Foreword | |
The estimation of earthquake ground motions in Europe | p. 3 |
Earthquake response of RC structures | p. 11 |
Large-scale testing at the ELSA reaction wall in support of Eurocode 8 | p. 19 |
The European shaking table collaborative programme | p. 27 |
Seismic design of bridges in Europe | p. 35 |
Prenormative research in support of Eurocode 8 | p. 43 |
Status of Eurocode 8 and future development | p. 51 |
Long period earthquake risk in Europe | p. 59 |
Attenuation relations for use in Europe: An overview | p. 67 |
Site assessment for a LNG plant in a faulted and seismically active karstic limestone area | p. 75 |
Effects of coupling between source and site characteristics during earthquakes | p. 83 |
Experimental modal testing of reinforced concrete bridges | p. 93 |
Seismic tests on three shaking tables of a 1:8 irregular bridge model | p. 101 |
Experience in the application of Eurocode 8 to seismic design of RC bridges | p. 109 |
Response of conventional and isolated bridges under non-synchronous seismic motion | p. 117 |
Displacement based design of building structures | p. 127 |
Seismic design requirements for structures in the United Kingdom | p. 133 |
Seismic response of three-dimensional uplifting structures | p. 141 |
Site investigations with earthquakes in mind | p. 151 |
Development of a large flexible shear stack for testing dry sand and simple direct foundations on a shaking table | p. 163 |
Asynchronous ground motion caused by local geological conditions, and its implication for building design | p. 169 |
Shaking table test of 1/6 scale model of the column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome | p. 179 |
In situ experimental testing of two historical columns in Rome | p. 187 |
Control of a planar redundant multi-axis servo-hydraulic earthquake test facility using linear feedback controller and observer | p. 193 |
Behaviour of concrete walls coupled by ductile links with semi-rigid connections | p. 203 |
Seismic behaviour and design of building structures and components | p. 211 |
Seismic response of 3D RC frames: Effect of plan irregularity | p. 219 |
State-of-the-practice in the use of steel in European seismic design | p. 229 |
Ductility-based design of partially encased steel moment-resisting frames | p. 237 |
The influence of material variability on failure mode control of steel frames | p. 245 |
Contribution to the seismic behaviour's improvement of short beam pile caps | p. 255 |
Experimental investigations of large panel reinforced concrete systems as a basis for aseismic design of stable and economic structures | p. 263 |
Shaking table tests of a yielding bracing system for strengthening non-seismically designed reinforced concrete frames | p. 271 |
Experimental tests on strain rate dependence of mechanical characteristics of stainless steel bars for seismic resistant reinforced concrete structures | p. 279 |
Response of repaired RC exterior joints under cyclic loading | p. 285 |
Cyclic shear behaviour of low slenderness RC walls | p. 293 |
Actual strong motion records in central Europe - Conclusions for engineering design practice | p. 303 |
Evaluation of site shear stiffness and damping properties from downhole earthquake records | p. 311 |
The Corinthian Gulf (Greece) strong-motion databank | p. 317 |
On strong motion monitoring and recordings in Iceland | p. 323 |
Proposal for behaviour factors for composite frames in Eurocode 8 | p. 333 |
Confinement of RC columns | p. 341 |
Seismic performance assessment of RC buildings designed to the 1994 Eurocode 8 | p. 349 |
Effect of shear deflections on the ductility of RC structures | p. 359 |
Development of new Turkish earthquake resistant design code for buildings | p. 367 |
Current trends in earthquake resistant analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures | p. 375 |
Analysis of highly irregular industrial structures | p. 383 |
Steel-concrete bond model: Finite element analysis of a beam-column joint subjected to cyclic alternate loading | p. 395 |
Hysteretic beam model for the seismic analysis of RC structures | p. 403 |
Towards a formulation of a fiber model for elements under cyclic bending and shear | p. 411 |
Analysis of the seismic response of RC structures using a multilayered EE model with damage concept | p. 421 |
The deficiency of the macromodels with fixed-support interface conditions in the analytical modelling of infill panels | p. 427 |
Effect of spalling on reinforced concrete strength and ductility | p. 435 |
Design of steel plate devices for seismic energy dissipation | p. 445 |
Shaking table studies of the out-of-plane behaviour of masonry infill | p. 455 |
Failure modes of old masonry walls and arches under seismic loading, analysed by the Distinct Element Method | p. 463 |
Automatic monitoring activities of a base isolated building: System description and data processing results | p. 471 |
Design of elastomeric anti seismic bearings | p. 479 |
Seismic behaviour of reinforced concrete frames with energy dissipating cladding | p. 487 |
Evaluation of settlements of dry sands under seismic excitation | p. 497 |
Seismic bearing capacity of shallow strip footings near sloping ground | p. 505 |
Seismic qualification of a cut and cover section of the Channel Tunnel | p. 513 |
An assessment of Eurocode 8 - Part 4: Design of liquid storage tanks | p. 521 |
Evaluation and further development of the EC8 static torsional provisions | p. 531 |
A stochastic simulation approach for assessment of seismic hazard maps | p. 541 |
Nonlinear seismic response of RC frames designed according to Eurocode 8 for different ductility levels and different design intensities | p. 549 |
Syntactic analysis of waveforms from the world-wide strong motion database | p. 557 |
Drop-ball arrangement for centrifuge experiments | p. 567 |
Shaking table earthquake response of medium-rise knee braced frames | p. 577 |
The long term performance of high damping natural rubber seismic bearings | p. 585 |
Seismic reliability of hospital systems | p. 593 |
Ductility values of steel members in presence of cyclic actions | p. 605 |
Strengthening of RC elements by new concrete layers | p. 611 |
Modelling of the in-plane behaviour of masonry infilled frames | p. 621 |
The 'penalty surface' technique for static lateral global response in masonry walls | p. 631 |
The Paphos (Cyprus) 23 February 1995 earthquake | p. 639 |
Simplification of design of buildings with bearing walls under seismic actions | p. 649 |
Shear strength and hysteretic behaviour of exterior beam column connections | p. 653 |
Seismic analysis and design of the Istanbul Cultural and Congress Centre | p. 661 |
Author index | p. 669 |
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