Tool) .......................................3478Cho, Sungbin;Chung, Howard;Eguchi, Ronald;Ghosh, Shubharoop;Huyck, Charles;Mehrotra, Sharad;Mio, Michael

Comparison of Alternative Probabilistic Seismic Risk Analysis Methods: An Application to the Central United States .........................................................................................................................3487

Karaca, Erdem;Veneziano, Daniele

BUILDING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AND ENHANCEMENT Adequacy of FEMA 356 Drift Criteria in the Performance-Based Seismic Design of Woodframe Structures .................................................................................................................................3496

Liu, Hongyan;van De Lindt, John

Analytical Evaluation of Earthquake Performance for Code and Above-Code Construction for the Home Builders' Guide to Earthquake-Resistant Design and Construction.................................3506

Cobeen, Kelly;Dolan, J. Daniel

Seismic Upgrading of Timber Structures: New Perspectives....................................................................3515Parisi, Maria A.;Piazza, Maurizio

Seismic Forces in Diaphragm Design ..........................................................................................................3525Boardman, Tom;Eatherton, Matthew;Mayes, Ronald;Moore, Kevin;Naguib, Wassim;Sabelli, Rafael

Optimal Damping of Viscous Damper Used to Connect Adjacent Structures.........................................3535Bhaskararao, A.V.;Jangid, R.S.

Design of Viscous and Friction Dampers for the Seismic Response Control of an Asymmetrical Structure ...............................................................................................................................3545

Dowdell, David;Ventura, Carlos

SEISMIC RESPONSE OF BRIDGE SYSTEMS – I Seismic Evaluation of Bridges Using Capacity Spectrum Method ...........................................................3555

Banerjee, Swagata;Shinozuka, Masanobu

Incremental Dynamic Analysis Applied to Seismic Risk Assessment of Bridges ....................................3565Dhakal, Rajesh;Mander, John;Mashiko, Naoto

Nonlinear Earthquake Response Analysis of Bridges Using Ritz Vectors ...............................................3575Lau, David;Phung, Vietanh

Application of an Adaptive Version of the Capacity Spectrum Method to Seismic Design and Assessment of Bridges ...........................................................................................................................3585

Casarotti, Chiara;Pinho, Rui

Shake-Table Studies of a Two-Span, Reinforced Concrete Bridge ..........................................................3595Eberhard, Marc;Johnson, Nathan;Ranf, Richard;Saiidi, M. Saiid;Sanders, David

Experimentally Based Evaluation of Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction for a Reinforced Concrete Bridge .........................................................................................................................3605

Arduino, Pedro;Eberhard, Marc;Kramer, Steven;Ranf, Richard;Shin, HyungSuk

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SPECIAL TOPICS IN SEISMIC ANALYSIS AND RETROFIT DESIGN 100 Years of Earthquake Engineering - Lessons Learned and Forgotten ...............................................3615

Hamburger, Ronald;Meyer, John

Techniques for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings .............................................................3626Cobeen, Kelly;Holmes, William;Lew, H.S.;Lizundia, Bret;Malley, James

British Columbia School Seismic Mitigation Program: Performance-Based Retrofit Guidelines ......................................................................................................................................................3636

Taylor, Graham;Ventura, Carlos;White, Timothy

Developing Retrofit Solutions for the Residential Building Stock in Istanbul.........................................3646Hopkins, David;Jury, Rob;Kubin, Joseph;Ozcebe, Guney;Ozmen, Aydan;Sucuoglu, Haluk

Concrete Slab as a Collector Element .........................................................................................................3657Bligh, Ray;Liao, Lawrence;McInerney, Jessica;Prasad, Badri K.;Sattary, Vahid;Starkman, Bruce J.;Zsuttty, Ted

Practical Modeling for Nonlinear Seismic Response of RC Wall Structures...........................................3667Dragovich, Jeff;Lepage, Andres;Neuman, Scott

LIFELINE SYSTEM ANALYSIS Failure of Interdependent Networks ...........................................................................................................3677

Craig, James;Dueñas-Osorio, Leonardo;Goodno, Barry;Leelardcharoen, Kanoknart

Reliability Evaluation of the Santa Clara Valley Water District System .................................................3687Ballantyne, Donald;Carella, Lou;Chamness, Crystal;Crampton, Todd;Harris, Stephen;Hook, David;Qualls, Tammy;Seligson, Hope

VOLUME 7

On Measures of Seismic Redundancy .........................................................................................................3697

Ono, Yusuke;Scawthorn, Charles

Seismic Risk Analysis for City Gas Network in Southern Kanto Area, Japan........................................3707Nabana, Kenichi;Nakane, Hiroyuki;Nakayama, Wataru;Yamauchi, Akiko;Yamazaki, Fumio

Uncertainty and Correlation of Network Component Losses for Spatially Distributed System ............................................................................................................................................................3717

Lee, R; Kiremidjian, A.S.; Stergiou, E.

Optimizing Post-Earthquake Restoration of the Electric Power System in Los Angeles .......................3727Davidson, R.;Guikema, Seth;Nozick, Linda;Xu, Ningxiong;Zehra, Cagnan

EDUCATION AND AWARENESS Quake Ed - An Instructional Module to Demonstrate Earthquake Engineering Principles to High School Students................................................................................................................................3737

Lipton, Ethan;Maurizio, Don;Tufenkjian, Mark

Problems and Opportunities in the Integration of School Education Programmes Within Wider Seismic Risk Reduction Strategies ...................................................................................................3746

Davis, Ian;Izadkhah, Yasamin O.

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The Role of Education in Reconstruction of Aceh, Indonesia Following the Earthquake and Tsunami on 26 December 2004 .............................................................................................................3756

Butcher, Peter;Nowak, Barbara

A New Approach to Learning from Seismic Performance of Instrumented Buildings...........................3766Bhatia, Hussain;Huang, Moh;Lee, Hung;Naeim, Farzad;Shakal, Anthony

Earthquake Engineering Education and Empowerment of Architecture and Civil Engineering Students ....................................................................................................................................3776

Charleson, Andrew

Low-Cost Moment-Resistant Frame Structures for Student Laboratory Projects on Performance-Based Seismic Design.............................................................................................................3786

Aschheim, Mark;Simsir, Can

REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION Simulated Seismic Tests on Full-Scale Reinforced Concrete Columns ....................................................3796

Bae, Sungjin;Bayrak, Oguzhan

Assessment of Influence Parameters on Joint Shear Behavior in RC Beam-Column Connections Subjected to Seismic Lateral Loading ...................................................................................3806

Kim, Jaehong;LaFave, James

Interior Post-Tensioned Slab-Column Connections Subjected to Cyclic Lateral Loading ....................3816Han, Sang Whan;Kang, Thomas H.-K.;Kee, Seong-Hoon;Lee, Li-Hyung;Wallace, John

Local Force Characteristics of Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall .............................................................3826Kabeyasawa, Toshimi;Sanada, Yasushi

The Influence of Column Reinforcement on Bond Strength in Interior Beam-Column Joints ..............................................................................................................................................................3836

Brooke, Nicholas;Megget, Les;Walker, Tim

Crack Spacing in Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls Subjected to Lateral Demands .............................3846Hutchinson, Tara;Wang, Ting

Prediction of Load Deflection Responses of Low Rise Shear Walls..........................................................3856Hwang, Shyh-Jiann;Tu, Yaw-Shen;Yu, Hsin-Wan

Modeling the Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Building Joints Subjected to Earthquake Loading .....................................................................................................................................3866

Lowes, Laura;Mitra, Nilanjan

Influence of Element Modeling on the Predicted Seismic Performance of an Existing RC Building ..........................................................................................................................................................3876

Alexandropoulos, Konstantinos;Giannitsas, Panagiotis;Vamvatsikos, Dimitrios;Zeris, Christos

A New Macro Element of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joint for Elasto-Plastic Plane Frame Analysis ...................................................................................................................................3885

Kusuhara, Fumio;Shiohara, Hitoshi;Tajiri, Seitaro

Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Framed Walls .....................................................................3895Chiou, Yaw-Jeng;Hsiao, Fu-Pei;Huang, Chin-Chi;Liou, Yuh-Wehn

Fragility Analysis of R/C Frame Buildings on Firm Sites .........................................................................3905Hancioglu, Baykal;Kircil, Murat Serdar

Force-Deformation Response of Conventionally Reinforced Coupling Beams: An Evaluation of FEMA 356 ..............................................................................................................................3915

Breña, Sergio;Ihtiyar, Onur

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Shear Demand on High-Rise Concrete Walls: Influence of Diaphragms Below-Grade .........................3925Adebar, Perry;Rajaee Rad, Babak

Axial-Shear-Flexure Interaction (ASFI) Approach for Displacement-Based Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Columns .....................................................................................................................3935

Kabeyasawa, Toshimi;Mostafaei, Hossein

Dynamic Gravity Load Collapse of Non-Ductile RC Frames II: Computational Approach..................3945Chao, Shu-Hsien;Lin, Chia-Hung;Loh, Chin-Hsiung;Wu, Chiun-Lin;Yang, Yuan-Sen

Seismic Behavior of Precast/Post-Tensioned Reinforced Concrete Beam to Column Connections....................................................................................................................................................3955

Cheng, Chin-Tung;Liu, Chung-Te

Assessment of Expected Failure Mode for Reinforced Concrete Columns..............................................3965Elwood, Kenneth;Haukaas, Terje;Zhu, Ling

Reinforced Concrete Columns: Drift Capacity and Plastic Hinge Length ..............................................3975Bae, Sungjin;Bayrak, Oguzhan

Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Knee Joint based on Quadruple Flexural Resistance .........................3985Shin, Yong Woo;Shiohara, Hitoshi

Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings in New Zealand ..........................................................3995Carr, Athol;Fenwick, Richard;Ruiz, Jose

New Instrumentation for Damage and Stress in Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joint .................4006Kusuhara, Fumio;Shiohara, Hitoshi

Impacts of Variation in Reduced Section Properties on Seismic Design of High-Rise RC Coupled Wall Structures ..............................................................................................................................4016

Jeong, Seong-Wook;Ko, Dong-Woo;Lee, Han-Seon

Hysteresis Modeling of RC Shear Walls Based on Static Loading Test ...................................................4026Akita, Tomofusa;Kabeyasawa, Toshimi;Kuramoto, Hiroshi;Matsui, Tomoya

Nonlinear Analysis of Rc Structures with Strain Penetration Effects ......................................................4036Sritharan, Sri;Zhao, Jian

Use of High-Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites for Increasing Shear Strength and Displacement Capacity in Reinforced Concrete Flexural Members .................................4045

Chompreda, Praveen;Parra-Montesinos, Gustavo

An Axial Load Capacity Model for Shear Critical RC Wall Piers ...........................................................4055Elwood, Kenneth;Wallace, John

Nonlinear Behavior of Rocking Cracked Beam-Columns with Confined Ends ......................................4065Reinhorn, Andrei;Roh, Hwasung

Parametric Study on the Overstrength of Shear Reinforcement in Untopped Precast Concrete Diaphragms ...................................................................................................................................4075

Fleischman, Robert;Wan, Ge

Fragility Functions for Modern Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints ..........................................4085Brown, Peter;Lowes, Laura

The Effect of Confinement by Steel Tube on Ductility of Reactive Powder Concrete ............................4095Alibabaie Dermani, Mehdi;Bagheri, Alireza;Zanghane, Hamed

Deformation Limits for Shear Critical Reinforced Concrete Columns....................................................4104Erduran, Emrah;Yakut, Ahmet

Response of RC Structures Subjected to Horizontal and Vertical Ground Motions ..............................4113Diotallevi, Pier Paolo;Landi, Luca

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Compressive Stress-Strain Curves of Fire Damaged Concrete.................................................................4123Chang, Yun-Fei;Chen, Yih-Houng;Sheu, Maw-Shyong

Seismic Performance Assessment of Fixed-Head Pile Foundations..........................................................4133Chai, Y.H.;Hale, Tom H.;Song, S.T.

MASONRY, MASONRY INFILLS, WOOD, AND SPECIAL MATERIALS Seismic Behaviour of Structural Systems with Riveted Connections in Timber Construction ..................................................................................................................................................4143

Karacabeyli, Erol;Popovski, Marjan

Update to the FEMA Home Builders' Guide to Earthquake-Resistant Construction ............................4153Cobeen, Kelly;Dolan, J. Daniel;Heider, Claret;Mahoney, Michael;Russell, James

Lateral Stiffness of Unreinforced Brick Infilled RC Frame with Central Opening ................................4163Jain, Sudhir;Mondal, Goutam

Shake Table Tests on a Tuff Masonry Building .........................................................................................4172Bergamo, Giulia;Eusebio, Marina;Manfredi, Gaetano;Prota, Andrea

Confining Masonry Using Precast RC Element for Enhanced Earthquake Resistance .........................4182Paikara, Samaresh;Rai, Durgesh

Earthquake Damage Investigation of a Mid-Rise Masonry Building Supported on Reinforced Concrete Transfer Beams .........................................................................................................4193

Dumortier, Alexis;Hart, Gary;Jain, Anurag;Simsir, Can

Steel Mesh Anchorage Details for Straw Bale Walls..................................................................................4203Aschheim, Mark;Hammer, Martin;King, Bruce;Mar, David;Parker, Andrew

Seismic Behavior of Confined Masonry Walls with Intermediate Confining-Columns .........................4213Castilla, Enrique;Marinilli, Angelo

Seismic Reinforcement of Adobe Houses Using External Polymer Mesh ................................................4223Blondet, Marcial;Torrealva, Daniel;Vargas, Julio;Velasquez, Jose

Behaviour of Dry-Stack Calcium-Silicate Masonry Walls with External Reinforcement Under Static-Cyclic Loadings ......................................................................................................................4233

Schermer, Detleff;Zilch, Konrad

Experimental Investigations on the Behaviour of Unreinforced Masonry-Constructions Under Seismic Loadings ...............................................................................................................................4243

Schermer, Detleff;Zilch, Konrad

Shake Table Testing and Dynamic Response of U-Shaped Adobe-Mudbrick Wall Units......................4253Dackermann, Ulrike;Dowling, Dominic;Li, Jian;Samali, Bijan

Out-Of-Plane Seismic Performance of Residential Brick Veneer Walls with Gables and Window Openings .........................................................................................................................................4262

LaFave, James;Reneckis, Dziugas

Port and Harbor Damage from December 26, 2004 Tsunami and Earthquake - South India and the Andaman Islands .............................................................................................................................4272

Eskijian, Martin

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INNOVATIONS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION Semi-Active Rocking Wall Systems for Enhanced Seismic Energy Dissipation ......................................4282

Chase, Geoff;Danton, Guillaume;Deam, Bruce;Elliott, Rodney;Fougere, Maxime;Mander, John;Mulligan, Kerry

Seismic Damage Control Design of High-Rise RC Building with Energy Dissipation Device................4292Izumi, Nobuyuki;Takenaka, Hiroyuki;Watabe, Takahiro

Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Coupling Beam Systems for Seismic Regions ....................................4302Kurama, Yahya;Weldon, Brad

Experimental Study on Overturning Moment-Resisting Structural Walls with Steel Hysteretic Dampers.......................................................................................................................................4312

Hitaka, Toko;Sakino, Kenji

VOLUME 8

Modeling the Impact of Rate Dependence in HPFRCC Materials on the Behavior of Infill Panels .............................................................................................................................................................4322

Billington, Sarah;Douglas, Kyle

Optimization of Viscous Dampers for Reduction of Seismic Risk in Concrete Buildings Using Genetic Algorithm ..............................................................................................................................4332

Ekwueme, Chukwuma;Kargahi, Mohsen

FIRE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE- THE FIRE AND WATER SERVICES San Francisco Bay Area Fire Stations – Seismic Risk Assessment ...........................................................4342

Bello, Marguerite;Bott, Jacqueline D.J.;Cole, Craig A.;Knudsen, Keith;Parker, Donald;Turner, Fred

SEISMIC ASSESSMENT BY NONLINEAR STATIC ANALYSIS Static Pushover Methods - Explanation, Comparison and Implementation............................................4353

Powell, Graham

Displacement Coefficients for Conventional Residential Wood-Frame Structures ................................4363Griffith, Morgan;Gupta, Akshay;McDonald, Brian;Osteraas, John

Application of Nonlinear Static Analyses to Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis ............................4373Cornell, Allin;Tothong, Polsak

British Columbia School Seismic Mitigation Program: Application of FEMA 440 Displacement Coefficient Method ................................................................................................................4383

Elwood, Kenneth;Taylor, Graham;Ventura, Carlos;White, Timothy

A Penultimate Proposal of Equivalent Damping Values for the Capacity Spectrum Method ...............4393Freeman, Sigmund

Additional Developments in Modal Pushover Analysis .............................................................................4403Chopra, Anil;Goel, Rakesh

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CHINA II: ADVANCES IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH IN CHINA Decision-Based Earthquake Engineering....................................................................................................4413

Wang, Zifa

Emergency Management and National Earthquake Response Plan Development in China .................4422Huang, Jianfa

Development of Earthquake Engineering in Hong Kong Since 1994 .......................................................4427Chau, K.T.

Seismic Reliability Analysis of Urban Water Supply System....................................................................4437LI, Jie;Liu, Wei;Wei, Shuilin

TURKEY II: SEISMIC RISK MITIGATION IN ISTANBUL Earthquake Loss Assessment for Istanbul Metropolitan Area .................................................................4447

Durukal, Eser;Erdik, Mustafa

Residential Retrofitting in Istanbul: Key Issues to Make Implementation Possible ...............................4457Hopkins, David;Sharpe, R.;Sucuoglu, Haluk;Kubin, D.

Covenant with the Devil: Dwindling Time For Meaningful Interventions in Istanbul ...........................4458Gulkan, Polat;Sozen, Mete;Arioglu, Ersin

Planning and Preparation for Earthquakes in San Francisco The Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety (CAPSS) ..........................................................................................................................4459

Holmes, William

EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY Life Cycle Costing Decisions for Retrofitting Earthquake Vulnerable Buildings ...................................4460

Wilkinson, Suzanne;Ying, Fei

Time-Sequence Analysis About Urban Restoration/reconstruction Process of 1995 Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) Great Earthquake Disaster ...................................................................................4468

Amakuni, Kunihiro;Enomoto, Takahisa;Navarro, Manuel;Vidal, Francisco;Yamamoto, Toshio

Residential Retrofitting in Istanbul - Social and Economic Considerations ............................................4479Arikan, Metin;Hopkins, David;Johnston, David;Karanci, A. Nuray

CA'REDIVIVUS': A Project on the Preservation of European Historic Reinforced Concrete Housing Buildings - The Concept ................................................................................................4489

Bostenaru Dan, Maria;Pinho, Rui

Performance Engineering and Disaster Recovery: Limiting Downtime ..................................................4499Comerio, Mary

NEXT GENERATION OF GROUND MOTION ATTENUATION MODELS (EERI/SSA) The “Next Generation of Ground Motion Attenuation Models” (NGA) Project: An Overview ........................................................................................................................................................4509

Abrahamson, Norman;Chiou, Brian;Power, Maurice;Roblee, Clifford

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Campbell-Bozorgnia Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) Relations for PGA, PGV and Spectral Acceleration: A Progress Report ..................................................................................................4519

Bozorgnia, Yousef;Campbell, Kenneth

DYNAMIC SOIL PROPERTIES A Novel Framework for Extracting Dynamic Soil Behavior from Downhole Array Data .....................4529

Hashash, Youssef;Tsai, Chi-Chin

Rayleigh Group Velocity (FTAN Method) for Detailed V<sub>S</sub> in Urban Areas .....................4539De Nisco, Gerardo;Panza, Giuliano F.;Di Martino, Michele;Natale, Maddalena;Nunziata, Concettina

Seismic Wave Velocity Profiles of Soil Cement from Borehole Geophysics.............................................4549Porbaha, Ali

Field Evaluation of the Nonlinear Shear Modulus of Soil .........................................................................4559Kurtulus, Asli;Stokoe II, Kenneth,

Variation of Small Strain Stiffness for Peat and Organic Soil ..................................................................4569Boulanger, Ross;Driller, Michael;Kishida, Tadahiro;Wehling, Timothy

Shear Modulus Reduction and Material Damping Relations for Municipal Solid-Waste......................4579Bray, Jonathan;Riemer, Michael;Zekkos, Dimitris

LOSS ESTIMATION II Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of a Code-Conforming Reinforced-Concrete Frame Building - Part I: Ground Motion Selection and Structural Collapse Simulation ..................................4589

Deierlein, Gregory;Goulet, Christine;Haselton, Curt;Mitrani-Reiser, Judith;Stewart, Jonathan;Taciroglu, Ertugrul

Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of a Code-Conforming Reinforced-Concrete Frame Building - Part II: Loss Estimation..............................................................................................................4599

Beck, James;Deierlein, Gregory;Goulet, Christine;Haselton, Curt;Mitrani-Reiser, Judith;Porter, Keith

Earthquake Loss Estimation for Colonia Roma in Mexico City...............................................................4609Arellano Méndez, Eduardo;Gomez Bernal, Alonso;Juarez-Garcia, Hugon

Estimated Losses from Scenario Earthquakes Affecting San Francisco: CAPSS – Part 2 ....................4619Kornfield, Laurence;Rojahn, Christopher;Scawthorn, Charles;Seligson, Hope

Correlation Between Strong Motion Indices and Damage of Wooden Structures Based on Nonparametric Statistics ..............................................................................................................................4629

Kohiyama, Masayuki

Implementation of Fragility Functions of Flat-Slab Structures for HAZUS Loss Estimation ...............4638Elnashai, Amr;Erberik, Murat Altug

HYBRID SIMULATION FRAMEWORKS AND METHODS Real Time Dynamic Hybrid Testing Using Force-Based Substructuring ................................................4648

Mettupalayam, Sivaselvan;Reinhorn, Andrei;Shao, Xiaoyun

Effective Force Testing Method Using Virtual Mass for Real-Time Earthquake Simulation................4658Chen, Cheng;Ricles, James

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Integration of Hybrid Simulation Within the General-Purpose Computational Framework OpenSees ........................................................................................................................................................4668

Mahin, Stephen;Schellenberg, Andreas

Development and Application of a Collaborative Hybrid Dynamic Testing Software Based on NetSLab ....................................................................................................................................................4678

Dong, Xuhua;Fan, Yunlei;Guo, Yurong;Hu, Qing;Xiao, Yan

Network System for a Transnational Collaborative Pseudo-Dynamic Experiment on a DSCFT-Pier Bridge System..........................................................................................................................4688

Chang, Ya-Ying;Cheng, Wei-Choung;Hsieh, Shang-Hsien;Lau, David;Lin, Fang-Pang;Lin, Min-Lang;Lin, Sun-In;Tsai, Keh-Chyuan;Wang, K.-J.;Wang, Shiang-Jung;Weng, Yuan-Tao;Yang, Yuan-Sen

Study of the Dynamic Response of a Bridge Pier Model Structure at the Volvi - Greece European Test Site ........................................................................................................................................4698

Kourtidis, Vladimiros;Manos, George;Renault, Philippe;Sextos, Anastasios;Soulis, Vasileios

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Nonlinear Analysis of Single-Story Unsymmetric Buildings with Elasto-Plastic Seismic Control Devices..............................................................................................................................................4708

Fujii, Kenji;Nakano, Yoshiaki;Sakata, Hiroyasu

Energy Based Damper Design of a Structure with a Displacement-Controlled Soft-Story....................4718Hori, Norio;Inoue, Norio;Sutcu, Fatih

Seismic Response Evaluation of Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Frames with Friction Dampers .........................................................................................................................................................4728

Kurama, Yahya;Morgen, Brian

Reflections on the Impact of Bidirectional Seismic Effects in the Design Displacements of Base Isolators.................................................................................................................................................4738

Pérez-Osornio, Miguel Ángel;Tena-Colunga, Arturo

Efficient Analysis and Evolutionary Optimization of Passive Control System for Building Structures.......................................................................................................................................................4748

Dargush, Gary;Wang, Yunli

Effect of Damper Arrangement on the Seismic Response of Low Rise Structures .................................4758López, Oscar A.;Tovar, Carolina

Experimental Study on Displacement Based Seismic Retrofit Design of Structures with Energy Dissipation Devices ..........................................................................................................................4768

Chang, Kuo-Chun;Chen, Chang-Yao

The Use of Friction Dampers for Seismic Retrofit of the Monterey County Government Center .............................................................................................................................................................4778

Chang, Carlos;Louie, Jason;Pall, Avtar

Hysteresis Modelling of Shape Memory Alloys for Seismic Engineering Applications ..........................4788Wesolowsky, Michael J.;Wilson, John C.

The Influence of Different Parameters on the Performance of an RC Frame with Friction Damper...........................................................................................................................................................4798

Boduroglu, Hasan M.;Sirin, Semra

Seismic Performance of Special Concentrically Braced Frames with Buckling Restrained Braces .............................................................................................................................................................4807

Christopulos, Adam;Lehman, Dawn;Roeder, Charles

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Application of Fluid Viscous Dampers in Seismic Design and Rehabilitation of Steel Frame Essential Facilities .........................................................................................................................................4817

Gilani, Amir;Kohagura, Todd;Miyamoto, Kit

On the Effectiveness of Seismic Isolation Considering Poundings ...........................................................4827Komodromos, Petros

Dynamic Adaptable Bearings. Development and Analysis........................................................................4837Phocas, Marios C.;Pocanschi, Adrian

Effect of Near-Fault Ground Motions on the Response of Base-Isolated Structures ..............................4847Benni, Stefano;Diotallevi, Pier Paolo;Landi, Luca

The Efficiency of the Motion Amplification Device with Viscous Damper ..............................................4857Huang, Henry;McNamara, Robert

Active Seismic Control of Reinforced Concrete Frames............................................................................4867Saatcioglu, Murat;Shooshtari, Mohammad

FRP-Jacketed and Shape-Modified Columns Using Chemical Post-Tensioning.....................................4877Pantelides, Chris;Reaveley, Lawrence;Yan, Zihan

Hybrid Passive Control Using Base Isolation Systems and Ductile Cladding Connections in Steel Moment Frame Buildings....................................................................................................................4887

Craig, James;Dogan, Tumay;Goodno, Barry

Riccati Solution Versus Truly Optimal Design of Supplemental Damping in Earthquake Engineering Practice .....................................................................................................................................4897

Lavan, Oren;Levy, Robert

Collapse Simulation of Timber Frame House Using the Distinct Element ..............................................4907Haraguchi, Yuko;Kiyono, J.;Scawthorn, Charles

Laboratory Study of a Variable Friction Damper with a Curved Wedge ...............................................4915Blostotsky, Boris;Iskhakov, Iakov;Ribakov, Yuri

Sensor Data Compression Techniques for Efficient Transmission and Retrieval of Seismic Data ................................................................................................................................................................4925

Li, Jian;Zhang, Yunfeng

Application of VE Dampers in Multi-Purpose Vibration Prevention System .........................................4935Chang, Chia-Yun;Chang, Kuo-Chan;Chen, Chien-Hung;Lin, Tzu-Kang

Seismic Isolation Columns for Earthquake Resistant Structures .............................................................4945Briman, Vladimir;Ribakov, Yuri

VOLUME 9

Dual Vibration Obervation System for Structural Health Monitoring....................................................4955

Kanazawa, Kenji;Kitamura, Haruyuki;Morikiyo, Nobuki

Seismic Hazard Mitigation with Magneto-Rheological Tuned Mass Dampers .......................................4965Ambroise, Emilie;Cervera, Regis;Clement, Mickael;Gutierrez, Hector;Pinelli, Jean-Paul

Chaotic Analysis and Neuronal Modeling of Seismic Time Series............................................................4975Correa, Francisco;Garcia, Silvia;Mayoral, Manuel;Ortega, Mercedes;Romo, Miguel

Balanced Design of Asymmetric Buildings with Energy Dissipation Devices..........................................4985Almazan, Jose;de La Llera, Juan;Fighetti, Enzo;Vial, Ignacio

Seismic Capacity of As-Built and Retrofitted Old Type RC Columns .....................................................4995Fabbrocino, Giovanni;Manfredi, Gaetano;Prota, Andrea;Verderame, Gerardo

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Seismic Response Reduction Using a Variable Damping Device and Semi-Active Control ...................5005Cundumi, Orlando;Suarez, Luis

Shaking Table Tests of a Scaled Base Isolated Shear Wall Building........................................................5015Brull, Jaime;Moroni, Maria;Muñoz, Rodrigo;Sarrazin, Mauricio

Suggestions for Effective Use of Remote Sensing Data in Emergency Response.....................................5025Adams, Beverley;Eguchi, Ronald;Ghosh, Shubharoop;Huyck, Charles

HAZARD AND RISK Migration of the Mud Volcanic Activity in Connection with the Preparation of Main Earthquake ....................................................................................................................................................5032

Babazade, Nigyar;Babazade, Oktay

NEAR-FAULT GROUND MOTIONS FROM LARGE EARTHQUAKES (JOINT WITH EERI) Observations from Probabilistic Treatment of Rupture Directivity Effects............................................5041

Chacko, Jacob;Travasarou, Thaleia;Vahdani, Shahriar

The Relationship on Near-Fault Velocity Pulse to the Source Parameters ..............................................5051Jin, Xing;Liu, Qifang;Yuan, Yifan

Damage Potential of Near-Source Ground Motion Records .....................................................................5061Bazzurro, Paolo;Luco, Nicolas

BRIDGES Vibration Control of Bridges Under Dynamic Loads ................................................................................5071

Chandramouli, S.V.;Kumar, N.S.;Munirudrappa, N.

Modal Pushover Method Based on the Modal Analysis to Estimate Seismic Demands for Bridges............................................................................................................................................................5082

Li, Qian;Wang, Kehai

Proof-of-Concept Testing and Finite Element Modelling of Self-Stabilizing Hybrid Rectangular Links for Eccentrically Braced Frames.................................................................................5092

Berman, Jeffrey;Bruneau, Michel

Interactive Seismic Design of a Segmental Viaduct ...................................................................................5102Yin, Beile

Physical Modelling of Bridges Subject to Multiple Support Excitation ...................................................5111Crewe, Adam;Norman, James;Virden, David;Wagg, David

Displacement Response Control of Seismic-Excited Nonlinear Isolated Bridges ....................................5121Kawashima, Kazuhiko;Lee, Tzu-Ying

Response Analysis of Reinforced Concrete C-Bent Columns....................................................................5131Kawashima, Kazuhiko;Nagata, Seiji;Watanabe, Gakuho

Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete C-Bent Columns Based on a Hybrid Loading Test .................................................................................................................................................................5140

Kawashima, Kazuhiko;Nagata, Seiji;Watanabe, Gakuho

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Seismic Performance of Precast Reinforced Concrete and Hybrid Bridge Piers ....................................5150Eberhard, Marc;Hieber, David;Stanton, John;Wacker, Jonathon

Thin Steel Sheet Wrapping on RC Columns and Steel Plate Strengthening on Beam-Column Joints for Seismic Ductility and Capacity Improvements ...........................................................5160

Chen, Genda;LaBoube, Roger;Silva, Pedro;Yen, Phillip;Ying, Xiaofei

Cyclic Inelastic Behavior of Thin Steel Plates ............................................................................................5170Mamaghani, Iraj H.P.

Hybrid Isolation System for Bridges Using Variable Friction Sliders .....................................................5180Chaudhari, Madhusudan;Goyal, Alok

Performance-Based Assessment of a Self-Centering Concrete Bridge Pier System for Seismic Regions .............................................................................................................................................5191

Billington, Sarah;Lee, Won

Study on the Seismic Performance of a Continuous Girder Bridge with Low Friction Sliding Bearing Supports..............................................................................................................................5201

Otsuka, Hisanori;Shimizu, Shinsaku;Tanaka, Hiroki;Yokokawa, Hideaki

Performance of Ductile Highway Bridge Piers Subjected to Bi-Directional Earthquake Attacks............................................................................................................................................................5211

Dhakal, Rajesh;Mander, John;Mashiko, Naoto

Effects of Orientation to the Epicentre on the Response of Long Span Bridges Subject to Multiple Support Excitation Using Smart-1 Array Data and Corroborative Experimental Results ............................................................................................................................................................5221

Alexander, Nicholas;Channerly, Andrew;Crewe, Adam;Norman, James;Virden, David;Wagg, David

Experimental Evaluation of Bridge Steel Pedestals Under Seismic Loads ..............................................5231DesRoches, Reginald;Hite, Monique;Leon, Roberto

Investigation of the Axial Load Transfer Mechanism Within Cast-In-Steel-Shell Piles.........................5241Ashford, Scott;Gebman, Michael;Restrepo, José

Shaking Table Tests of a Scaled Bridge Model with Rolling-Type Seismic Isolation Bearings..........................................................................................................................................................5250

Chang, Kuo-Chun;Tsai, Meng-Hao;Wu, Sih-Yi

A 3D Stiffness Degradation Model for Earthquake Analysis of Bridges..................................................5260Lau, David;Phung, Vietanh

Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns That Re-center Following Earthquakes .....................................5270Jeong, Hyungil;Mahin, Stephen;Sakai, Junichi

Seismic Design Evalution of Illinois Highway Bridges Using Proposed NCHRP and AASHTO Standard Specifications...............................................................................................................5280

Cross, Brad;Ivanov, Gennadiy;Marianos, Ward Nicholas;Panahshahi, Nader;Shrestha, Shikhar

Experimental Investigation of Column-Foundation Connections for Concrete-Filled High Strength Steel Tubes .....................................................................................................................................5291

Kingsley, Angela;Lehman, Dawn;Roeder, Charles;Williams, Travis

Response of Inelastic Stiffening Systems Subjected to Earthquake Ground Motions ............................5301Allahverdi, N.;Motlagh, A.;Saadeghvaziri, Mohamad

Improved Seismic Performance of Precast Segmental Bridges by Using Jointed Column Connections and Unbonded Tendons ..........................................................................................................5311

Restrepo, José;Veletzos, Marc

Computation of Effective Seismic Excitation for the Performance Evaluation of Major Multi-Span Bridge Structures......................................................................................................................5321

Donikian, Roupen

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Retrofitting R/C Bridge Pier Type Cross-Sections with Partial Confinement Employing Carbon Fiber Reinforcing Plastics ..............................................................................................................5331

Kourtides, Vladimiros;Manos, George

Modal Properties of a Curved-Girder Bridge Subjected to Changes in Boundary Conditions ......................................................................................................................................................5341

Barr, Paul;Halling, Marvin;Mertlich, Tyler

Effect of Bilateral Excitation on the Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns .........................................................................................................................................................5350

Hayakawa, Ryoji;Kawashima, Kazuhiko;Ogimoto, Hidenori;Watanabe, Gakuho

ANALYSIS AND BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME COMPONENTS Dynamic Tests and Modeling of RC and PT Slab-Column Connections .................................................5360

Elwood, Kenneth;Kang, Thomas H.-K.;Wallace, John

Rehabilitation of Earthquake-Damaged Reinforced Concrete Flat-Plate Slab-Column Connections for Two-Way Shear.................................................................................................................5370

Widianto;Argudo, Jaime;Bayrak, Oguzhan;Jirsa, James;Tian, Ying

Inelastic Joint Modeling for Dynamic Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings ....................5380LaFave, James;Shin, Myoungsu

Behavior of High-Strength Concrete Columns...........................................................................................5391Sezen, Halil;Shamsai, Mohammad

Experimental Studies on Seismic Behavior of Columns and Interior Beam-Column Joints Which Used 200MPa Fiber Reinforced Concrete ......................................................................................5401

Kimura, Hideki;Shirai, Kazuyosi;Sugano, Shunsuke

Contributions of Pre-Topped Diaphragm Connectors to Joint Flexural and Shear Strength ...............5411Cao, Liling;Naito, Clay;Peter, Wesley

PEER BUILDING TESTBED STUDIES Performance Assessment of an Old RC Frame Building – A PEER Testbed Study ...............................5421

Krawinkler, Helmut

Modeling Noncutile RC Components and Application to the Peer Van Nuys Testbed ..........................5431Lowes, Laura;Mitra, Nilanjan;Paspuleti, Chaitanya;Theiss, Adam

Damage and Loss Estimation of a Nonductile RC Building – A PEER Testbed Study ..........................5440Aslani, Hesameddin;Miranda, Eduardo;Taghavi, Shahram

A Practicing Engineer’s Perspective on the Van Nuys Testbed Study .....................................................5450Heintz, Jon

The PEER Laboratory Building Testbed....................................................................................................5461Comerio, Mary

CHINA III: ADVANCES IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH IN CHINA Study on Performance-Based Seismic Design of Shanghai World Financial Center Tower ..................5471

Lu, Xilin;Zhu, J.J.;Zou, Y.

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Shape Memory Alloy-Based Smart Buildings ............................................................................................5481LI, Hui;Mao, C.X.;Ou, J.P.

Structural Behavior Under Excitations of Pulse-Dominant Ground Motions.........................................5491Dai, Junwu;Lee, George;Qi, Xiaozhai;Tong, Mai

Pounding Analysis of Elevated Bridges Subjected to Earthquake Excitations by Using Explicit Finite Element Method ...................................................................................................................5501

Guo, Anxin;LI, Hui;LI, Zh.J.

Real-Time Substructure Test of JZ20-2NW Offshore Platform with Passive MR Dampers .................5507Guan, Xinchun;Ou, J.P.;SHI, Pengfei;Wang, Qianying;Wu, Bin

Methods and Example of Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of High-Rise Concrete Buildings.....................5516Chen, Dailin;Huang, Jifeng;LI, Yungui;Shao, Hong;Yang, Zhiyong

LOSS MODELING I Factors Determining Human Casualties in Earthquakes: A Revised Loss Modelling Approach........................................................................................................................................................5522

So, Emily;Spence, Robin

Development of Casualty Models for Non-Ductile Concrete Frame Structures for use in PEER’s Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Framework.........................................................5532

Kano, Megumi;Seligson, Hope;Shoaf, Kimberley

Development of Seismic Vulnerability Functions for Building Collapse Without Survival Space for Accurate Human Casualty Estimation.......................................................................................5542

Hayashi, Haruo;Horie, Kei;Maki, Norio;Okimura, Takashi;Tanaka, Satoshi;Torii, Nobuyuki

Implementation and Validation of Cumulative Damage Models for Structural Performance Assessment ..............................................................................................................................5552

Altoontash, Arash;Cordova, Paul;Deierlein, Gregory

Fragility Curves for Any Damage State Based on Capacity Index ...........................................................5563Fukushima, Sei'ichiro;Ohta, Kohei;Sato, Ichiro;Yashiro, Harumi

Improving Probabilistic Seismic Performance Evaluation Using Sensors and Bayesian Updating.........................................................................................................................................................5573

Stojadinovic, Bozidar;Wong, John-Michael

VOLUME 10

SEISMIC RESPONSE OF BRIDGE SYSTEMS-II Seismic Performance Requirement of Highway Bridges ...........................................................................5583

Kawashima, Kazuhiko;Miyaji, Kentaro

Nonlinear Seismic Pounding Responses of Urban Elevated Bridges Considering Spatial Variation of Ground Motion ........................................................................................................................5593

LI, Zhong-Xian;Yue, Fu-Qing

Assessment of the Effects of Vertical Ground Motions on Seismic Response of Highway Bridges............................................................................................................................................................5603

Abrahamson, Norman;Chai, Y.H.;Kunnath, Sashi;Yilmaz, Zeynep;Zong, Zhiyu

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An Exploratory Experimental and Analytical Study of Near Fault Ground Motion Effects on Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns....................................................................................................5612

Anderson, John;Ghasemi, Hamid;Phan, Vu;Saiidi, M. Saiid

Performance of Existing Concrete Bridges in Long-Duration Subduction-Zone Earthquakes...................................................................................................................................................5622

Cofer, William;Cox, Cody;McDaniel, Cole;McLean, David;Valle, Blandine

IMPROVING THE SCIENCE OF EMPIRICAL GROUND MOTION PREDICTIONS Characteristics of Ground Motion Response Spectra from Recent Large Earthquakes and Their Comparison with IEEE Standard 693 ..............................................................................................5632

Anderson, John;Su, Feng;Zeng, Yuehua

Incorporating Parameter Uncertainty Into Attenuation Relationships ...................................................5642Der Kiureghian, A.;Moss, Robb

Variance of Response Spectra in Attenuation Relationship ......................................................................5652Midorikawa, Saburoh;Sakamoto, Shigehiro;Uchiyama, Yasuo

Attenuation of Inelastic and Damage Spectra ............................................................................................5662Bozorgnia, Yousef;Campbell, Kenneth;Hachem, Mahmoud

Features of Long-Period Spectrum of SMART-1 Array Records ............................................................5673Yu, Haiying

Differences in Earthquake Source and Strong Ground Motion Characteristics Between Surface and Buried Faulting ........................................................................................................................5679

Pitarka, Arben;Somerville, Paul

LIQUEFACTION OF FINE-GRAINED SOILS Liquefacation of Fine Grained Soils ............................................................................................................5689

Prakash, Shamsher;Puri, Vijay

Effects of Fines on Liquefaction Screening Using Penetration Resistance...............................................5697Ecemis, Nurhan;Martin, Geoffrey;Thangalingam, Kanagalingam;Thevanayagam, Sabanayagam

Assessment of Cyclic Shear Resistance of a Natural Silt Using Laboratory Cyclic Shear Strain Criteria ...............................................................................................................................................5707

Sanin, Maria Victoria;Wijewickreme, Dharma

Unanticipated Seismic Vulnerability of Fine-Grained Plastic Soils..........................................................5717Martin, James;Martin, James;Olgun, C. Guney

Recent Database for Liquefaction Susceptibility Calculations in Cohesive Soils ....................................5727Boardman, Tom;Rinne, Ed

A Design Procedure for Liquefaction Mitigation of Silty Soils Using Dynamic Compaction.................5737Martin, Geoffrey;Nashed, Rafeek;Shenthan, Thevachandran;Thevanayagam, Sabanayagam

PERFORMANCE AND MITIGATION OF PIPELINES Damage Analysis of Water Supply Pipes Due to the The 2004 Niigata-Ken Chetsu, Japan Earthquake ....................................................................................................................................................5747

Hasegawa, Kouichi;Sakai, Hisakazu;Sato, Tadanobu;Wakamatsu, Kazue

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Earthquake Soil-Pipeline Interaction in Partially Saturated Sand ..........................................................5756O'Rourke, Thomas;Turner, James

Large Displacement Soil-Structure Interaction Test Facility for Lifelines ..............................................5766Abdoun, Tarek;O'Rourke, Michael;O'Rourke, Thomas;Palmer, Michael;Stewart, Harry;Symans, Michael

Performance of Buried Pipelines Subjected to Ground Fault Rupture: Numerical Predictions of Experimental Behavior ........................................................................................................5775

O'Rourke, Michael;Symans, Michael;Xie, Xiaojian

Observations and Lessons Learned from Three Decades of Seismic Hazard Mitigation for Major Oil and Gas Pipeline Projects ...........................................................................................................5785

Cluff, Lloyd;Hall, William J.;Nyman, Douglas

Liquefaction Hazard Mitigation for Oil and Gas Pipelines.......................................................................5795Honegger, Douglas;Nyman, Douglas;Youd, T. Leslie

SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS / BRACING SYSTEMS Innovative Shape Memory Alloy Connections for Structures Under Extreme Loading ........................5805

Aiken, Ian;Black, Cameron;Hayes, John;Krumme, Robert;Sweeney, Steven

Shaking Table Test of a Reduced-Scale Structure with Copper-Based SMA Energy Dissipation Devices........................................................................................................................................5815

Boroschek, Ruben;Cerda, Mario;Farias, Gloria;Moroni, Ofelia;Sarrazin, Mauricio

Seismic Response of Buildings Implementing Shape Memory Alloy Braces ...........................................5825Auricchio, Ferdinando;DesRoches, Reginald;Fugazza, Davide;McCormick, Jason

Testing and Simulation of Ultra-Low Cycle Fatigue and Fracture in Steel Braces ................................5835Deierlein, Gregory;Fell, Benjamin;Kanvinde, Amit;Myers, Andy

Self-Centering Seismic-Resistant Steel Concentrically-Braced Frames ...................................................5845Lee, Kyung-Sik;Ricles, James;Roke, David;Sause, Richard;Seo, Choung-Yeol

Inhibiting Steel Brace Buckling Using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Shells ..................................5855Ekiz, Ekin;El-Tawil, Sherif

ASSESSMENT AND RETROFIT OF EXISTING STRUCTURES Effective Strengthening of RC Frames with and Without Lap Splice Problems.....................................5865

Demir, Cem;Erol, Gulseren;Ilki, Alper;Karadogan, H. Faruk;Yuksel, Ercan

Experimental Tests on Seismic Retrofit of RC Piers..................................................................................5875Arêde, António;Costa, Aníbal;Delgado, Pedro;Delgado, Raimundo;Pouca, Nelson;Rocha, Patrício;Rodrigues, Victorino;Santos, Miguel

Ancient Stone Dome Strengthening in Seismic Regions by an Original Method and Non- Linear Stress-Strain Analysis Problems......................................................................................................5885

Aronchik, Arcady;Bloch, Jacob;Danieli, Moshe

Seismic Retrofit of the Victoria Memorial Museum ..................................................................................5895Carson, Dan;Stevens, Tom

Seismic Behavior of RC Column Retrofitted by High Strength Steel Bars..............................................5905Nakahata, Hiroyuki;Sakino, Kenji

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Armature Crosswalls: A Proposed Methodology to Improve the Seismic Performance of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Infill Frame Structures .......................................................................5914

Akarsu, Sinan;Dusi, Alberto;Langenbach, Randolph;Mosalem, Khalid

Static Nonlinear Analysis of a Retrofitted Typical Reinforced Concrete Building in Turkey ...............5924Darilmaz, Kutlu;Demir, Cem;Goksu, Caglar;Ilki, Alper;Kumbasar, Nahit

Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Walls Using Polyester Sheet........................................................5934Igarashi, Shunichi;Kabeyasawa, Toshimi;Mostafaei, Hossein;Sanada, Yasushi

Seismic Retrofitting of Earthquake-Damaged Concrete Columns by Lateral Pre-Tensioning of FRP Belts ...............................................................................................................................5944

Meguro, Kimiro;Nasrollahzadeh Nesheli, Kourosh

Experimental Investigation for Strengthening of Non Ductile RC Beams Using FRP ...........................5953Zeris, Christos

Seismic Rehabilitation of “Pre-Northridge” Steel Moment Frame Building to Achieve Immediate Occupancy ..................................................................................................................................5964

Henkel, Melissa;Lindorfer, Kurt

Retrofitting a New Zealand 1950's Reinforced Concrete Building to Support an Eight Storey Structural Steel Vertical Extension .................................................................................................5972

Clark, Winston;Dekker, David;McGirr, Joe;Robinson, Bill

Design of FRP Retrofitted Flexural Members Against Debonding Failures............................................5982Gunes, Burcu;Gunes, Oguz;Karaca, Erdem

Free-Vibration Tests Following Seismic Retrofitting by Base Isolation on the Solarino Buildings ........................................................................................................................................................5992

Oliveto, Giuseppe;Scalia, Giovanni

Seismic Retrofit of the Main Sanctuary of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Pasadena ..................6002Arya, Behnam;Ekwueme, Chukwuma;King, Stephanie;Lehmer, Gerald;Tekie, Paulos

Prefabricated SFRC Panels for Occupant Friendly Seismic Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Columns .........................................................................................................................................6012

Demir, Cem;Goksu, Caglar;Ilki, Alper;Kumbasar, Nahit

Strengthening of Masonry Infill Walls in Reinforced Concrete Frames with Wire Mesh Reinforcement ...............................................................................................................................................6022

Acun, Bora;Sucuoglu, Haluk

Effect of Design Variables on Displacement Ductility of FRP-Rehabilitated RC Squat Columns .........................................................................................................................................................6032

Galal, Khaled

Seismic Vulnerability of Non-Engineered Houses in Caracas -Field Experiment and Seismic Evaluation- .......................................................................................................................................6042

Hernández, Julio;Inoue, Akira;Kagawa, Hideo;Miura, Mitsuo;Safina, Salvador;Yamazaki, Yoshitaka

Amplitude and Structural Age Dependent Structural Properties of an Existing Building Under Strong Motions ..................................................................................................................................6052

Morita, Koichi

Performance Based Seismic Evaluation of Non Ductile RCMRF Buildings with Brick Infill ...............6062Meher Prasad, Anumolu;Prathibha, S.

Seismic Performance of Old Concrete.........................................................................................................6070Boussalis, Helen;Chassiakos, Anastasios;Kvasha, Victor;Levtchitch, Vsevolod

Seismic Vulnerability of Housing La Molina District Lima, Peru ............................................................6080Aguilar, Zenon;Alarcon, Silvia;Honma, Claudia;Rios, Francisco;Zavala, Carlos

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SOCIAL ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICY Behavioral and Psychological Reconstruction Process of Victims in the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake .................................................................................................................................6089

Hayashi, Haruo;Kimura, Reo;Tamura, Keiko;Tatsuki, Shigeo

How Effectively the Japanese Care Management System Worked for Disaster Response to the Elderly in the 2004 Niigata Flood and the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake......................6098

Hayashi, Haruo;Kimura, Reo;Tamura, Keiko;Tatsuki, Shigeo

Profiling Causes of Deaths at the Niigata Flooding Disaster on July 13, 2004.........................................6106Hayashi, Haruo;Tamura, Keiko

Repair of Existing Buildings and the International Existing Building Code ...........................................6114Paret, Terrence;Searer, Gary

Prospects for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering.....................................................................6124May, Peter

The Peru’s Sustainable Cities Program 1998-2005 and its Application to Large Built-up Areas...............................................................................................................................................................6134

Kuroiwa, Julio

An Analysis of the Alliancing Procurement Method for Reconstruction Following an Earthquake ....................................................................................................................................................6144

Le Masurier, Jason;Shestakova, Yana;Wilkinson, Suzanne

The Policies and Approaches for Taiwan on Aseismic Improvement by Disaster Prevention and Response Plan.........................................................................................................................................6152

Chen, Su-Ying;Li, Wei-Sen;Shih, Ban-Jwu

San Francisco Bay Area Best Practices in Earthquake Risk Mitigation- An Internet-based Database of Policies and Programs..............................................................................................................6162

Chakos, Arrietta;Knudsen, Keith;Samant, Laura

Earthquake Disaster Mangement Planning in Nursery Schools ...............................................................6171Hosseini, Mahmood;Izadkhah, Yasamin O.

Mitigating Active Fault Surface Rupture Hazard in New Zealand: Development of National Guidelines, and Assessment of Their Implementation ...............................................................6181

Becker, Julia;Heron, Dave;Kerr, Janine;King, Andrew;Van Dissen, Russ

A Comparative Study of Public Policies for Promotion of Retrofitting of Seismic Vulnerable Houses in US and Japan ...........................................................................................................6191

Meguro, Kimiro;Yoshimura, Miho

Evolutionary Methodologies for Aseismic Decision Support ....................................................................6200Dargush, Gary;Hu, Yufeng

VOLUME 11

Seismic Safety Strategies in Gujarat, India ................................................................................................6210

Sheth, Alpa;Thiruppugazh, V.

Selection and Application of Decision Models for Seismic Rehabilitation of Building Structures.......................................................................................................................................................6220

Bostrom, Ann;Craig, James;Goodno, Barry;Park, Joonam

Land Use and Tenure Factors in Earthquake Disaster Mitigation and Recovery ..................................6230Topping, Kenneth

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Bam Earthquake of 26 Dec. 2003 and the Necessity of Seismic Microzonation in Bam Area ................6240Ghanbari, Ebadollah;Ghanbari, Mohammad Reza;Saberi, Alireza

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES The Research on the Strong Motion and Engineering Seismic Damage Database Web Site System and Its Realization ...........................................................................................................................6250

Yu, Haiying

Evolutionary System Identification of Building Structures Using Coupled Shear-Flexural Response Models ...........................................................................................................................................6260

Alimoradi, Arzhang;Miranda, Eduardo;Naeim, Farzad;Taghavi, Shahram

Development of a Gis-Oriented Database for the The Pre and Post Earthquake Assessment of Buildings................................................................................................................................6270

Kappos, Andreas;Sextos, Anastasios;Stylianidis, Kosmas

Application of Early Warning System for Disaster Prevention in Schools Using Real-Time Earthquake Information...............................................................................................................................6280

Fujinawa, Yukio;Iwasaki, Tomoya;Kusano, Naoki;Motosaka, Masato;Satake, Akihiro;Yamaguchi, Kohsaku

Constructing Structural Database of Megacities Using 3D GIS Information for Disaster Reduction .......................................................................................................................................................6288

Fujino, Yozo;Hori, Muneo;Kiyono, J.;Zhu, Ping

Object-Based Image Analysis for Mapping Tsunami-Affected Areas......................................................6298Matsuoka, Masashi;Vu, T. Thuy;Yamazaki, Fumio

Visualization of Field Measured Seismic Wave Propagation from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake ....................................................................................................................................................6308

Hsieh, Tung-Ju;Hutchinson, Tara;Kuester, Falko

Study on Information Technology System Related to Database of Geo-Technical Borehole Data Using GIS ..............................................................................................................................................6318

Enomoto, Takahisa;Iwatate, Takahiro;Kikuchi, Toshio;Matsuda, Iware;Navarro, Manuel;Vidal, Francisco;Yamamoto, Toshio

Development a Model for Data Exchange of Experimental Results .........................................................6329Kritikos, William;Matamoros, Adolfo;Sudre, Gustavo;Wood, Sharon

The Curated Data Repository in Engineering Research ...........................................................................6339Agnew, Grace;Frysinger, Daniel;Van Den Einde, Lelli;Warnock, Tim

Application of Information Technology with Cornell-Nees Lifeline Test Facility ..................................6348Ash, David;O'Rourke, Thomas;Palmer, Michael;Stewart, Harry

Development of an Object-Oriented Platform and Graphical User Interface for Nonlinear Structural Analysis........................................................................................................................................6356

Chuang, Ming-Chieh;Hsu, Fang-Wei;Lin, Bo-Zhou;Tsai, Keh-Chyuan;Wang, K.-J.

ADVANCES IN GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKES ENGINEERING Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Geofoam on the Dynamic Behavior of Embankments ................................................................................................................................................6366

Kalinski, Michael;Pentapati, Devi Prasad

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Numerical Investigation of Potential Foundation Intervention as a Means for Mitigating Seismic Risk ...................................................................................................................................................6376

Kirtas, Emmanouil;Pitilakis, Kyriazis;Rovithis, Emmanouil;Sextos, Anastasios

Acceptance Criteria for the Assessment of Fault Displacement................................................................6386Kimball, Jeff;Rizzo, Paul C.

Rehabilitation of a Historic Railroad Tunnel in a Highly Seismically Active Region – Geotechnical and Seismic Issues ..................................................................................................................6396

DeMarco, Matt;Smith, Ron;Zafir, Zia

Blind Tests of Refraction Microtremor Analysis Against Synthetics and Borehole Data ......................6406Biasi, Glenn;Heath, Karalyn;Louie, John;Pancha, Aasha;Pullammanappallil, Satish

Accuracy of Identified Damping Factor by Using Vertical Array Records of Ground Motions...........................................................................................................................................................6416

Sawada, Tsutomu;Tsujihara, Osamu

Twenty Year Retrospective on the OYO P-S Suspension Logger.............................................................6426Diehl, John;Martin, Antony;Steller, Robert

Hybrid Hydrological and Dynamic Slope Response Model.......................................................................6436Patiño-López, Gustavo Andrés;Rodríguez-Pineda, Carlos Eduardo

A Study on Damping and Mitigation Performance of Foundation Work................................................6446Ikeda, Yoshio;Ishimaru, Shinji;Kawamura, Masashi;Shimomura, Yukio

Prediction of Seismic Subsidence of Loess Ground....................................................................................6456Deng, Jin;Wang, Lanmin;Xu, Shunhua;Yuan, Zhongxia

Influence of Soil-Wall Interface Friction on Pseudo-Dynamic Earth Pressure .......................................6466Choudhury, Deepankar;Mandal, J.N.;Nimbalkar, Sanjay

Evaluation of Seismic Capacity of River Dikes in Urban Areas During a Large Tsunami-Earthquake ....................................................................................................................................................6476

Sakai, Hisakazu;Yoshizawa, Mutsuhiro

Centrifuge Model Tests on the Effects of Anchors to Dynamic Behaviors in Steel Sheet Pile Quay Walls.....................................................................................................................................................6486

Kohama, Eiji;Shiozaki, Yoshio;Sugano, Takahiro

Clarifying the Application of Subgrade Modulus in Structural Analysis and Design ............................6494French, Jim;Mack, Darren;Moore, Kevin;Shafer, Ryan

Methods for Finite Element Analysis of Semi-Infinite Foundation Soil in Time Domain ......................6504Maruyama, Takuya;Shiojiri, Hiroo

Dynamic Response Analysis of Earth-Retaining Walls by Means of Shaking Table Tests ....................6514Biondi, Giovanni;Capilleri, Paola;Maugeri, Michele

Evaluation of Soil-Structure Interaction by Using Neural Network Methodology .................................6524Sariyar, Ozgur;Ural, Derin

Limitat State Analysis for the Catania Fire-Station (Italy) .......................................................................6532Abate, Glenda;Bosco, Melina;Massimino, Maria Rossella;Maugeri, Michele

Effects of Soil Plasticity in Seismic Soil-Pile-Structure Interaction..........................................................6542Chu, Dongmei;Truman, Kevin

Dynamic Footing Load Tests (FLT): A New Approach to Improving Dynamic Foundation Design .............................................................................................................................................................6552

Muller, Christian P.;Quigley, Donald W.;Shafer, Ryan

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NEXT GENERATION OF GROUND MOTION ATTENUATION MODELS (JOINT EERI/SSA) Selection of Time-Series for Nonlinear Analysis of First-Mode Dominant Structures ...........................6562

Shantz, Thomas

Computation of Inelastic Response Spectra for NGA................................................................................6579Bozorgnia, Yousef;Hachem, Mahmoud

LARGE-SCALE SHAKE TABLE TESTING OF RC BUILDINGS Preliminary Response Analysis of a Full-Scale RC Structure for 3-D Shaking Table Test to Collapse ..........................................................................................................................................................6589

Kabeyasawa, Toshikazu;Kabeyasawa, Toshimi;Kim, Yousok

Analytical Research of Full-Scale Reinforced Concrete Structure Test on E-Defense ...........................6599Chen, Shaohua;Kabeyasawa, Toshimi;Matsumori, Taizo

Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Wall Buildings ........................................................................6609Conte, Joel;Englekirk, Robert;Panagiotou, Marios;Restrepo, José

Shaking Table Response of a Thin H-Shaped Coupled Wall ....................................................................6619Fischinger, Matej;Isakovic, Tatjana;Kante, Peter

An Experimental Study on 6-Story R/C Structure with Multi-Story Shear Wall ...................................6629Fukuyama, Hiroshi;Kato, Hiroto;Kusunoki, Koichi;Mukai, Tomohisa;Saito, Taiki;Teshigawara, Masaomi

Shake Table Tests of Low-Rise Shear Walls...............................................................................................6639Liao, Wen-I;Loh, Chin-Hsiung;Mo, Y.L.;Zhong, Jianxia

INNOVATIONS IN STEEL-FRAMED BUILDINGS New Ductile Moment-Resisting Connections Limiting Damage to Specific Elements at the Bottom Flange ...............................................................................................................................................6649

Kishiki, Shoichi;Saeki, Eiichiro;Suzuki, Kazuaki;Wada, Akira;Yamada, Satoshi

Seismic Design of Multi-Story Buildings with Metallic Structural Fuses ................................................6658Bruneau, Michel;Vargas, Ramiro

Seismic Behavior of Self-Centering Framing Systems with Reusable Hysteretic Damping Brace...............................................................................................................................................................6668

Zhang, Yunfeng;Zhu, Songye

Cyclic Performance of Self-Centering Connections with Steel Beams Post-Tensioned to a Column ...........................................................................................................................................................6678

Chen, Jun-Hen;Chen, Yu-Chih;Chou, Chung-Che;Tsai, Keh-Chyuan

Floor Diaphragm Interaction with Steel Self-Centering Moment Frames...............................................6688Blaisdell, Mary Lisbeth;Garlock, Maria;Li, Jie

Capacity Based Performance of Light Gauge Steel Strap Braced Walls .................................................6698Alkharat, Mustafa;Rogers, Colin

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SEMI-ACTIVE AND ACTIVE CONTROL Cubic Nonlinear Strucutral Control with Emphasis on Non-Structural Performance ..........................6708

Dargush, Gary;Singh, Tarunraj;Xu, Xin

Re-Shaping Hysteretic Behaviour Using Resetable Devices to Customise Structural Response and Forces .....................................................................................................................................6718

Carr, Athol;Chase, Geoff;Deam, Bruce;Mander, John;Mulligan, Kerry;Rodgers, Geoff

Analysis of Gain-Scheduled Fuzzy Controllers for Magnetorheological Dampers in Civil Structures.......................................................................................................................................................6728

Wilson, Claudia Mara Dias

Adaptive Structural Control Method as Asmart Structural System ........................................................6738Akutagawa, Satsuki;Kitagawa, Yoshikazu

Controllers for Variable-Damping Structural Systems with Guaranteed Stochastic Performance Margins ...................................................................................................................................6748

Iwan, Wilfred;Scruggs, Jeff;Taflanidis, Alexandros

Performance Improvement of Base Isolation System with Semi-Active Magneto-Rheological Fluid Damper............................................................................................................................6758

Inoue, Namihiko;Kanagawa, Motoi;Mikoshiba, Tadashi;Nagaya, Masafumi;Nakasone, Jun;Nishimura, Hidekazu;Ryujin, Hiroaki;Watakabe, Morimasa

CHINA IV: ADVANCES IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH IN CHINA Some Thoughts on Earthquake Action Provision ......................................................................................6768

Geng, S.W.;Tao, X.X.;Tao, Z.R.

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Research in China .......................................................................6776Cao, Zhenzhong;Meng, Fanchao;Sun, Rui;Yuan, Xiaoming

Site Classification Method Based on Soil Layer Construction ..................................................................6786Bo, Jingshan;Liu, Dedong;Liu, Hong Shuai;Qi, Wenhao;Sun, Chao;Wu, Zhaoying

Analysis of Factors Influencing on Capacity-Demand-Diagram Method and Preliminary Study on Improved Method Based on Demand Region .............................................................................6792

LI, Yingmin;Yang, Cheng;Yang, Yaqiong

Seismic Fortification Criterion and Importance Factor for Seismic Design Code ..................................6802Tao, X.X.;Tao, Z.R.

Influence Analysis of Seismic Parameters and Kinematic Characteristics of Taiwan Chi-Chi Near-Fault Ground Motions on Responses of Base-Isolated Building ..............................................6809

Li, Gang;Yang, Dixiong

The Security of Distributed Earthquake Disaster Reduction System ......................................................6819Jin, Bo;Tao, Xiaxin;Zhao, Fujun

JAPAN I: IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFER HOUSES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Performance of Low-Strength Masonry Buildings in Recent Earthquakes.............................................6825

Kiyono, J.;Scawthorn, Charles

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Damage to Non-Engineered Structures Due to Past Earthquakes in Iran...............................................6826Meguro, Kimiro;Nesheli, K. Nasrollahzadeh

Performance of Masonry Houses in Past Earthquakes in Indonesia........................................................6827Boen, Teddy

Development and Application of Stability-Based Retrofits of Historic and Older Adobe Buildings in California..................................................................................................................................6828

Webster, Fred

A Solution for Improving the Seismic Capacity of Houses in Developing Countries..............................6829Meguro, Kimiro

HYBRID SIMULATION TESTS Sub-Structure Pseudo-Dynamic Test of R/C Structure with Multi-Story Shear Wall ...........................6830

Fukuyama, Hiroshi;Kato, Hiroto;Kusunoki, Koichi;Mukai, Tomohisa;Saito, Taiki;Teshigawara, Masaomi

VOLUME 12

Pseudo-Dynamic Experiment on One-Story RC Structure with and Without Masonry Infill ................................................................................................................................................................6840

Elkhoraibi, Tarek;Mosalam, Khalid

Hybrid Simulation Evaluation of Innovative Steel Braced Framing System...........................................6850Moehle, J.;Stojadinovic, Bozidar;Yang, T.Y.

Experimental Study of a Large-Scale Buckling-Restrained Braced Frame Using the Pseudo-Dynamic Testing Method ................................................................................................................6860

Fahnestock, Larry;Ricles, James;Sause, Richard

Bi-directional Sub-structural Pseudo-dynamic Testing of A Full-scale 2-Story BRBF, Part 1: Seismic Design, Analytical and Experimental Performance Assessment.............................................6870

Lai, Jiun-Wei;Tsai, Cheng-Yu;Tsai, Keh-Chyuan;Wang, K.-J.;Weng, Yuan-Tao

Bi-Directional Sub-Structural Pseudo-Dynamic Tests of a Full-Scale 2-Story BRBF, Part 2: Compressive Behavior of Gusset Plates ..................................................................................................6880

Lin, Min-Lang;Tsai, Cheng-Yu;Tsai, Keh-Chyuan

LOSS MODELING II Delivering Improved Information on Seismic Performance Through Loss Disaggregation ..................6890

Aslani, Hesameddin;Miranda, Eduardo

Building Loss Estimation for Earthquake Insurance Pricing ...................................................................6900Durukal, Eser;Erdik, Mustafa;Fahjan, Yasin;Sesetyan, Karin

Vulnerability Maps for Reinforced Concrete Moment Frames for Mexico City’s Metropolitan Area Under a M<sub>s</sub>=8.1 Earthquake Scenario .................................................6910

Godínez-Domínguez, Eber;Pérez-Rocha, Luis Eduardo;Tena-Colunga, Arturo

Index Buildings in Earthquake Engineering Research..............................................................................6920Reitherman, Robert

Effects of Rupture Directivity on Earthquake Loss Estimation ...............................................................6930Bazzurro, Paolo;Luco, Nicolas;Park, Jaesung;Sjoberg, Brian

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Insights from Parkfield Array Data for Probabilistic Risk Modeling ......................................................6940Tang, Guoqing;Wang, Guo-Quan;Woo, Gordon

LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT EARTHQUAKES Evaluation of the Effects of Oakland's Earthquake Damage Repair Ordinance ....................................6948

Freeman, Sigmund;Gilmartin, Una;Paret, Terrence;Searer, Gary

Performance of Buildings in Port Blair (India) During the Great Sumatra Earthquake of 26 December 2004 .........................................................................................................................................6958

Jain, Sudhir;Kaushik, Hemant

Recipe for Predicting Strong Ground Motion: State of the Art and Future Prospects ..........................6968Irikura, Kojiro;Miyake, Hiroe

Seismic Vulnerability of Hospitals Based on Performance in California .................................................6978Holmes, William

Lessons Learned from the 1999 Kocaeli, Turkey Earthquake..................................................................6988Ulker, Serkan;Ural, Derin

Soil-Structure Interaction in Daikai Subway Station during the Kobe Earthquake ..............................6998Bobet, Antonio;Parra-Montesinos, Gustavo;Ramirez, Julio A.

EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDIES ON THE SEISMIC RESPONSE OF BUILDING CONTENTS Seismic Demand Assessment for Acceleration-Sensitive Building Nonstructural Components ...................................................................................................................................................7008

Miranda, Eduardo;Taghavi, Shahram

Experimental and Analytical Studies on the Seismic Response of Freestanding and Restrained Laboratory Equipment .............................................................................................................7018

Konstantinidis, Dimitrios;Makris, Nicos

Seismic Damage Assessment of Biological and Chemical Glassware Using Simplified Fragility Curves.............................................................................................................................................7028

Hutchinson, Tara;Ray Chaudhuri, Samit

Response of Nonstructural Elements and Systems during Full-scale Building Vibration Tests................................................................................................................................................................7038

Hutchinson, Tara;Kuester, Falko;Nastase, Derek;Uwe-Doerr, Kai

Experimental Study on the Seismic Behavior of Nonstructural Components Subjected to Full-Scale Floor Motions ..............................................................................................................................7048

Filiatrault, Andre;Mosqueda, Gilberto;Reinhorn, Andrei;Retamales, Rodrigo

Safety Evaluation Methodology for Building Contents Subjected to Earthquake Loading ...................7058Kambara, Hiroshi;Kaneko, Mika;Nakamura, Yutaka;Tamura, Kazuo

EMERGING IT IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE NEESit Software Overview: IT Tools That Facilitate Earthquake Engineering Research and Education................................................................................................................................................7068

Deng, Wei;Diehl, Diana;Hubbard, Paul;Van Den Einde, Lelli;Warnock, Tim;Whitmore, Shannon

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KOCED Program..........................................................................................................................................7078Kim, Jae Kwan

Post-Seismic Damage Assessment of Steel Structures Instrumented with Self-Interrogating Wireless Sensors ............................................................................................................................................7088

Hou, Tsung-Chin;Loh, Chin-Hsiung;Lu, Kung Chun;Lynch, Jerome;Wang, Yang

System Identification of Soil Response by Affordable Downhole Seismic Arrays...................................7098Chen, Min;Glaser, Steven

Parallel Simulation Methods for Regional Seismic Response Analysis ....................................................7108Fenves, Gregory;Park, Jaesung;Stojadinovic, Bozidar

A Concept for an Open-Source Software Project for Earthquake Risk Management ...........................7118Engelmann, Hagen;Fiedrich, Frank;Zikas, Theodoros

SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING Immediate and Automatic Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment of Buildings .....................................7127

Alimoradi, Arzhang;Miranda, Eduardo;Naeim, Farzad

Real-Time Structural Monitoring and Damage Detection by Acceleration and Gps Sensors................7137Hudnut, Kenneth;Safak, Erdal

The Role of Damage Identification in Managing Risks in Egypt ..............................................................7147Sobaih, Mohamed

Application of the Specific Barrier Model to the Seismic Fragility Assessment of Critical Facilities .........................................................................................................................................................7157

Filiatrault, Andre;Halldorsson, Benedikt;Papageorgiou, Apostolos;Wanitkorkul, Assawin

Earthquake Damage Dectection Using Static Response Data and Optimality Criteria..........................7167Terlaje, Gus;Truman, Kevin

Nonlinear Random Vibration for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering ...................................7177Der Kiureghian, A.;Fujimura, Kazuya

EFFECTS FOR PILE FOUNDATIONS Numerical and Large-Scale Experimental Study on Seismic Behavior of Pile Foundations..................7186

Kulhawy, Fred;Nakatani, Shoichi;Nonomura, Yoshinori;Shirato, Masahiro

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Drilled Piers Under Dynamic and Static Axial Loading ..........................................................................................................................................................7196

Sitar, Nicholas;Wang, Gang

Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Seismic Soil-Pile-Structure Interaction of a Two-Span Bridge ...................................................................................................................................................7206

Arduino, Pedro;Ilankatharan, Mahadevan;Kramer, Steven;Kutter, Bruce;Shin, HyungSuk

Estimation of Group Pile Effects in Non-Liquefied and Liquefied Ground Based on Centrifuge Model Tests.................................................................................................................................7217

Ozawa, Gakushi;Suzuki, Hiroko;Tokimatsu, Kohji

Modeling of Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction of an Instrumented Bridge Pier Using FLAC..............................................................................................................................................................7226

Byrne, Peter;Ghalibafian, Houman;Ventura, Carlos

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A Simplified Closed Form Solution for Pile Subjected to Liqufaction-Induced Flow Pressure..........................................................................................................................................................7236

Chung, Ming-Chien;Hwang, Jin-Hung

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING The MCEER Student Leadership Council and Earthquake Engineering Education Activities.........................................................................................................................................................7246

Berman, Jeffrey;Pollino, Michael

Promoting Undergraduate Interest in Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Design Through a Shake Table Competition ..........................................................................................................7253

Ashford, Scott;Brandenberg, Scott;Chang, Dongdong;Cheng, Lijuan;Gebman, Michael;Lee, Won;Pi, Melissa;Ugalde, Jose

Strategies for Undergraduate Internship Recruiting.................................................................................7262Menke, Sandra

Designing an Institute for Collaborative Instruction and Learning .........................................................7269Bracci, Joseph;Gould, Phillip;Hueste, Mary Beth

Implementation of the Education, Outreach, and Training Goals for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Consortium........................................................................7277

Anagnos, Thalia;Fratta, Dante;Roblee, Clifford;Vaziri, Parshaw

Educational Outreach with NEES Lifeline Test Facility ...........................................................................7287Bonneau, Amanda;Krafft, Kathy;O'Rourke, Thomas;Stewart, Harry;Trautmann, Charles H.

SEISMIC RESPONSE MODIFICATION MECHANISMS FOR BRIDES Structural Impact in Base-Isolated Bridges During Earthquakes ............................................................7297

Jangid, R.S.;Matsagar, Vasant A.

The Role of Rubber Bearings of the Bridges During the 1999 Taiwan Chi-Chi Earthquake ................7307Chang, Kuo-Chun;Liu, Kuang-Yen;Wu, Bing-Xian

Seismic Isolation and Damping Strategies for Cable-Stayed Bridges ......................................................7317Iemura, Hirokazu;Pradono, Mulyo Harris

Bi-Directional Seismic Analysis and Design of Bridge Steel Truss Piers Allowing a Controlled Rocking Response ......................................................................................................................7327

Bruneau, Michel;Pollino, Michael

Rocking of Bridge Piers Subjected to Multi-directional Earthquake Loading........................................7336Espinoza, Andres;Mahin, Stephen

Semi-Active Control of Seismic-Excited Nonlinear Isolated Bridges .......................................................7344Kawashima, Kazuhiko;Lee, Tzu-Ying

SEISMIC ANALYSIS AND RETROFIT OF HOSPITAL AND OFFICE BUILDINGS Seismic Evaluation of a 15-Story Composite Steel-Concrete Hospital Building......................................7353

Allen, Michael;Mitchell, Carrie;Pugliesi, Ray;Yu, Qu-Song "Kent"

Performance-Based Seismic Retrofit of Hospital Buildings in California: A Case Study ......................7363Gavan, John;Kulahci, Ayse;Reynolds, Aaron;Toranzo-Dianderas, Luis;Wallace, John

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Seismic Strengthening of Harborview Medical Center Using FRP Reinforcement ................................7373Anderson, Robert;Burwell, Cheryl;Hooper, John

Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis of a Hospital Building with Pile Foundations ...............7382Diaz, Esther;Huang, Sampson;Islam, Saiful;Moey, Andy;Skokan, Matthew

Seismic Upgrade of a 15-Story Steel Moment Frame Building – Satisfying Performance Criteria with Application of State-of-the-Art Analysis Procedures..........................................................7392

Ahmed, Tamer;Graf, Timothy;Malley, James;Sinclair, Mark

Experimental and Analytical Evaluation of Project-Specific Rehabilitated Steel Moment Connections for a 15-Story Building ...........................................................................................................7402

Ahmed, Tamer;Blaney, Colin;Franyt, Moisey;Newell, James;Uang, Chia-Ming

PERFORMANCE AND MITIGATION OF POWER AND WATER SYSTEMS COMPONENTS Seismic Interaction in Electrical Substation Equipment Connected by Nonlinear Rigid Bus Conductors.....................................................................................................................................................7412

Der Kiureghian, A.;Song, Junho

A Comparison of Seismic (Dynamic) and Static Load Cases for High Voltage Electric Transmission Line Structures ......................................................................................................................7422

Kempner Jr., Leon, ;Mueller III, Wendelin H.,;Riley, Michael

Seismic Performance of Station Porcelain Post Insulators........................................................................7432Filiatrault, Andre;Kong, Dohwan;Reinhorn, Andrei;Schiff, Anshel

Seismic Upgrade of Water Treatment Filter Basins ..................................................................................7443Chan, Joseph;Chang, Henry;Cheng, Luke;Huey, Calvin

Seismic Upgrade of the Westburnco Reservoir ..........................................................................................7453Ayalp, Met;Huber, Frank;Kemp, Brad;Sukumar, A.

Portable Pumps - An Effective Strategy for Post Earthquake Water System Sustainability.................7463Lee, David;Mo, Bernard

VOLUME 13

BUILDING CASE STUDIES The New De Young Museum........................................................................................................................7472

Lizundia, Bret;Niewiarowski, Rich

Seismic Design Allowing Foundation Uplift (Rocking) at the New California Academy of Sciences Building in San Francisco..............................................................................................................7482

Chambers, Larry;Field, Caroline;Ko, Eric;Mole, Andrew;Wenger, Catherine

Friction Dampers for Seismic Upgrade of a 14-Story Patient Tower with a 36-Foot Tall Soft-Story .......................................................................................................................................................7492

Shao, Dihong

Response and Performance of a Wood Frame Hospital Building During the 2003 San Simeon Earthquake.......................................................................................................................................7502

Huang, Moh;Tokas, Chris

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Seismic Fragility of a Tilt-Up Concrete Building in the Central United States .......................................7512Bai, Jong-Wha;Hueste, Mary Beth

Integrated Seismic Monitoring of the Atwood Building, Anchorage (AK) and Recorded Earthquake Responses..................................................................................................................................7522

Çelebi, Mehmet

THE GIANT SUMATRAN EARTHQUAKES OF 2004 AND 2005 (JOINT WITH EERI) Tsunami Damage Detection Using Moderate-Resolution Satellite Imagery ............................................7532

Kouchi, Ken'ichi;Matsuoka, Masashi;Yamazaki, Fumio

Evaluation of Tsunami Damage in the Eastern Part of Sri Lanka Due to the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake Using Remote Sensing Technique...........................................................................................7542

Inoue, Shusaku;Miura, Hiroyuki;Wijeyewickrema, Anil

Geotechnical Damages on the Indian Coast Due to Tsunamis Caused by Dec. 26, 2004 Sumatra Earthquake ....................................................................................................................................7551

Maheshwari, B.K.;Narayan, J.P.;Sharma, M.L.

Role of Mangrove Ecosystem with Reference to Tsunami Seismic Hazard .............................................7561Gokhale, Vasudha Ashutosh

TSUNAMIS (JOINT EERI-SSA) The Prevention and Countermeasures for the Tsunami Disaster Mitigation in Taiwan ........................7568

Chen, Wen-Long;Li, Wei-Sen;Shih, Ban-Jwu

On Shore Tsunami Communications – Getting the Tsunami Warning to the People on the Beach ..............................................................................................................................................................7578

Crawford, George

NOAA National Ocean Services' History of the National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON) and it's Products .........................................................................................................7585

Duncan, Scott

Reassessing Crescent City, California’s Tsunami Risk .............................................................................7596Dengler, Lori;Magoon, Orville

Relative Tsunami Hazard Mapping for Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, California........................7606Dengler, Lori;Patton, Jason

Preliminary Comparison of December 26, 2004 Tsunami Records From ...............................................7616Chadha, R.K.;Cruikshank, K.M.;Francis, Matthew;Katada, Toshitaka;Latha, G.;Peterson, Curt;Singh, J.P.;Yeh, Harry

Motivation for and Development of New Construction Guidelines for Local Evacuation from a Near-Field Tsunami ..........................................................................................................................7625

Crawford, George;Eisner, Richard;Preuss, Jane;Walsh, Timothy J.

DESIGN AND BEHAVIOR OF RC SHEAR WALLS Shear Forces in RC Walls of Frame-Wall Structures................................................................................7635

Calvi, G. Michele;Priestley, Nigel;Sullivan, Timothy

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Negative Implications of Required Code Design Base Shear on the Seismic Design of High-Rise Buildings ................................................................................................................................................7645

Lin, Cheng-Ming;Sabol, Thomas

Prediction of Higher Mode Shear Response for Multi-Story Buildings Under Earthquake Motions...........................................................................................................................................................7655

Kuramoto, Hiroshi

Estimating Inelastic Drift Demands of Concrete Walls .............................................................................7665Adebar, Perry;White, Timothy

Modeling of Shear- Flexure Interaction in RC Walls ................................................................................7675Massone, Leonardo;Orakcal, Kutay;Wallace, John

Assessment of Current Procedures for Predicting the In-Plane Behaviour of Controlled Rocking Walls................................................................................................................................................7685

Butterworth, John;Ingham, Jason;Ma, Quincy;Wight, Gavin

DEVELOPMENTS IN STEEL-FRAMED BUILDINGS Capacity Based Design of Eccentrically Braced Frames ...........................................................................7695

Richards, Paul;Uang, Chia-Ming

Finite Element Simulation of Link-to-Column Connections in Steel Eccentrically Braced Frames............................................................................................................................................................7704

Engelhardt, Michael;Okazaki, Taichiro

Seismic Performance of a Steel Column Base Embedded in a Shallow Concrete Slab...........................7714Nagae, Takuya;Nakashima, Masayoshi;Yamamoto, Ryouta

Structural Performance of Composite Steel and Concrete Base Column Connections ..........................7724Di Sarno, Luigi;Fabbrocino, Giovanni;Pecce, Marisa

Transient Dynamic Response Resulting from Connection Fracture in Steel Moment Frames............................................................................................................................................................7734

Mahin, Stephen;Rodgers, Janise

RBS Moment Connections Without Continuity Plates ..............................................................................7744Adan, Scott;Reaveley, Lawrence

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SEISMIC ISOLATION Seismic Response of Base-Isolated Buildings Under Horizontal and Vertical Near-Fault Ground Motions ............................................................................................................................................7754

Mazza, Fabio;Vulcano, Alfonso

Parametric Response of Base Isolated Structures Subjected to Near-Fault Ground Motions ...............7764Berton, Stefano;Bolander, John E.;Hikosaka, Hiroshi

Performance of a Seismic Isolated Building in the 2004 Niigata-Ken Chuetsu Earthquake ..................7774Tamari, M.; Tokita, T.; Kawamoto, S.; Komuro, T.; Fukuyama, H.; Iiba, M.

Seismic Isolation of Stainless Steel Thin-Walled Wine Tanks...................................................................7784Almazan, Jose;Cerda, Fernando;de La Llera, Juan;Palacios, Alvaro;Rendel, Michael

Seismic Response Analysis of Structures Equipped with Uplift-Restraining Sliding Isolation Bearings: A Case Study.................................................................................................................7794

Constantinou, Michael;Roussis, Panayiotis

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Velocity Dependency of Elastomeric Isolators............................................................................................7805Kasalanati, Amarnath

SCENARIO FOR A M6.7 EARTHQUAKE ON THE SEATTLE FAULT The Seattle Fault Scenario Project: Fault Model, Ground Motions and Ground Failures ....................7814

Chang, Susan;Frankel, Arthur;Palmer, Stephen P.;Weaver, Craig

Seattle Earthquake Scenario - Performance of Buildings and Essential Facilities .................................7824Bartoletti, Stacy;Pierepiekarz, Mark

Implications of a M6.7 Earthquake on the Seattle Fault on the Communities and Economy of Central Puget Sound, WA ........................................................................................................................7834

Meszaros, Jacqueline;Pearce, Ines;Stewart, Mark

Seismic Hazard Maps for Seattle That Include 3D Sedimentary Basin Effects, Rupture Directivity, and Site Response......................................................................................................................7844

Carver, David;Frankel, Arthur;Odum, Jack;Rhea, Susan;Stephenson, William;Williams, Robert

SEISMIC DESIGN ISSUES FOR UNUSUAL BRIDGES Seismic Design of Movable Bridges .............................................................................................................7855

Marzella, Frank;Yin, Beile

Behaviour of a Timber Bridge Pile Embedded in a Reinforced Concrete Cap .......................................7865Deam, Bruce;Mander, John;Rahardjo, Tonny

Assessment of Multi-Span Masonry Bridges Under In-Plane Seismic Actions .......................................7875Carbone, Irene;Clemente, Paolo;de Felice, Gianmarco

Inelastic Seismic Capacity Estimation of Cable-Supported Bridges and Seismic Rehabilitation Method ..................................................................................................................................7885

Chang, Sung-Pil;Lee, Kyoung-Chan;Moon, Do-Soo

Reliability of a Cable Stayed Bridge............................................................................................................7896Cimellaro, Gian Paolo;Domaneschi, Marco

Seismic Response Analysis of the Bridges with High Piers........................................................................7906Li, Qian;Wang, Kehai

JAPAN II: IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFER HOUSES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Future Directions of World Housing Encyclopedia ...................................................................................7913

Murty, C.V.R.

Social and Planning Issues in Promoting Safer Housing ...........................................................................7914Greene, Margorie

Role of Motivational Tool for Promoting Safer Construction Practices – Experience of Portable Shake Table Tests ..........................................................................................................................7915

Hari Pandey, Bishnu

An Example of Previous Resolutions on International Collaboration on Implementaiton on Safer Houses in Developing Countries ........................................................................................................7916

Nakashima, Masayoshi

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COHERENCY AND SFSI EFFECTS ON GROUND MOTIONS Representation of Ground Motion Incoherence for the Analysis of Kinematic Soil-Structure Interaction ....................................................................................................................................7918

Crouse, C.B.;Mikami, Atsushi;Ostadan, Farhang;Stewart, Jonathan

Influence of the Soil Profile Uncertainty on the Structure-Soil-Structure Interaction Subjected to Seismic Acceleration ...............................................................................................................7928

Badaoui, M'hammed;Berrah, Mounir Khaled

A Simple Method to Produce Artificial Spatially Correlated Ground Motions ......................................7934Shama, Ayman

Waveform and Spectral Variations Across a Strong Motion Array.........................................................7944Leeds, David;Porter, Lawrence

The Spectral Element Method as an Effective Tool for Solving Large Scale Wave Propagation and Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction Problems ..............................................................7954

di Prisco, Claudio;Maggio, Fabio;Massidda, Luca;Paolucci, Roberto;Stupazzini, Marco;Zambelli, Clara

Vibration Isolation on the Field with Trenching Technique .....................................................................7964Lee, Hsien Hua;Sun, Hong-Hua

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF GROUND MOTION SIMULATION Numerical Simulation of Basin Effects on Long-Period Ground Motion ................................................7974

Bielak, Jacobo;Day, Steven;Dreger, Douglas;Graves, Robert;Larsen, Shawn;Olsen, Kim;Pitarka, Arben;Ramirez, Leonardo

Simulation of Ground Motion Scaling for the NGA-E Project .................................................................7984Collins, Nancy;Graves, Robert;Pitarka, Arben;Silva, Walter;Somerville, Paul;Zeng, Yuehua

Strong Motion Generation Zones of the 1923 Kanto, Japan Earthquake Evaluated from Detailed Damage Distribution......................................................................................................................7994

Midorikawa, Saburoh;Nagahara, Hiroaki

A Neuro-Fuzzy Model for Prediction of Liquefaction-induced Lateral Spreading.................................8001Haeri, S. Mohsen;Khalili, Ali;Sadati, Naser

Broadband Strong Ground Motion Simulation Using a Composite Source Model ................................8009Zeng, Yuehua

Application of the Specific Barrier Model to the Simulation of Earthquake Strong Ground Motions...........................................................................................................................................................8019

Halldorsson, Benedikt;Papageorgiou, Apostolos

Broadband Ground Motion Simulations for Scenario Ruptures of the Puente Hills Fault....................8029Graves, Robert;Somerville, Paul

SEISMIC RETROFIT OF UNREINFORCED MASONRY AND REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES Getty Research on the Seismic Retrofit of Historic Adobe Buildings.......................................................8039

Tolles, E. Leroy;Webster, Fred

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Development and Application of Stability-Based Retrofits of Historic and Older Adobe Buildings in California..................................................................................................................................8049

Webster, Fred

Design of a Self Centering Seismic Base Isolator for an Antiquity ...........................................................8058Podany, Jerry;Schoettler, Matthew;Somerville, Paul;Stavridis, Andreas;Thio, Hong Kie

John M. Olin Library Seismic Retrofit: Utilizing Performance Based Design to Minimize Interferences and Reduce Construction Costs............................................................................................8068

Gould, Nathan;Winn, Victoria

Rational Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of a Multistory RC Shear Wall Structure ............................8076Alavi, Babak;Gupta, Akshay;McDonald, Brian;Osteraas, John

Performance Based Seismic Retrofit of a High-Rise Tower Using Buckling Restrained Braced Frames...............................................................................................................................................8086

Huang, Sampson;Islam, Saiful;Mostafa, Khaled;Skokan, Matthew

VOLUME 14

SIMPLIFIED METHODS OF SEISMIC BUILDING ANALYSIS Simplified Probabilistic Performance Assessment of a Plan-Asymmetric Building...............................8096

Dolsek, Matjaz;Fajfar, Peter

Correlating Nonlinear Response with Approximate Linear Analysis ......................................................8106Browning, JoAnn;Lepage, Andres;Matamoros, Adolfo;Warden, Branden

Rapid Estimation of Displacement and Acceleration Demands in High-Rise Buildings During Moderate Earthquakes ....................................................................................................................8116

Miranda, Eduardo;Reinoso, Eduardo

Approximate Seismic Evaluation Methods for Large Building Stocks with High Variability in Seismic Resistance.....................................................................................................................................8126

Gunes, Burcu;Gunes, Oguz;Yakut, Ahmet

Rapid Seismic Response of L-Shaped Steel Moment-Frame Structures Using Response Surface Metamodels......................................................................................................................................8136

Craig, James;Goodno, Barry;Seo, Junwon

Equivalent Period and Damping for Estimating Maximum Inelastic Displacement Demands.........................................................................................................................................................8146

Leu, Liang-Jenq;Li, Yong-Xiu

EDUCATION AND AWARENESS Integrating NEES Research Into Advanced Level Analysis and Design Courses ...................................8156

Anagnos, Thalia;McMullin, Kurt

Oakland Fire Horses and Friends: An Earthquake and Fire Safety Coloring Book for Children .........................................................................................................................................................8166

Iversen, Eve;Koski, Roberta

An Attempt of Earthquake Preparedness Education by a Picture Book .................................................8176Ichii, Koji

Survey on Residents' Attitudes Toward Retrofitting of Existing Seismic Vulnerable Houses ...............8186Meguro, Kimiro;Yoshimura, Miho

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Implementing Mechanism of Community Based Disaster Management in Taiwan ...............................8196Chen, Liang-Chun;Hsiao, I-Ju;Jian, Cai-Ping;Liu, Yi-Chun;Sah, Jy-Pyng;Shao, Pei-Chun

Soil Densification Using Vibro-Stone Columns Supplemented with Wick Drains ..................................8207Martin, Geoffrey;Shenthan, Thevachandran;Thevanayagam, Sabanayagam

An Introduction to the Double Concave Friction Pendulum Bearing ......................................................8214Constantinou, MIchael;Fenz, Daniel

KEY ADVANCES IN LIQUEFACTION EVALUATION (JOINT EERI/SSA) Effects of Latent Hydraulic Property of Granulated Blast Furnace Slag on the Liquefaction Resistance ................................................................................................................................8221

Baek, Wonjin;Hashiguchi, Daisuke;Matsuda, Hiroshi;Shinozaki, Haruhiko

A Comparative Study of the Influence of Fines on the Liquefaction Susceptibility of Sands: Field Versus Laboratory...............................................................................................................................8229

Green, Russell;Olson, Scott;Polito, Carmine

Cone Penetration Testing and Site Exploration in Evaluating the Liquefaction Resistance of Sands and Silty Sands...............................................................................................................................8239

Newman, Erik;Olson, Scott;Stark, Timothy

Effects of Seismic Soil Stabilization on Foundation Design for an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI)..........................................................................................................................8247

Tripathi, Bhasker (Bob)

A New Test for Liquefaction Prediction: Electrical Resistivity Vibration Penetration Test (ER-VPT) .......................................................................................................................................................8257

Jinguuji, Motoharu;Toprak, Selcuk

Liquefaction Potential Index of Soils in Charleston, South Carolina Based on the 1886 Earthquake ....................................................................................................................................................8267

Andrus, Ronald;Balon, Daniel

Dynamic Analysis of Gravity Quay Wall Considering Excess Pore Pressure Developed in Backfill Soils ..................................................................................................................................................8277

Hwang, Jae-Ik;Kim, Myoung-Mo;Kim, Sung-Ryul;Ryu, Moo-Sung

Subgrade Reaction Model for Buried Pipe Pile Subjected to Liquefaction Induced Ground Movement ......................................................................................................................................................8287

Katada, Toshiyuki;Suemasa, Naoaki;Tanaka, Tsuyoshi

Detecting Dynamic Signals in an Open Piezometer, Camp Hedding, New Hampshire ..........................8297De Alba, Pedro;Farrell, Robert

Energy-Based Liquefaction Assessment in Sands and Silty Soils .............................................................8307Kanagalingam, Thangalingam;Thevanayagam, Sabanayagam

Effects of Direction of Cyclic Shear on the Post-Earthquake Settlement of Natural Sand and Clay Layer ..............................................................................................................................................8317

Baek, Wonjin;Matsuda, Hiroshi;Shinozaki, Haruhiko;Shinyama, Keishi

Seismic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction of Oriented Bridge Bents ..............................................8325Arduino, Pedro;Ilankatharan, Mahadevan;Kramer, Steven;Kutter, Bruce;Shin, HyungSuk

Evaluation of Ground Failure Potential for Water Transmission Systems .............................................8336Demircioglu, Mine Betul;Erdik, Mustafa;Gerek, Cuneyt;Sesetyan, Karin;Siyahi, Bilge;Ustundag, Bulent

The Reason of Bearing Capacity Failure at Fine Grained Soils ...............................................................8346Elibol, Baris;Erken, Ayfer;Kaya, Zulkuf;Ulker, M.B. Can

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Trends and Developments of Countermeasure Against Liquefaction in Japan ......................................8360Fukada, Hisashi;Harada, Kenji;Ohbayashi, Jun;Tsuboi, Hideo

LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT EARTHQUAKES Evaluation of the Role of Architectural Design in Earthquake Damages of RC Buildings ....................8370

Altan, Melike;Güler, Kadir;Taskin, Beyza

Earthquake Damage Characteristics of Lifeline System in Recent Years in Western China ................8379Tang, Aiping;Wang, S.D.;Yin, Haipeng;Zhang, K.X.

Effects of Seismic Retrofitting on Reinforced Concrete Buildings Suffered During the 2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake ............................................................................................................8389

Honda, Yoshimasa;Kato, Daisuke;Nakamura, Yukiko

Questionnaire Survey to Inhabitants' Impression on Performance of Seismically Isolated Buildings in the 2004 Mid Niigata Earthquake of Japan...........................................................................8399

Azuhata, Tatsuya;Iiba, Masanori;Inoue, Namihiko;Midorikawa, Mitsumasa

Assessment of 2003 Rangamati Earthquake, Bangladesh .........................................................................8408Anasary, Mehedi;Sadek, Abu

Examination of Structural Vulnerability, Damage, and Post-Earthquake Practices for Recent Italian Earthquakes..........................................................................................................................8418

Bazzurro, Paolo;Goretti, Agostino;Maffei, Joe;Marrow, Joshua

A Survey of Damage Caused by the 1998 and 2004 Earthquakes in the Soèa Valley (Slovenia)........................................................................................................................................................8428

Godec, Matjaz;Sket-Motnikar, Barbara;Vidrih, Renato;Zupancic, Polona

EARTHQUAKE WARNING AND ALERTING SYSTEMS: NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR HAZARD MITIGATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (JOINT WITH OES) Rapid Post-Earthquake Information Tools from the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS)............................................................................................................................................................8438

Wald, David

TESTING AND SIMULATION OF RC BUILDING COLLAPSE Dynamic Gravity Load Collapse of Non-Ductile RC Frames I: Experimental Approach .....................8448

Loh, Chin-Hsiung;Wu, Chiun-Lin;Yang, Yuan-Sen

Why and How to Predict the Probability of Collapse of Buildings...........................................................8458Ibarra, Luis F.;Krawinkler, Helmut;Zareian, Farzin

Collapse of Lightly Confined Reinforced Concrete Frames During Earthquakes..................................8468Bozorgnia, Yousef;Ghannoum, Wassim M.;Moehle, J.

Response Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Wall-Frame Structure Considering Strength Deterioration..................................................................................................................................................8478

Kabeyasawa, Toshimi;Kuramoto, Hiroshi;Matsui, Tomoya

Modeling Cyclic Degrading Behavior in Reinforced Concrete Structures ..............................................8487Kunnath, Sashi;Mohle, Jon

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Analytical Study of Cyclic Response of Concrete Members Made of High-Strength Materials ........................................................................................................................................................8497

Fukuhara, Takeshi;Sun, Yuping

DESIGN AND BEHAVIOR OF STUCCO, GYPSUM AND MASONRY WALLS Studies on the Behavior of Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum Wall Panels ...............................................8507

Janardhana, Miganti;Prasad, A. Meher;Menon, Devdas

Cyclic Behavior and Repair of Stucco and Gypsum Sheathed Walls.......................................................8516Arnold, Andrew

Shear Wall Tests on Stucco with Direct Shear Connectors .......................................................................8525Adebar, Perry;Davis, Harold;Sacks, Abe;Sacks, Jeff;Sofali, Vahid;Spilchen, Bill

Out-of-Plane Seismic Performance of Unreinforced Clay-Brick Masonry Walls ...................................8535Elwood, Kenneth;Mattman, Dominic;Meisl, Chris S.;Ventura, Carlos

Seismic Capacity Evaluation of Unreinforced Masonry Wall...................................................................8545Lee, Jung-Han;Yi, Waon-Ho

Experimental Response of Masonry Walls Externally Reinforced with Carbon Fiber Fabrics............................................................................................................................................................8555

Alcaino, Pablo;Luders, Carl;Santa Maria, Hernan

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ENERGY DISSIPATION Optimal Design of RC Column Seismic Retrofitting for Multiple Performance Objectives with an Integrated Damping and Strengthening Methodology.................................................................8565

Chen, Genda;Huang, Xi;Wang, Wenjian

Viscoelastic Dampers for the Seismic Retrofit of Buildings: An Overview of Benefits, Advancements in Viscoelastic Materials and Analytical Capabilities ......................................................8575

Aiken, Ian;Kanitkar, Ravi;Kasai, Kazuhiko;Nishimoto, Kohji

Aseismic Performance of Buildings with Friction-Based Supplemental Systems....................................8585Patro, Sanjaya;Sinha, Ravi

Study of Seismic Energy Dissipation in Accordion Metallic Dampers .....................................................8595Motamedi, Mehrtash;Nateghi-A., Fariborz

Adjustable Fluid Spring and Damper .........................................................................................................8605Dyck, J.;Nagarajaiah, S.;Taylor, D.

Effectiveness of Inserting Dampers Between Frames and Lateral Resisting Elements for the Mitigation of the Seismic Effects ...........................................................................................................8613

Gasparini, Giada;Silvestri, Stefano;Trombetti, Tomaso

ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING MODELS AND IT IMPLEMENTATION FOR LOSS ASSESSMENT SOFTWARE Mid-America Earthquake Center Program in Consequence-based Seismic Risk Management ..................................................................................................................................................8624

Elnashai, Amr;Hajjar, Jerome

MAEviz/NEESgrid and Applications Overview .........................................................................................8631Myers, James;Navarro, Chris;Spencer, Bill;Yang, Guangqiang

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Cyberinfrastructure in Support of Earthquake Loss Assessment: The MAEviz Cyberenvironment ........................................................................................................................................8638

DesRoches, Reginald;Myers, James;Navarro, Chris;Spencer, Bill

Models for Seismic Vulnerability in the Mid-America Earthquake Center ............................................8648Elnashai, Amr;Hajjar, Jerome

Fragility Curves for Mid-America Bridges.................................................................................................8659DesRoches, Reginald;Nielson, Bryant;Padgett, Jamie

Seismic Performance Assessment of Highway Networks...........................................................................8668Elnashai, Amr;Kim, YoungSuk;Spencer, Bill;Ukkusuri, Satish;Waller, Travis

MAE Center Transportation Test Bed........................................................................................................8680DesRoches, Reginald;Elnashai, Amr;Kim, YoungSuk;Padgett, Jamie;Reed, Dustin

SEISMIC DESIGN OF BRIDES- CASE STUDIES Seismic Design Concepts for the Gerald Desmond Cable-Stay Bridge ....................................................8691

Jones, Michael;Orsolini, Greg;Treyger, Semyon

Dynamic Response of Suspension Spans of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge.............................8701Astaneh-Asl, Abolhassan;Hutchings, Larry;Larsen, Shawn;McCallen, David

Real-Time Seismic Monitoring of the Integrated Cape Girardeau Bridge Array and Recorded Earthquake Response ..................................................................................................................8711

Çelebi, Mehmet

VOLUME 15

Bidirectional Testing of a Retrofitted Bridge Pier in BART’s West Oakland Aerial Guideway .......................................................................................................................................................8721

Matsuda, Ed;Restrepo, José;Schoettler, Matthew;Seible, Frieder

Seismic Design of Ferry Transfer Span Based on Two Performance .......................................................8731Donahue, Matt;Huang, Henry;Marsh, Lee;Wernli, Markus;Wray, Mike

Hayward Fault Rupture Hazard for I-680 Bridge Structures ..................................................................8741Meymand, Philip;Salah-Mars, Said;Schmoll, Mark

POLICY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR EARTHQUAKE RISK MITIGATION Learning from Disaster: The Process and Politics of Learning After Earthquakes and Other Extreme Events ..................................................................................................................................8752

Birkland, Thomas

A Retrospective on the 1906 Earthquake’s Impact on Bay Area and California Public Policy ..............................................................................................................................................................8762

Chakos, Arrietta;Olson, Robert;Perkins, Jeanne;Tobin, L. Thomas;Turner, Fred

Unreinforced Masonry Building Collapse Mitigation in California .........................................................8772Turner, Fred

Case History on the Oregon GO Bond Task Force: Promoting Earthquake Safety in Public Schools and Emergency Facilities ................................................................................................................8782

Burns, William;Wang, Yumei

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Earthquake Risk in Iran and Risk Reduction Achievement from Manjil Earthquake to Post-Bam Strategy.........................................................................................................................................8792

Ghafory-Ashtiany, Mohsen

International Partnership to Influence Public Policy and Advocate Seismic Safety in Order to Reduce Earthquake Losses ......................................................................................................................8802

Anderson, John;Comartin, Craig D.;Iwan, Wilfred;Malone, Stephen D.;Moores, Eldridge M.;Tucker, Brian E.

GROUND MOTIONS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN (JOINT EERI/SSA) Do Scaled and Spectrum-Matched Near-Source Records Produce Biased Nonlinear Structural Responses? ..................................................................................................................................8811

Bazzurro, Paolo;Luco, Nicolas

Bias Caused by Use of Spectrum-Compatible Motions .............................................................................8821Abrahamson, Norman;Watson-Lamprey, Jennie

Ground Motion Intensity Measures for Collapse Capacity Prediction: Choice of Optimal Spectral Period and Effect of Spectral Shape .............................................................................................8830

Baker, Jack;Haselton, Curt

Design Ground Motion Library...................................................................................................................8840Chin, Chih-Cheng;Power, Maurice;Youngs, Robert

LIQUEFACTION EFFECTS ON PILE FOUNDATIONS Numerical Simulation of Deep Foundations Subjected to Lateral Spreading for Tokachi Blast Test........................................................................................................................................................8850

Ashford, Scott;Juirnarongrit, Teerawut;Kawamata, Yohsuke

Lateral Load on Piles Due to Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading During One-G Shake Table Experiments .............................................................................................................................8860

Abdoun, Tarek;Abe, Akio;Dobry, Ricardo;Elgamal, Ahmed;He, Liangcai;Meneses, Jorge;Sato, Masayoshi;Tokimatsu, Kohji

Model Tests on Lateral Earth Pressure on Large Group Pile Exerted by Horizontal Displacement of Liquefied Sandy Ground ..................................................................................................8870

Gonzalez, Marcelo;Motamed, Ramin;Sesov, Vlatko;Towhata, Ikuo

Monotonic and Cyclic Pushover Analyses of Pile Foundations in Laterally Spreading Ground ...........................................................................................................................................................8880

Boulanger, Ross;Brandenberg, Scott;Chang, Dongdong;Kutter, Bruce

Seismic Design Analysis of CIDH Pile Foundations Subject to Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading & Downdrag ..................................................................................................................8890

Bhushan, Kul;Tognazzini, Ron;Zhai, Endi

Downdrag Forces Due to Liquefaction Surrounding Piles ........................................................................8900Rollins, Kyle;Strand, Spencer

Tsunami Observation in the South Indian Ocean and Tsunami Hazard Evaluation at Southern California Ports ............................................................................................................................8910

Yin, Peter

Tsunamigenic Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis for Subduction Zones .....................8920Moss, Robb;Travasarou, Thaleia

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Performance of Structures Subjected to the December 26, 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami .................8929Ghobarah, Ahmed;Nistor, Ioan;Saatcioglu, Murat

Developing Tsunami Ready Communities: Translating Scientific Research Into Useable Emergency Management Products ..............................................................................................................8939

Crawford, George

Integrated Tsunami Hazard Simulator .......................................................................................................8948Katada, Toshitaka;Kuwasawa, Noriyuki;Pancake, Cherri;Yeh, Harry

Implications of the 2004 Great Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami for Risk Reduction in India ...............................................................................................................................................................8956

Jain, Sudhir

GROUND MOTION AND SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION EFFECTS ON BUILDINGS Impact of a Large San Andreas Fault Earthquake on Tall Buildings in Southern California .......................................................................................................................................................8966

Ji, Chen;Komatitsch, Dimitri;Krishnan, Swaminathan;Tromp, Jeroen

Advanced Method of Seismic Analysys with Soil-Pile-Structure Interaction..........................................8978Han, Y.C.;Yang, J.

Inelastic Displacement Ratios Associated with Fault-Normal Near-Field Ground Motions ..................8988Fu, Qiang;Menun, Charles

Influence of Ground Motion Characteristics on Ductility Demands for SDOF Systems........................8998Sause, Richard;Seo, Choung-Yeol

Incorporation of Soil-Structure Interaction Into Seismic Performance Evaluation of Buildings ........................................................................................................................................................9008

Bayat, Mohammad Reza;Ghannad, Mohammad Ali;Jahankhah, Hossien

Nonlinear Structure and Foundation Response During Seismic Loading: Dual Lateral Load Resisting Systems.................................................................................................................................9018

Chang, Barbara;Hutchinson, Tara;Raychowdhury, Prishati

SEISMIC ANALYSIS PROCEDURES AND APPLICATION TO NON-BUILDING STRUCTURES Aseismic Design Using Hysteretic Energy Demands..................................................................................9028

Anderson, James;Estes, Kent

A Practical Method of Displacement-Based Seismic Design .....................................................................9038Ghorbanie-Asl, Mohammad;Humar, JagMohan

Dynamic Soil Structure Interaction Analysis to Estimate Seismically Induced Lateral Pressures Generated on BART Tunnel in San Jose, California................................................................9048

Boardman, Tom;O' Neill, Brian;Prashar, Yogesh

A Parametric Study of the Nonlinear Response of Simple Isolated Bridge Systems...............................9058Anderson, Eric;Mahin, Stephen

Equivalent Linear and Nonlinear Racking Analyses of a Subway Section for the BART Warm Springs Extension Project ................................................................................................................9068

Balakrishnan, Ariyaputhirar;Habimana, Jean;Vahdani, Shahriar

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Assessing Seismic Vulnerability of 11 Dams Owned by the Santa Clara Valley Water District, Santa Clara County, California ....................................................................................................9078

Nelson, James;Volpe, Richard

ADVANCES IN GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING Hidden Active Faults and Seismic Problems in Osaka Plain ....................................................................9088

Iwasaki, Yoshinori

Earthquake Deformation Analysis Using Terrestrial Scanning Laser -Lidar Technology ....................9098Bawden, Gerald;Collins, Brian D.;Kayen, Robert;Pack, Robert T.

Advancements in Field Measurement of Pore Pressures for Liquefaction Studies .................................9108Hushmand, Behnam;Muto, Matthew;Renaud, Reginald

The Effect of Carbonaceous Fines on the Liquefaction Potential of Sands .............................................9117Sadek, Salah;Saleh, Maha

Re-Evaluation of Liquefaction-Induced Ground Settlement Case Histories from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake ...........................................................................................................................9127

Faris, Allison;Knudsen, Keith;Seed, Raymond;Wu, Jiaer

Field Evaluation of Axial Response of Drilled Shafts to Dynamic Loads.................................................9137Kasali, Gyimah;Sitar, Nicholas

NONSTRUCTURAL COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS/INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES Nonlinear Analytical Modeling and System Verification of a Wine Barrel on a Portable Steel Rack Subject to Seismic Excitation ....................................................................................................9147

Chadwell, Charles;Marrow, Joshua;Stanley, Jeremy

Vibration Behavior of Rooftop Telecommunication Towers.....................................................................9157Chen, J.Y.;McClure, G.;Yao, George

Probabilities of Initiation of Response Modes of Rigid Bodies Under Base Excitations .........................9166Aydin, Kamil

Influence of Frequency Content and Peak Intensities in the Non - Linear Response and Damage of Rigid Bodies ................................................................................................................................9179

Arredondo, Cesar;Reinoso, Eduardo

Seismic Damage of Nonstructural Masonry Infills: Statistical Characterization by Interstory Drift and Stiffness Decrease .......................................................................................................9189

Colangelo, Felice;Stornelli, Paola

A Parameter Study of Non-Structural Elements in Elastic-Plastic Buildings Under Seismic Excitation .......................................................................................................................................................9199

Adam, Christoph

Urban and Building Configurations of Contemporary Cities in Seismic Zones......................................9209Guevara-Perez, L. Teresa

Passive Energy Retrofit of a San Francisco Pier ........................................................................................9219McNamara, Robert

Development of Immediate Evaluation Method for Earthquake Safety of Existing Dams ....................9226Ariga, Yoshiaki;Fujinawa, Yukio;Hori, Muneo

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Foundation Inhomogeneity on the Seismic Response of Arch Dams ........................................................9237Du, Jianguo;Hu, Zhiqiang;Lin, Gao

Earthquake Response Analysis of a Cylindrical Liquid Storage Tank Founded in the Water-Saturated Transversely Isotropic Ground ......................................................................................9247

Kim, Jae Kwan;Lee, Jin Ho

Effect of Cracks on Dynamic Behavior Characteristics of Unreinforced Concrete Structures.......................................................................................................................................................9257

Ishibashi, Masayoshi;Kanenawa, Ken-Ichi;Sasaki, Takashi;Takafuji, Kei;Yamaguchi, Yoshikazu

Strengthening of the ILL Reactor Building ................................................................................................9267Germane, Lionel;Plewinski, Francois;Thiry, Jean-Michel

Improving Seismic Performance of Modular Turbo-Generator Equipment...........................................9275Baesler, Hugo;Cruz, Ernesto F.;Enriquez, Pablo A.

Seismic Vulnerability of Lima Cathedral, Peru .........................................................................................9285Castro Cuba, Milagros;Lazares, Fernando;Olarte, Jorge;Proano, Ricardo;Quiroz, Luis;Rodriguez, Martin;Scaletti, Hugo;Zavala, Carlos

A Comparison of the Predicted Seismic Response of an Electrostatic Precipitator Using a Simplified and a Sophisticated Method .......................................................................................................9295

Cruz, Ernesto F.;Valdivia, Dania

Methodology for the Parametric Analysis and Seismic Design of Isolated Elevated Water Tanks ..............................................................................................................................................................9306

Baquedano, Pablo A.;Fernandez-Davila, Victor I.;Gran, Fernando

Seismic Evaluation of Radial Gates .............................................................................................................9316Aslam, Mohammad;Gong, Chao;Johnson, Tracy;Maldonado, Aurea;Monaghan, Michaele;Salah-Mars, Said

Impact of Near-Fault Earthquakes on North American Design Guidelines for Nuclear Structures.......................................................................................................................................................9326

Elgohary, Medhat;Galal, Khaled;Ghobarah, Ahmed

Testing of Pile-Deck Connections for Container Wharf Structures .........................................................9336Krier, C.;Restrepo, J.I.;Yin, P.;Jaradat, O.A.;Weismair, M.

STEEL AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES Earthquake Collapse Tests of Miniature Steel Frame Model Using Large Centrifuge Machine..........................................................................................................................................................9346

Higuchi, Shunichi;Katsumata, Hideo;Okuda, Hirofumi;Seki, Matsutaro;Takazawa, Masayoshi;Wada, Akira;Yamada, Satoshi

VOLUME 16

Seismic Behavior of Moment Resisting Frames with High-Strength Square CFT Columns .................9356

Huang, Zhihui;Varma, Amit

Evaluation of Earthquake Resistance of Weak Beam Type Steel Building Structure Based on Deformation Capacity of Members ........................................................................................................9366

Yamada, Satoshi

Comprehensive Analytical Modelling of Sub-Frames Made of Composite Beams and Steel Columns .........................................................................................................................................................9374

Karbasi Arani, Kamyar;Mirghaderi, Seyed Rasul

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Seismic Behavior of Intermediate Beams in Steel Plate Shear Walls .......................................................9384Bruneau, Michel;Lopez-Garcia, Diego

Experimental Study of a Large-Scale Composite MEF System with CFT Columns Under Seismic Loading.............................................................................................................................................9394

Herrera, Ricardo;Ricles, James;Sause, Richard

Experimental Studies on the Seismic Performance of Reduced Beam Section Moment Connections to Deep Wide Flange Columns ...............................................................................................9404

Ricles, James;Zhang, Xiaofeng

Cyclic Performance of Reduced Flange Plate Moment Connections........................................................9414Chou, Chung-Che;Wu, Chia-Ching

Evaluation of Design Methods for Exposed Column-Base Plate Connections in Gravity and Moment Resisting Frames ............................................................................................................................9424

Aviramtraubita, Ady;Stojadinovic, Bozidar

Effective Width of Composite Reinforced Concrete Column-to-Steel Beam (RCS) Connections....................................................................................................................................................9434

Fargier-Gabaldón, Luis B.;Parra-Montesinos, Gustavo;Wight, James K.

Seismic Design Issues of Panel Zone in Special Moment Frames with Deep-Column Sections...........................................................................................................................................................9444

Akbas, Bulent;Shen, Jay;Sutchiewcharn, Narathip

Cyclic Testing of Bolted Moment Connections for a Type of Cold-Formed Pre-Fabricated Mezzanines.....................................................................................................................................................9452

Hong, Jong-Kook;Uang, Chia-Ming;Wood, Ken

Finite Element Modeling of a Steel Brace with Welded Gusset Plate End Connections.........................9462Seeton, Andrew;Ventura, Carlos

Seismic Responses of Structural Systems Using Steel Post-Tensioned Members....................................9473Chou, Chung-Che;Jhuang, ShengJhih;Tsai, Keh-Chyuan;Yang, WenChia

Seismic Response of R.C. Frames with Concentric Steel Bracing ............................................................9483Osman, Ashraf;Rashed, Ahmad;El-Kady, M.

SEISMIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE AND COMPOSITE ELEMENTS AND STRUCTURES How Have Changes in Building Code Provisions for Reinforced Concrete Buildings Improved Seismic Safety? ............................................................................................................................9493

Deierlein, Gregory;Haselton, Curt;Liel, Abbie

Development of a Seismic Design Methodology for Precast Diaphragms ................................................9503Fleischman, Robert;Ghosh, Satyendra;Naito, Clay;Restrepo, José;Sause, Richard

Drift Capacity Models and Shear Strength Degrading Models for Slab-Column Connections....................................................................................................................................................9513

Kang, Thomas H.-K.;Wallace, John

Use of Constant Cumulative Ductility Spectra for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Ductile Frames...............................................................................................................................................9523

Simon, Rogelio;Teran-Gilmore, Amador

Seismic Design Requirements for Anchor Bolts – A Fresh Perspective ...................................................9533Eligehausen, Rolf;Hoehler, Matthew;Silva, John

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Development of Seismic Demand and Capacity Assessment Methodology for Rectangular Concrete-Filled Steel Tube (RCFT) Members and Frames ......................................................................9543

Hajjar, Jerome;Tort, Cenk

DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Past, Present and Future of Seismic Structures..........................................................................................9553

Elsesser, Eric

Seismic Design for Damage Control and Repairability .............................................................................9563Dutta, A.;Mander, J.B.

Implementation of Higher Performance Structural Systems in the United States..................................9573Mayes, Ronald L.

Performance of Seismically Isolated Buildings in Japan ...........................................................................9583Kani, N.;Takayama, M.;Wada, A.

New Ideas for Structural Configurations....................................................................................................9593Elsesser, Eric

SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF NON-BUILDING STRUCTURES AND ELEMENTS Overcoming Hurdles on the Road to Nonstructural Seismic Resilience for Buildings ...........................9602

de Koning, Mark;Lewis, Jay;Mohseni, Amir

Seismic Design Requirements for Non-Structural Elements and Building Parts....................................9612Beattie, Graeme;King, Andrew;Shelton, Roger

Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering of Pallet-Type Steel Storage Racks.................................9621Bachman, Robert;Filiatrault, Andre;Mahoney, Michael

Performance Evaluation of Gypsum Wallboard Partitions ......................................................................9631Lang, Anna;Restrepo, José

Earthquake Performance of Nonstructural Components and Systems - Difficulties in Achieving Enhanced Earthquake Performance .........................................................................................9642

Griffin, Michael

Seismic Force Amplification Factors for Telecommunication Towers Mounted on Building Rooftops .........................................................................................................................................................9652

Assi, Rola;McClure, G.;Yao, George

SITE CHARACTERIZATION FOR REGIONAL AND SITE SPECIFIC GROUND MOTION HAZARD ASSESSMENT Combined Use of Active and Passive Surface Wave Techniques for Cost Effective UBC/IBC Site Classification.........................................................................................................................9662

Diehl, John;Martin, Antony;Shawver, Jonathan

Site Characterization and Seismic Zonation of Guayaquil City, Ecuador...............................................9672Bray, Jonathan;Kayen, Robert;Mera, Walter;Pestana, Juan;Ramirez, Jenny;Tandazo, Eddie;Vera-Grunauer, Juan Gabriel;Vera-Grunauer, Xavier

The GeoIndex Model for Practical Design Selection of Non-Linear Soil Properties...............................9682Chiou, Brian;Roblee, Clifford

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GIS-Based Nationwide Hazard Zoning Using the Japan Engineering Geomorphologic Classification Map.........................................................................................................................................9693

Hasegawa, Kouichi;Matsuoka, Masashi;Wakamatsu, Kazue

Seismic Microzonation of the City of Catania for the Etna Earthquake (M=6.2) of February 20, 1818..........................................................................................................................................9703

Grasso, Salvatore;Maugeri, Michele;Spina, Lauretta

Instrumental Subsoil Classification of Californian Strong Motion Sites Based on Single-Station Microtremor Measurements ...........................................................................................................9713

Lang, Dominik;Schwarz, Jochen

GROUND IMPROVEMENT Biologically Induced Improvement of Loose Sands ...................................................................................9723

DeJong, Jason;Fritzges, Michael;Nusslein, Klaus

Assessment of Ground Improvement Required for Structure on Hydraulic Fill Along Foreshore .......................................................................................................................................................9733

Kostaschuk, Rod;Kristiansen, Henrik

Lessons Learned: Three Case Studies Regarding Liquefaction Mitigation Prior to Development in San Francisco .....................................................................................................................9743

Liang, Linda J.H.;Mack, Darren;Shields, Craig S.

Time Effects on Friction on Pipe Piles Installed in Densified Fills ...........................................................9753Chang, C.-Y.;Fok, Eric;Freitas, Mark;Horton, Thomas;Koch, Meghan;Mark, Ken

Utilization of High Modulus Columns in Foundation Engineering Under Seismic Loadings ................9763Durgunoglu, Turan

Full-Scale Model Test for Earthquake Resistant Reinforcement Method for Pile Foundations Based on Ground Solidification Techniques.........................................................................9773

Adachi, Yuji;Kawamura, Mokoto;Sakuma, Takao;Suehiro, Shuzo;Urano, Kazuhiko

SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF GEO-SYSTEMS Simplified Procedure for Estimating Seismic Load-Deflection Relationships for Spread Footings in Clay.............................................................................................................................................9781

Egan, John;Ryan, Marc

Approach to Design of Shallow Foundations for Low-Rise Framed Structures .....................................9789Carr, Athol;Ingham, Jason;Pender, Michael;Wotherspoon, Liam

Distributed Parameter Foundation Impedance Model for Time Domain SSI Analysis .........................9799Ballard, Thomas;Tabatabaie, Mansour

Soil-Structure Interaction Analyses of Building Responses During the 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake ....................................................................................................................................................9809

Bray, Jonathan;Sancio, Rodolfo;Travasarou, Thaleia

Modeling of Clay-Pile Interface Behavior During Multidirectional Cyclic Loading ..............................9819Mayoral Villa, Juan Manuel;Pestana-Nascimento, Juan;Seed, Raymond

A Study of the Seismic Response of Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls to Rocking Ground Excitation .......................................................................................................................................................9827

Bathurst, Richard;Hatami, Kianoosh

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INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS OF PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS Characterizing Seismic Hazard in the Basin and Range Province: Case Study for Reno, Nevada............................................................................................................................................................9837

Anderson, John;Anooshehpoor, Abdolrasool;Biasi, Glenn;Louie, John;Pancha, Aasha;Su, Feng

Development of Earthquake Ground Motions for Yucca Mountain ........................................................9847Dober, Mark;Law Pattanapong, Chaiwat;Lee, Richard;Quittmeyer, Richard;Silva, Walter;Stepp, J. Carl;Stokoe II, Kenneth ;Thomas, Patricia;Toro, Gabriel;Wong, Ivan

A Methodology for Determination of Efficient Earthquake Bins for Performance Based Seismic Design ...............................................................................................................................................9857

Gasparini, Giada;Malavolta, Daniele;Silvestri, Stefano;Trombetti, Tomaso

Design Accelerograms at Sites Affected by Several Seismic Sources and Nonlinear Site Effects .............................................................................................................................................................9869

Reinoso Angulo, Eduardo;Jaimes Tellez, Miguel A.

Validation of a Site-Specific Strong Ground Motion Estimation Method and Quantification of Estimate Uncertainties ....................................................................................................9879

King, Stephanie;Pachakis, Dimitris

Long Period Response Spectra for Design ..................................................................................................9889Golesorkhi, Ramin;Gouchon, John

REHABILITATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS Seismic Rehabilitation of Two Historic Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Fluid Viscous Dampers .........................................................................................................................................................9899

Gilani, Amir;Kohagura, Todd;Miyamoto, Kit

Seismic Retrofit of Historic Building Structures ........................................................................................9909Altoontash, Arash;Guh, T. Jeff

Seismic Rehabilitation of “Pre-Northridge” Steel Moment Frame Buildings Incorporating Fluid Viscous Dampers .................................................................................................................................9919

Henkel, Melissa;Lindorfer, Kurt

Post-Tensioned Friction Damped Connections for the Seismic Retrofit of Steel Moment Resisting Frames ...........................................................................................................................................9928

Caballero, Martha;Ricles, James;Rojas C., Pedro;Sause, Richard

Seismic Retrofit of Microelectronics Factories ...........................................................................................9938Chen, Jay-Fu;Huang, Yin-Nan;Hwang, Jenn-Shin;Wang, Shiang-Jung

The Skinner Building Seismic Upgrade ......................................................................................................9948Somers, Peter

ADDITIONAL PAPERS Evaluation of the Modal Pushover Analysis Procedure for Unsymmetric-Plan Buildings ....................9958

Chopra, Anil

Direct Displacement-Based Design of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Masonry Walls .................................9968Kowalsky, Mervyn;Wight, Gavin

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Reliability-Based Analysis of Structural Safety Considering Different Seismic Hazard Curves for Western and Eastern United States ..........................................................................................9978

Hampshire Santos, Sergio

Seismic Fragility of Linear Systems Subjected to Non-Gaussian Ground Acceleration Processes ........................................................................................................................................................9988

Grigoriu, Mircea;Kafali, Cagdas;Mo, Eirik

Participation of Hysteretic Damping in Pushover Analysis of Bending Structures ................................9998Mansoori, Mohammad Reza;Vahdani, Shahram

Frequency-Dependent Attenuation of Soils in Seismic Simulation.........................................................10008Meng, Jiewu;Motazedian, Dariush

Nonlinear Dynamic Behaviour of Offshore Platforms, Using Incremental Dynamic Analysis ........................................................................................................................................................10018

Ajamy, Azadeh;Asgarian, Behrouz

Equivalence Between 2D and 3D Numerical Simulations of the Seismic Response of Improved Sites .............................................................................................................................................10029

Bouckovalas, George;Papadimitriou, Achilleas;Vytiniotis, Antonios

Author Index