15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2012

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Lisbon, Portugal

24-28 September 2012

Volume 1 of 38

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VOLUME 1

How Effective Are EC8 and Recommended AASHTO-LRFD Criteria for Regular Seismic Behavior of Ductile Bridges with Unequal Height Piers? ...... 1 Joseph Guirguis, Sameh Mehanny

Shake Table Acceleration Tracking Performance Impact on Dynamic Similitude Preliminary Findings ...... 11 Mike Mota, Franklin Moon, Ahmet Emin Aktan

Proposing the Optimized Combination of Different Isolation Bearings Subjected to Near-Fault Ground Motions...... 21 Seyed Rohollah Hoseini Vaez, Hosein Naderpour, S. M. Kalantari, P. Fakharian

Seismic Retrofit of Beams in Buildings for Flexure Using Concrete Jacketing ...... 28 V. T. Badari Narayanan, Amlan K. Sengupta, S. R. Satish Kumar

Recovering Displacements and Transients from Strong Motion Records Using the Wavelet Transform...... 38 Andrew Chanerley, Nicholas A. Alexander

Improvement of Methods for Earthquake-induced Landslides Assessment ...... 48 Xiaoli Chen, B. J. Zhou, Qing Zhou, Hongliu Ran

Engineering Analysis of an Offshore Pipeline on an Escarpment in a Seismically Active Zone - A Case Study in the Caspian ...... 57 Tapan K Sen

Seismic Behaviour of Cross-Laminated Timber Structures...... 65 Marjan Popovski, Erol Karacabeyli

Nonlinear Soil - Pile - Structure Interaction in Dynamic or Seismic Response...... 75 Yingcai Han, S. T. Wang

Soil Amplification Based on Regressions for Costa Rica Dataset ...... 85 Víctor Schmidt Diaz

Initial Stiffness of Reinforced Concrete Columns and Walls ...... 94 Bing Li

Influence of Superstructure Flexibility on Seismic Response Pile Foundation in Sand...... 104 Vijay Kumar Kanaujia, Ramanathan Ayothiraman, Vasant Matsagar

Design, Testing and Strengthening of Soft Storey of Multi-storey Low Cost Housing in Indonesia with Precast Concrete Frame System...... 114 Hari Nurjaman, Binsar Hariandja, Lutfi Faizal, Christ Marbun, Hasiholan Sidjabat, Ryanto Rivky, Sondang Simanjuntak, Prijasambada, Yosua Situmorang, A. K. Manik, Dedi Putra

The Cullman Ellipse as a Strategic Tool for Seismic Grading of Structural Configurations...... 124 Mario Paparoni, Osdaly Paz, Oscar Peña, I. Carbonell

An Alternative Procedure for Seismic Analysis and Design of Tall Buildings...... 134 Farzad Naeim, Lauren Carpenter, Tony Ghodsi, Gary Hart, Marshall Lew, Michael Mehrain, Thomas A. Sabol, J. W. Wallace

Shaking Table Tests of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Walls for Housing ...... 144 Julian Carrillo, Sergio Alcocer, José A. Pincheira

Performance Indicators for Seismic Design of Concrete Walls for Housing...... 154 Julian Carrillo, Sergio Alcocer

Seismic Response Effect of Shear Walls in Reducing Pounding Risk of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Subjected to Near-Fault Ground Motions...... 164 Rui Barros, Seyed Mohammad Khatami

Comparing Effects of Openings in Concrete Shear Walls under Near-Fault Ground Motions...... 173 Seyed Mohammad Khatami, Alireza Mortezaei, Rui Barros

Source Model of the 2010 Elazig Kovancilar Earthquake (Mw 6.1) for Broadband Ground Motion Simulation...... 183 Mehmet Baykal, Hiroe Miyake, Toshiaki Yokoi

Implication of the Seismic Code on the Seismic Design of Bridges in Algeria ...... 193 Ait Belkacem Mounir, Bourahla Nouredine

Characteristics of Strong Motion Duration from the Wenchuan Mw 7.9 Earthquake...... 201 Junju Xie, Zengping Wen, Xiaojun Li

A Consistent Cross-Border Seismic Hazard Model for Loss Estimation and Risk Management in Canada...... 211 Paul Thenhaus, Kenneth W. Campbell, Nitin Gupta, David Smith, Mahmoud Khater

CANDU 6 Nuclear Power Plant: Reactor Building Floor Response Spectra Considering Seismic Wave Incoherency...... 221 Ali Nour, Abdelhalim Cherfaoui, Vladimir Gocevski, Pierre Léger

Joint Panel Shear Yielding in Steel Moment ...... 229 Faramarz Rahiminia, Hisashi Namba

A Methodology for Documenting Housing Typologies in the Moderate-Severe Seismic Zones...... 239 Murty Cvr, Durgesh C. Rai, Hari Kumar, Keya Mitra, Amit Bose, H. B. Kaushik, Arvind Jaiswal, Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla

Damage Characteristics of RC Bridge Columns with Interlocking Spirals under Combined Cyclic Loading Including Torsion ...... 249 Qian Li, Abdeldjelil Belarbi

On Detailing of Reinforced-Concrete Frame Structures for Robustness and for Earthquake Resistance...... 259 Rina Farhat, Nicolae Gluck, Rami Eid, Uri Tzadka

Seismic Assessment of Innovative Hybrid Bracing System Equipped with Shape Memory Alloy ...... 267 Ali Jalaeefar, Behruz Asgarian

Peak Ductility Demand of Mainshock-Aftershock Sequences for Japanese Earthquakes ...... 276 Katsuichiro Goda

Inelastic Behavior of Hollow Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns ...... 286 Tae-Hoon Kim

The Economic Impact of Seismic Retrofit on Heritage Buildings with Historic Reinforced Concrete Skeleton Structure of the Interwar Time...... 292 Maria Bostenaru Dan

Effect of Nearby Topography on Amplification of Seismic Motion in Topographic Irregularities: The Case of a Hilly Site in Tehran ...... 302 Mohammad Khandan Bakavoli, Ebrahim Haghshenas, Jafar Bolouri Bazaz, Majid Khandan Bakavoli

Inelastic Response of 3D RC Frames of a Urban Viaduct Considering the Interaction Soil-Structure Effect by Numerical Simulation ...... 312 Hector Sánchez Sánchez, Edgar Lugo Espino, Carlos Cortés Salas

Multi-Phase Passive Control Systems for Performance-Based Design ...... 322 Taylor Rawlinson, Justin Marshall

High Rise Building Retrofitting in a High Risk Earthquake Zone...... 332 Kumars Zand-Parsa

How Important Are the New Factors in the Recent Earthquake Code for Concrete Structures ...... 337 Kumars Zandparsa

Inter-Period Correlation of Acceleration Response Spectra in Observed and Simulated Ground Motions ...... 347 Tatsuya Itoi, Tsuyoshi Takada

Conditional Simulation of Spatially Incoherent Seismic Ground Motion Using Gaussian Process Models...... 357 Irmela Zentner

Seismic Retrofitting of Moment-Resisting Connections Using Beam Web Opening...... 364 Ardeshir Deylami, Mahdieh Aminifar

Vertical Seismic Isolated Structures with Semi-Active Control System ...... 372 Masoud Nekooei, Mansour Ziyaeifar

Seismic Response of Single-story Steel Moment Frame with Isolated Floor System...... 380 Yuji Koetaka, Keita Matsumoto, Yasushi Yano

The Mw=9.0 Tohoku Japan Earthquake (March 11, 2011) Tsunami Impact on Structures and Infrastructure...... 390 Efthymis Lekkas, Emmanuel Andreadakis, Vassiliki Alexoudi, Eleni Kapourani, Irene Kostaki

Added Mass Model for Vertical Circular Cylinder Partially Immersed in Water...... 399 Enrico Da Lozzo, Ferdinando Auricchio, Gian Michele Calvi

Development of Artificial Earthquake Records in the Philippines using Specific Barrier Model Considering Local Site Conditions ...... 409 Darell James Mendoza, Eric Augustus Tingatinga

Experimental Study of Semi-Active Device as Active Interaction Control Device ...... 418 Ming-Hsiang Shih, Wen-Pei Sung

Predictive Safe Control of Non-Linear Seismic Response of Building Frames Using Neuro-Modal Controllers...... 428 Mallikharjuna Rao Manepalli, Tushar Kanti Datta

Empirical Approach Using ANN for Determining Confined Compressive Strength in FRP-Strengthened Concrete Members ...... 438 Hosein Naderpour

Estimation of Strong Motion During the 2011 Northern Nagano Earthquake and an Associated Building Damage Survey ...... 448 Masumi Yamada, Masayuki Yamada, Yui Fukuda, Yoshinori Fujino, Koji Hada, Christine Smyth,

Optimum Automated Direct Displacement Based Design of Reinforced Concrete Frames...... 458 Ali Fakhreddini, Javad Salajegheh

Local Site Effect and Microzonation in Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk...... 467 D. Shanker, H. N. Singh, A. Kumar, V. N. Neelakandan, V. S. Kumar

Design of Base Isolated Buildings Built Right Above a Fault...... 474 Takao Nishizawa, Kazuhiro Yoshihara, Nobuo Fukuwa, Yasuhiro Suzuki

Dynamic Behavior of Puebla City Cathedral...... 484 J. C. Ramirez-Cisneros, J. Lozano, H. O. Ferrer-Toledo, J. Rojas-Palacios, R. Vázquez-Rosas, H. Mijares-Arellano

A Hybrid Empirical-Stochastic Method for Ground Motion Simulation; a Sample Study: The 22 February 2005 (MW 6.4) Zarand (Central Iran) Earthquake...... 494 Hamid Zafarani

An Experimental and Analytical Study in Reinforced Concrete Frames with Weak Beam-Column Joints...... 502 Beyhan Bayhan, J. P. Moehle, Soheil Yavari, K. J. Elwood, S. H. Lin, C. L. Wu, S. J. Hwang

The Use of Continuum Models for Analyzing Adobe Structures...... 512 Nicola Tarque Ruiz, Guido Camata, Enrico Spacone, Marcial Blondet, Humberto Varum

Exact Stiffness and Frequency Relationships for a Doubly Asymmetric Bending-Torsion Thin-Walled Beam...... 522 Aida Azari Sisi, Behzad Rafezy, Paul Howson

Seismic Retrofitting Effects of Reinforcing Over-Track Buildings with Knee-Brace Dampers ...... 532 Seiji Yamada, Katsuyuki Shimizu, Yasushi Takei

Damage Indices using Energy Criterion for Seismic Evaluation of Steel Frame Buildings ...... 542 Prahlad Prasad, Manish Shrikhande, Pankaj Agarwal

Number of Yield Excursion Cycles Versus Performance Based Seismic Design ...... 552 Prasad Prahlad, Shrikhande Manish, Agarwal Pankaj

A Study on the Correlation Between Dissipated Hysteretic Energy and Seismic Performance...... 562 Athanasia Kazantzi, Dimitrios Vamvatsikos

Response Control Effect of Steel Building Structure Using Tuned Viscous Mass Damper...... 572 Yoshifumi Sugimura, Wataru Goto, Hirokazu Tanizawa, Kenjiro Saito, Toshifumi Ninomiya, Tomoya Nagasaku, Kenji Saito

EEFIT Field Observations and Lessons from the 11th March 2011 Mw9.0 Tohoku Earthquake: Ground Motion and Shaking Damage...... 582 Katsuichiro Goda, Siau Chen Chian, Stuart Fraser, Joshua Macabuag, Mark Offord, Antonios Pomonis, Keiko Saito, Alison Raby, Peter Sammonds

Inclusion Effect on Heterogeneity of Excess Pore Water Pressure Distribution in Composite Clay...... 592 Javad Jalili, Mohammad Kazem Jafari, Ali Shafiee

An Exploration on Characteristics of Ground Motion Containing Harmonic Waves ...... 602 Longjun Xu, Yujian Xie, Lili Xie

Magnitude-Recurrence Relationship and its Effect on Uniform Hazard Spectra: A Current Assessment ...... 612 Tapan K Sen

Evaluation of Site Effects: Development of the Semiquantitative Abacuses in Lazio Region (Italy) ...... 620 Floriana Pergalani, Massimo Compagnoni, Antonio Colombi

Structural Performance of Damaged Open-web Type SRC Beam-columns after Retrofitting ...... 630 Takashi Fujinaga, Yuping Sun

Response Modification Factor of Dual Moment-resistant Frame with Buckling Restrained Brace (BRB)...... 638 Gholamreza Abdollahzadeh, Mohammad Reza Banihashemi, Sdegh Elkaee, Mojtaba Esmaeelnia Amiri

Structural Pounding Between Adjacent Buildings: The Effects of Different Structures Configurations and Multiple Earthquakes ...... 648 Sofia Efraimiadou, George Hatzigeorgiou, Dimitri Beskos

Strong Ground Motion Signal Selection Consistent with Local Seismic Hazard Levels. Applications in 3 Cities in Colombia...... 658 Mario Andres Salgado, Daniela Zuloaga, Gabriel Andres Bernal, Luis Eduardo Yamin, Omar Cardona

The Ground Motion Attenuation Relation for the Mountainous Area in Sichuan and Yunnan ...... 668 Jianwen Cui, Jianguo Zhang, Dong Gao, Jianxin Duan, Tun Wang

Structural Control for Asymmetric Buildings Subjected to To Earthquake Excitations ...... 678 Nikos Pnevmatikos

Repair of Damaged Circular Reinforced Concrete Columns By Plastic Hinge Relocation...... 688 Stephen Rutledge, Mervyn J. Kowalsky, Rudolf Seracino, James M. Nau

Design of FRP Jackets for Confinement of Plastic Hinges in Reinforced Concrete Columns using Displacement Ductility ...... 698 Chris Pantelides, Domingo Moran

Experimental Investigations on the Seismic Performance of Un-Retrofitted and Retrofitted RC Frames ...... 708 Feng Liu, Lai Wang, Xilin Lu

A New Procedure for Selection and Modification of Strong Ground Motion for Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis...... 715 Mohammad Nooraie, Farhad Behnamfar

Experimental Investigation on the Health Monitoring of Fluid Dampers for Bridges...... 725 Dimitrios Konstantinidis, Nicos Makris, James M. Kelly

Preliminary Analysis of Doubler Plate Attachment Details for Steel Moment Frames ...... 735 Priyanka Shirsat, Michael Engelhardt

Calibration of a Source Spectrum Model and Construction of Spectral Strong Motion Attenuation Relationships from Accelerogram Records...... 745 G. A. Bernal, Mario G. Ordaz, Mario Andrés Salgado, Luis Eduardo Yamín, Omar Cardona

Design and Elastic Behaviour Influence of Recycled RC Buildings Subjected to Earthquakes...... 752 M. C. Gómez-Soberón, O. Santillán-Nieves, J Manuel Gómez-Soberón, Luis A Gómez-Soberón

Evaluation of Seismic Torsional Response of Base Isolated Buildings...... 762 Kazushi Shimazaki

Earthquake Performance of Non-engineered Construction in Nicaragua...... 772 Lisa Holliday, Thomas Kang

Seismic Displacement Demands of Reinforced Concrete Structures by Cyclic Pushover Analysis...... 782 Phaiboon Panyakapo

Experimental Study on Confined Brick Masonry in Indonesia ...... 792 Tatsuo Narafu, Hiroshi Imai, Yuji Ishiyama, Dyah Kusumastuti, Wahyu Wuryanti, Kazushi Shirakawa, Makoto Kinoshita

Collapse Simulation for a Super-Tall Mega-braced Frame Core-tube Building ...... 802 Wan-Kai Zhang, Xiao Lu, Xin-Zheng Lu, Lie-Ping Ye, Jia-Ru Qian

VOLUME 2

Development of Fragility Curves for Retrofitted Multi-column Bridge Bent Subjected to Near Fault Ground Motion...... 812 Ahm Muntasir Billah, M. Shahria Alam

VS30 – A Site-Characterization Parameter for Use in Building Codes, Simplified Earthquake Resistant Design, GMPEs, and ShakeMaps...... 822 Roger Borcherdt

Development of Seismic Damage Estimation Index for Service Lines with Seismic Resistant Spring...... 832 Daisuke Takabatake, Yoshiharu Shumuta, Takashi Miyako

Evaluation of Maximum Velocity for Inelastic Structures with Supplementary Dampers ...... 842 George Hatzigeorgiou, George Papagiannopoulos

Progress Report on the Technical Development of the 2014 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions ...... 850 David Bonneville

“Soft Story” and “Weak Story” in Earthquake Resistant Design: A Multidisciplinary Approach...... 856 L. Teresa Guevara-Perez

Seismic Performance of Steel Bridge Piers Containing Composite Connections...... 866 Steven Fulmer, Mervyn J. Kowalsky, James M. Nau

Ultimate Strength and Restoring Force Characteristics of Unembedded Type Column Bases in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures...... 876 Kazushi Sadasue, Katsuya Akamatsu, Koichi Minami

The Selection and Scaling of Ground Motion Records for Great Scenario Earthquakes Based on the Condition Mean Spectrum...... 884 Li Lin, Wen Ruizhi, Zhou Baofeng, Shi Dacheng

Full-Scale Shaking Table Tests of XLam Panel Systems - Correlation with Cyclic Quasi-Static Tests...... 894 Viktor Hristovski, Marta Stojmanovska, Bruno Dujic

A Sensitivity Analysis of Amplification Factor of Peak Ground Acceleration by Means of Neural Network and Time History Analysis: A Case Study ...... 904 Mojtaba Heidari, Meisam Heidari

The Mw 7.1 Sept 4 2010 and Mw 6.3 Febr 22 2011, New Zealand Eqs. Comparison of EMS1998 and ESI2007 Data ...... 910 Panagiotis Carydis, Efthymis Lekkas, Theodosios Kritikos

Influence of Additional Attenuation of Small Strain Shear Modulus Gmax on Site Seismic Response...... 920 B. Huang, L. Li, Dao-Sheng Ling, M. X. Shi

Auto-Parametric Stability and Post-Critical Behavior of a Non-Linear Continuous System Under Random Seismic Excitation...... 930 Jiri Naprstek, Cyril Fischer

Seismic Assessment of Historical Brick-Masonry Buildings in Vienna...... 940 Christoph Adam, Thomas Furtmüller, Günther Achs

Modeling Nonstructural Damage for Metropolitan Building Stocks ...... 950 Steven French

Comparison of the Seismic Performance of Equivalent Straight and Curved Bridges due to Transverse Seismic Excitation...... 960 Easa Khan, Mervyn J. Kowalsky, James M. Nau

Determination of Site Amplification in East-Central Iran from Inversion of Strong-Motion Records ...... 970 Behzad Hassani, Hamid Zafarani, Jamshid Farjoodi

Experimental Study of the Behaviour of a New Replaceable Bracing System (BBBS)...... 979 S. Vahid Khonsari, Mahmoud Moradi, Dawoud Zarei, Hossein Farahani, George L. England

Experimental Study of a New Steel Shear Wall with an Embedded Special Damping Mechanism (SSWAF) ...... 989 S. Vahid Khonsari, Hamed Seyf, Saman Mehryar, M. Shahsavar-Gargari

Experimental Investigation into the Behaviour of a Beam-to-Column Connection with Improved Initial Stiffness ...... 999 S. Vahid Khonsari, Soorena Poorzandpoosh, M. Shahsavar-Gargari

Response of Degrading Reinforced Concrete Systems Subjected to Replicate Earthquake Ground Motions...... 1008 Adel Abdelnaby, A. S. Elnashai

Study on Shaking-Table Experiment of a Full-Scale Four-Story Steel Building ...... 1014 Tran Tuan Nam, Kasai Kazuhiko

Dynamic Performance Comparison Between Buckling Restrained Braced Frames in Concentric and Eccentric Configurations ...... 1024 Gary Prinz, Paul Richards

Seismic Performance Improvement of the Existing High-rise Building by Connecting to its High-rise Extension Using Viscous Dampers...... 1034 Takahiro Matsumoto, Satoshi Akita, Takashi Amasaki

The Contribution of Shaking Tables to Earthquake Engineering...... 1044 R. T. Severn, David Stoten, Yasutaka Tagawa

Laboratory Tests and Numerical Simulations Giving the Effect of Preloading on the Cyclic Liquefaction Strength ...... 1054 Constantine Stamatopoulos, Fernando Lopez-Caballero, Arezou Modaressi-Farahmand-Razavi

Field Test Measuring the Effect of Preloading on Soil Properties Affecting the Seismic Response and Numerical Simulation...... 1063 Fernando Lopez-Caballero, Arezou Modaressi-Farahmand-Razavi, Constantine Stamatopoulos, P. Peridis

Case History of Observed Liquefaction-Induced Settlement Versus Predicted Settlement ...... 1073 Marshall Lew, Lan-Anh Tran

Robustness Analysis of an Structure Dependent Explicit Integration Algorithm for Real-Time Structural Testing ...... 1083 Cheng Chen, Juli Leong, Olga Mendez

Structural Monitoring Test for an Aged Large Arch Dam Based on Ambient Vibration Measurement ...... 1093 Nobuyuki Okuma, Kouichi Ikeda, Taiji Mazda, Kenji Kanazawa, Seiji Nagata

Earthquake Resistant Performance of Prestressed Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Subassemblages Forming Beam Yield Mechanism ...... 1099 Kazuhiro Kitayama, Ryuto Yajima

Vibration and Buckling Characteristics of I-Shaped Steel Column Corroded on Boundary with Concrete ...... 1109 Hiroki Kashiwa, Hideki Naito, Motoyuki Suzuki

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Strategic Buildings in Algeria: Methodology and Case Study ...... 1119 Youcef Mehani, H. Bechthoula, Abderrahmane Kibboua, Mounir Naili

Seismic Vulnerability Functions of Existing Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers ...... 1129 Abderrahmane Kibboua, Mounir Naili, Fouad Kehila, Hakim Bechtoula, Youcef Mehani, Djillali Benouar

Experimental Observations on the Effect of Load History on Performance Limit States of Circular Bridge Columns...... 1139 Jason Goodnight, Mervyn J. Kowalsky, James M. Nau

Determination of 2D Shallow S Wave Velocity Profile Using Waveform Inversion of P-SV Refraction Data...... 1149 Amrouche Mohamed, Yamanaka Hiroaki

Methods for Characterising Effects of Liquefaction in Terms of Damage Severity...... 1157 S. Van Ballegooy, P. J. Malan, Michael Jacka, V. I. M. F. Lacrosse, J. R. Leeves, J. E. Lyth, O. Cowan

Building in Resilience for Remediated Residential Housing ...... 1167 J. R. Leeves, Timothy Sinclair, M. C. Stannard, David Brunsdon, N. J. Traylen, G. J. Beattie

Economics on Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Low-rise Building in Korea ...... 1177 Jiseok Byeon

Applicability of Force-Restricted Tuned Viscous Mass Dampers to High-Rise Buildings Subjected to Long-Period Ground Motions...... 1186 Hidenori Kida, Kohju Ikago, Norio Inoue

Influence of Jointed Rock Foundation on Propagation Behavior of Earthquake induced Crack in Concrete Gravity Dam ...... 1195 Hiroyuki Kimata, Pongwit Rungbanaphan, Yutaka Fujita, Hideyuki Horii, Mahmoud Yazdani

Development of a New Type of Earthquake Energy-absorption Device...... 1205 Huajia Zhu, Yuping Sun, Takashi Fujinaga, Takashi Takeuchi

On Damage of Oil Storage Tanks due to the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake (Mw9.0), Japan...... 1213 Shinsaku Zama, Haruki Nishi, Ken Hatayama, Minoru Yamada, Hiroshi Yoshihara, Yoshio Ogawa

Strucural Analyses with Flexiblility Effect of the Floor Slabs...... 1223 Kehila Fouad, Zerzour Ali, Remki Mustapha

Use of Ambient and Forced Vibration Tests to Evaluate Seismic Properties of an Unreinforced Masonry Building Rehabilitated by Dampers ...... 1231 Rafik Taleb, Farid Bouriche, A. Remas, Mehdi Boukri, Fouad Kehila

Seismic Vulnerability Functions of Strategic Buildings in the City of Algiers...... 1241 Mustapha Remki, Fouad Kehila, Djillali Benouar

Seismic Collapse Assessment of Non-deteriorating Frames with Irregular Structural Properties Vulnerable to P- Delta ...... 1251 Clemens Jaeger, Christoph Adam

Inelastic Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Symmetric and Unsymmetric Floor Diaphragm Openings ...... 1261 Mohamed Al Harash, Nader Panahshahi

Updating Seismic Hazard Approach: Application to New Metropolitan Area...... 1269 A. K. Abd El-Aal, A. Hsony, K. Omar

Overstrength Factors for the Seismic Design of AAC Structures...... 1279 Jorge Varela-Rivera, Luis Fernandez-Baqueiro, Silvestre Chan-Esquivel

Seismic Evaluation of the Historic East-Memorial Building Retrofitted with Friction Dampers, Ottawa, Canada ...... 1287 Samer Jabbour, D. J. Carson

On Two Dimensional Liquefaction Analysis ...... 1297 Nozomu Yoshida, Yosuke Ohya

Use of Ultra-high Strength Steel in Building Frames Aiming at Major Countermeasure for Huge Earthquakes ...... 1307 Kenzo Taga, Motohide Tada, Yoshie Shirasawa, Yasuo Ichinohe, Tomoyuki Hashida

Analytical Study on Shear Resistance of Beam-Column Joints Composed of Ultra High Strength Concrete Containing Steel Fiber ...... 1317 Hiroshi Noguchi, Takashi Kashiwazaki, Hiroto Takatsu, Hideki Kimura

Post-earthquake Damage Detection Using Embedded Electro-mechanical Impedance Sensors for Concrete Dams ...... 1327 Xin Feng, Eusebe Dandjekpo, Jing Zhou

Performance – Based Seismic Assessment of Isolated Bridge Configurations on Deformable Soils ...... 1334 Davide Forcellini, Angelo Marcello Tarantino, Ahmed Elgamal, Jinchi Lu, Kevin Mackie

Citizen-oriented Web-based Seismic Hazard and Risk Maps for Promoting Seismic Retrofitting of Housing ...... 1344 Takuma Saeki, Saburoh Midorikawa, Masaki Fujioka, Hiroyuki Miura

Experimental Investigation on the Effects of Steel Fibers to Reduce Steel Rebars in Beam-Column Joints of Railway Bridges...... 1353 Kabir Shakya, Koji Matsumoto, Junichiro Niwa, K. Watanabe

Study on the Earthquake Damage Evaluation Procedure for RC and Confined Masonry Buildings...... 1363 Yi-Hsuan Tu, Lai-Cheng Ao, Wen-Yu Jean

Nonlinear Rooftop Tuned Mass Damper Frame ...... 1373 Jerod Johnson, Chris Pantelides, Lawrence Reaveley

Utilization of an Expert System for the Preliminary Design of Seismically Isolated Bridges...... 1383 George Manos, Stergios Mitoulis, G. Koidis

Effect of the Type of Connection Used Between the Deck and the Piers on Seismic Response of Extradosed Bridges...... 1393 Jose Benjumea, Gustavo Chio

Blind Prediction on the Seismic Response of a 5 Storey Steel Frame Building on Triple Friction Pendulum Isolators ...... 1403 Quincy Ma, Jonathan Watkin, M. R. Cutfield, John O'Hagan, Dmitry Volynkin, Liam M. Wotherspoon

Embedment Mechanism and Formulation of Major Types of Traditional Wooden Joints in Japan ...... 1413 Hideaki Tanahashi, Yoshiyuki Suzuki

Vibration Reduction of a Building–Elevator System Considering the Intensity of Earthquake Excitation...... 1423 Nanako Miura, Masayuki Kohiyama

Development of Probabilistic Liquefaction Hazard Maps by Ground Settlement ...... 1433 Tetsushi Kurita, Sei'Ichiro Fukushima

Earthquake-Resisting Properties and Evaluation of High Performance Concrete Columns with Low Residual Deformation ...... 1442 Yuping Sun, Takeshi Takeuchi, Yuki Funato, Takashi Fujinaga

Estimation of Ground Motion in Delhi using 7th September 2011 Earthquake ...... 1452 Himanshu Mittal, Ashok Kumar, Arjun Kumar, Kamal

Seismic Analysis of Ground Surface after Subway Station Excavation...... 1462 Shuli Fan, Xiaoqiong Zheng, Jianyun Chen

The Interpolation Method for Damage Localization in an Instrumented Steel Frame Structure ...... 1469 Maria Pina Limongelli

Performance Based Design of Reinforced Concrete Open Ground Storey Buildings ...... 1479 Rajaram Satish Kumar, J. L. Srinivasan

Improved Seismic Collapse Prediction of Inelastic Simple Systems Vulnerable to the P-Delta Effect Based on Average Spectral Acceleration...... 1487 Styliani Tsantaki, Clemens Jäger, Christoph Adam

Induced Seismicity Around Masjed Soleyman Dam, South West of Iran ...... 1497 Mohammadreza Ebrahimi, Mohammad Tatar

About Regional Standard “Macroseismic Scale” ...... 1507 Mark Klyachko, German Shestoperov, Aleksander Strom

Response of a Tall Building Far from the Epicenter of the March 11, 2011 M=9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake ...... 1517 Mehmet Celebi, Izuru Okawa, Toshihide Kashima, Shin Koyama, Masanori IIba

March 11, 2011 M=9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake: The Story of a Retrofitted Building Damaged and Repaired...... 1527 Mehmet Celebi, Izuru Okawa, Toshihide Kashima

Elastic Rebound Theory and Pile Re-Tapping...... 1537 Kumars Zand-Parsa, Kumars Zand-Parsa

Pre-Stressed Concrete Box Girder Bridge Hinge Vertical Restrainer Under Vertical Earthquake ...... 1544 Kumars Zand-Parsa

Plastic Hinge Length and Depth for Piles in Marine Oil Terminals Including Nonlinear Soil Properties ...... 1550 Rakesh Goel, N. E. Saeedy

Developing Fragility Curves for Steel Building with X-Bracing by Nonlinear Time History Analyses...... 1560 Mahmood Majd, Mahmood Hosseini, Amir Moein Amini

A Study on the Effect of Bracing Arrangement in the Seismic Behavior Buildings with Various Concentric Bracings by Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Analyses ...... 1569 Amir Moein Amini, Mahmood Majd, Mahmood Hosseini

Effect of Preloading on the Amplification of Sand Layers ...... 1579 Constantine Stamatopoulos

Association of Earthquakes and Faults Using Distance-Based Weighting Method...... 1589 Alireza Haji Soltani, Anooshiravan Ansari

Seismic Behavior of Flanged Shear Wall Buildings Subjected to Near-Fault Earthquakes Having Forward Directivity ...... 1598 Alireza Mortezaei

Seismic Evaluation and Rehabilitation of the Historical Masonry Structure of Arg Gate in Semnan...... 1606 Alireza Mortezaei, Kimia Mortezaei

Bracing Design in Dual Systems for Earthquake Resistance ...... 1616 Tonia Sophocleous, Marios Phocas

VOLUME 3

Asymmetrical Disaster Distribution and its Cause Analysis of the Mw7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake ...... 1626 Qing Zhou, Xiancheng Chen

Seismic Performance of Residential Buildings with Staggered Walls ...... 1636 Hyungoo Kang, Joonho Lee, Jinkoo Kim

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Tall Buildings with Axi-symmetric Plans...... 1644 Joonho Lee, Jieun Kong, Jinkoo Kim

Analytical Method of Submarine Buried Steel Pipelines Under Strike-slip Faults ...... 1652 Xin Li, Bin Wang, Jing Zhou

A Survey on the Parameters Affecting the Vulnerability of Urban Fabrics to Earthquake in Tehran ...... 1662 Kambod Amini Hosseini, Solmaz Hosseinioon

The Effect of Earthquakes’ Vertical Components on Ancient Multi-drum Structures ...... 1670 Loizos Papaloizou, Petros Komodromos

Feasibility Study on Using Community Based Approaches for Earthquake Risk Reduction in Tehran...... 1680 Kambod Amini Hosseini, Maziar Hosseini

Local vs. Regional Spectral Ground-Motion Predictive Equation for Algeria ...... 1688 Laouami Nasser, Slimani Abdennasser

A Review on Challenges in Mitigation the Impacts of Geological Hazards Associated with Earthquake in Iran...... 1696 Kambod Amini Hosseini

Horizontal Behaviour of Stable Unbonded Fiber Reinforced Elastomeric Isolators (SU-FREIs) with Holes...... 1703 Niel Van Engelen, Michael Tait, Dimitrios Konstantinidis

Investigation of Base Isolated Structures Utilizing Stable Unbonded Fiber Reinforced Elastomeric Isolators...... 1713 Niel Van Engelen, Dimitrios Konstantinidis, Michael Tait

Study on Vibration Damping Characteristics of a Spherical Shell and Damping Tendency of Shell and Spatial Structures ...... 1723 Kiyoshi Shingu, Kiyotoshi Hiratsuka, Kazuo Mitsui, Takayuki Kawashima, Norio Kondo, Kiyoshi Ogawa, Toshihiro Irie, Masaki Yukawa, Tadashi Otsuka

Seismic Protection of Railway Bridges in Sochi...... 1733 Inna Kuznetsova, Alexander Uzdin, Tatiana Zgutova, Stanislav Shulman, Wan Haibin

Developing Vulnerability and Risk Theory for Seismic Risk Management ...... 1742 Maria Bogdanova, Svetlana Ogneva, Oleg Sakharov, Kiril Sergin, Vladimir Sigidov, Alexander Uzdin

Lead-Core Heating Effect in Response of Bridges Isolated with LRBs ...... 1752 Gokhan Ozdemir, Ozgur Avsar, Beyhan Bayhan

Seismic Evaluation Procedure for Suspended Ceilings and Components New Experimental Approach ...... 1761 Amir Gilani, Shakhzod Takhirov, Lee Tedesco

The Effectiveness of Viscous Dampers for Structures Subjected to Large Earthquakes...... 1771 Kit Miyamoto, Amir Gilani, Akira Wada

Urban Earthquake Damage Assessment and Reconstruction: 2010 Haiti Earthquake...... 1781 Kit Miyamoto, Amir Gilani

Base Isolation Retrofit Challenges in a Historical Monumental Building in Romania ...... 1791 Amir Gilani, Kit Miyamoto

The 2011 Eastern Japan Earthquake: Facts and Reconstruction Recommendations...... 1801 Kit Miyamoto, Amir Gilani, Akira Wada

Study on the Seismic Performance of X-added Damping and Stiffness Energy Dissipation Device...... 1811 Congxiao Wu, Yun Zhou, Jianguo Tong, Jiajun Han

Effects of Soil Sites on Ground Motions in the Qionghai Basin in the Wenchuan Great Earthquake...... 1821 Haiyun Wang, Lili Xie, Bingjie Chen, Xuetao Zhang, Fanyu Kong, Suyang Wang, Peng Ye

Vertical and Horizontal Seismic Impedance Moments, and Corner Frequencies ...... 1827 Phuong Truong

Wave-Propagation Velocity, Tsunami Speed, Amplitudes, Dynamic Water-Attenuation Factors...... 1837 Phuong Truong

Dynamic Site-Amplification Factors and Dynamic Attenuation Factors by Dynamic Soil Mass ...... 1847 Phuong Truong

Principles and Equipment to Reduce Earthquake Effects on Liquefaction and Tsunamis...... 1857 Phuong Truong

A Horizontal Test and Its Simulation Analysis of the Abutment Model with Backfill Soil ...... 1867 Yukihide Kajita, Hisanori Otsuka, Yuki Fujiyoshi

Observed and Simulated Damage to Wooden Houses in Japan due to Recent Earthquakes...... 1872 Hideji Kawakami

Analytical Study on the Effect of Boundary Element Characteristics on the Behavior of Low-Rise Concrete Shear Walls...... 1882 Farhad Mohammadi Darani, Abdoreza Sarvghad Moghadam

A New Tsunami Intensity Scale proposed after the Tsunamis of 11 Mar. 2011, Japan & 26 Dec. 2004, Indian Ocean ...... 1892 Efthymis Lekkas, Emmanuel Andreadakis, Irene Kostaki, Eleni Kapourani

Seismic Behavior of High Strength Reinforced Concrete Columns Under Reversed Cyclic Loading ...... 1901 Hakim Bechtoula, Y. Mehani, Abderrahmane Kibboua, Mounir Naili, Susumu Kono, Fumio Watanabe

Study on Applicability of Ground Settlement Prediction Method in Liquefaction Based on Energy Balance ...... 1911 Shuichi Shimomura, Toshio Adachi, Ryota Asaeda, Noriaki Sako

Design of the Unreinforced Masonry Shear Wall Resistance in the High Seismic Areas. Case Study...... 1921 Adrian Dinca, George Popescu, Rodica Popescu

Assessment of Current Nonlinear Static Procedures for Seismic Evaluation of Special Moment-resisting Frames ...... 1930 Javad Vaseghi Amiri, M. Khadem, G. Jalali

Rocking Response and Overturning Criteria for Free Standing Blocks to Single – Lobe Pulses ...... 1939 Elia Voyagaki, Ioannis Psycharis, George Mylonakis

The Use of Speleothems to Better Constrain Long Return Period Seismic Hazard in Lebanon...... 1949 Corinne Lacave, Benjamin Sadier, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Carole Nehme, Juan-Jose Egozcue

Enhanced Repair and Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams Utilizing External Fiber Reinforced Polymer Sheets and Novel Anchoring Devices...... 1956 George Manos, Konstantinos Katakalos, Christos Papakonstantinou, G. Koidis

th Earthquakes- Induced Landslides in Algeria: The Laalam, March 20 (Mw=5.2), 2006 Earthquake ...... 1966 Youcef Bouhadad

Performance of Seismic Design Aids for Nonlinear Pushover Analysis of Reinforced Concrete and Steel Bridges...... 1971 Franklin Cheng, Jeffrey Ger

Relationships Between Computed Ground-motion Values for Northern Algeria ...... 1981 Mohamed Hamdache, Abdel Talbi, Jose Antonio Peláez, M. T. García Hernández, Carlos Lopez Casado

Behavior of Shape Memory Cu-Zn-Al Alloy Plates for Use in Energy Dissipators...... 1990 Pablo Heresi, Ricardo Herrera, María Ofelia Moroni

Assessment of Wood and Steel Structures Subjected to Earthquake Mainshock-Aftershock ...... 2000 Yue Li, Ruiqiang Song, J. W. Van De Lindt, Negar Nazari, Nicolas Luco

Case Study: Los Angeles Water Services Restoration Following the 1994 Northridge Earthquake ...... 2010 Craig A. Davis, T. D. O'Rourke, M. L. Adams, M. A. Rho

The Quadrants Method: A Procedure to Evaluate the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings...... 2020 Juan Carlos Vielma Pérez, Yolsanie Martínez, Alex H. Barbat, Sergio Oller

A Cyclic Nonlinear Macro Model for Numerical Simulation of Beam-Column Joints in Existing Concrete Buildings...... 2029 Wael Hassan, J. P. Moehle

Bond Behavior Between Steel and Concrete in Low Level Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel ...... 2039 Aris Aryanto, Yasuji Shinohara

Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of a Container Wharf and Container Yard Following the 27 February 2010 Chile Earthquake...... 2048 J. Paul Smith-Pardo, John C Bardi, Carlos E Ospina

Estimation of Crustal Deformation and Magnitude of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake Using Strong Ground Motion Records ...... 2058 Takashi Hirai, Nobuo Fukuwa

Developing Seismic Risk Maps for Mérida State, Venezuela ...... 2068 America Bendito, Jesse Rozelle, Douglas Bausch

Index for Reparability Evaluations of Buildings Based on Engineering Factors in Repair Cost Increases ...... 2077 Hideyuki Kinugasa, Tomohisa Mukai, Koichi Morita, Seitaro Tajiri, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Hitoshi Shiohara

New Steel Structural Design Tools Based on Knowledge Processing for Introductory Education...... 2087 Asami Sawahara, Sho Masumoto, R. Murata, Kouichi Harada, Minoru Yamanari

Error Study of a Hybrid Testing System of Structures Through a State-space Model...... 2095 Francisco Javier Molina, Anna Bosi, Pierre Pegon, Georges Magonette, Artur Pinto

Towards a Semi-active Vibration Control Solution Based on Superelastic Shape Memory Alloys...... 2105 Corneliu Cismasiu, Filipe P. Amarante Dos Santos

Synthesis of Earthquake Sound Using Seismic Motion Record and its Application to Audiovisual Earthquake Experience System...... 2115 Takashi Hirai, Kazumi Kurata, Nobuo Fukuwa, Masafumi Mori

Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of a Gravity Dam Based on Typical Failure Modes...... 2124 Hong Zhong, Gao Lin, Hongjun Li, Xiaoyan Li

State and Development of Earthquake Risk Mitigation in Switzerland ...... 2131 Blaise Duvernay

Improving Seismic Structural Performance of an Underdesigned R.C. Building ...... 2137 Sebastian Crijanovschi, Gabriela M. Atanasiu

Prediction of the Ultimate Deformation Capacity of RC Columns ...... 2145 Maysam Samadi, Hasan Moghaddam, Mohammad Fallah Tafti

Principle, Practice and Experience of Rehabilitation of the Historical Buildings in Seismic Regions ...... 2155 Moshe Danieli, Jacob Bloch

Soil Structure Interaction for Structures to Be Erected in Complex Geological Conditions ...... 2164 Angelika Dolgaya, Maxim Freze, Indalip Iliasov, Galina Davidova, Alexander Uzdin, Sergey Travin

Dynamic Behavior of Flexible Rectangular Liquid Storage Tanks Subjected to Seismic Ground Motion ...... 2173 Shamsedin Hashemi, Mohammad Mehdi Saadatpour, Reza Kianoush

Recent Worldwide Application of Seismic Isolation and Energy Dissipation and Conditions for Their Correct Use ...... 2183 Alessandro Martelli, Massimo Forni, Paolo Clemente

Out-of-Plane Response of Three-span Bridges with Midspans Supported by Pins or by Isolators and Excited by Fault-parallel Ground Motion ...... 2193 Reza Saleh Jalali, Masoumeh Bahari Jokandan, Mihailo D. Trifunac

Drifts in Simple Buildings Subjected to Near Field Fault-Parallel and Fault-Normal Displacements...... 2203 Reza Saleh Jalali, Ala Ameryan, Mihailo D. Trifunac

Assessment of the Energy Dissipation Capacity of Steel Buildings with Eccentrically Braces ...... 2213 Edelis Marquez, William Lobo-Quintero, Juan C. Vielma

Preliminary NGA-West 2 Models for Ground-Motion Directionality ...... 2222 Shrey Shahi, Jack Baker

Seismic Response Analysis of Seismically Isolated Buildings using Observed Records due to 2011 Tohoku Earthquake...... 2232 Mineo Takayama, Keiko Morita

Seismic Response of Three-dimensional Multi-story Steel Moment Frames with Eccentricity ...... 2242 Yoshinori Sakai, Daisuke Ehara, Minoru Yamanari, Koji Ogawa

Simulation of Correlated Horizontal Seismic Ground Motion Time Histories for a Given Scenario ...... 2252 Irmela Zentner, Fabrice Poirion

Structural Performance of Reinforced Concrete Using 200N/mm2 Concrete ...... 2259 Satoru Nagai, Yoshikazu Takaine, Motomi Takahashi, Norio Suzuki, Makoto Maruta

Seismic Vulnerability Index Method for Steel Structures ...... 2267 Amellal Omar, Bensaibi Mahmoud, Grine Khaled

Seismic Performance Evaluation for Retrofitting Steel Brace of Existing RC Building with Low-Strength Concrete ...... 2277 Mitsuyoshi Ishimura, Kazushi Sadasue, Yasuyoshi Miyauchi, Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Toshiki Fujii, Koichi Minami

Numerical Simulation of SH Seismic Waves Propagation Above Fault Zones – Application at Wadi Natash Area, Eastern Desert, Egypt ...... 2287 Mostafa Thabet

3-D Seismic Response of Liquefaction-Susceptible Improved-Soil Deposits ...... 2296 Brendon A Bradley

A Summary of Strong Ground Motions Observed in the Canterbury, New Zealand Earthquake Sequence ...... 2306 Brendon A Bradley

Experimental Research of XLam Wooden System Specimen KLH2-Preliminary Results ...... 2316 Marta Stojmanovska, Viktor Hristovski, Bruno Dujic

Study on Impact Between Adjacent Buildings: Comparison of Codal Provisions...... 2324 Chenna Rajaram, Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar

Damping Scaling of Response Spectra for Shallow Crustal Earthquakes in Active Tectonic Regions ...... 2334 Sanaz Rezaeian, Yousef Bozorgnia, I. M. Idriss, N. A. Abrahamson, Kenneth W. Campbell, Walter Silva

Seismic Retrofit of the Lax Theme Building with Mass Damper: Analysis and Experimentation...... 2344 Amir Gilani, Kit Miyamoto, S. A. Mahin, Robert Nigbor

Improving Seismic Safety of RC Elements by Using Advantages of Rectangular Spiral Stirrups ...... 2354 Cornel Doniga, Gabriela M. Atanasiu

Sensitivity Study of Design Parameters Used to Develop Bridge Specific Fragility Curves...... 2362 Jazalyn Dukes, Reginald Desroches, Jamie E. Padgett

Seismic Design of Hillside Light Timber Frame Buildings...... 2372 Aizhen Liu

Integrated Design for Achieving Building Seismic Resilience...... 2382 Aizhen Liu

The Seismic Characteristics of Surface Ground of Zushisite During the 2011 East Japan Great Earthquake ...... 2390 Takahiro Iwatate, Yoshiya Oda, Nobuyuki Naito, Koji Ando

Development of Fragility Functions for Low Strength Masonry Buildings in Nepal using Applied Element Method ...... 2398 Ramesh Guragain, Amod Mani Dixit, Kimiro Meguro

The Analysis of Abnormal Intensity in Hanyuan During Wenchuan Earthquake Based on Seismic Responses Analysis...... 2408 Ping Li, Jingshan Bo, Ruijie Xiao, Youwei Sun, Ni Men, Jinxin Zhao, Wei Wan

Failure Mechanism of Columns of Existing R/C Building Damaged during the 2007 Niigata Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake...... 2414 Daisuke Kato, Katsushi Yoshizawa, Tetsuo Nagahashi, Yukiko Nakamura

A New Design Procedure for Seismically Isolated Buildings Based on Seismic Isolation Codes Worldwide ...... 2422 Demin Feng, Takafumi Miyama, Wenguang Liu, Qiaorong Yang, Tian-Chyuan Chan

Preliminary Study of Masonry – RC Hybrid Structure Behavior under Earthquake Loading ...... 2431 Yi Ouyang, Hoat-Joen Pam, Sai-Huen Lo, Yuk-Lung Wong, Jing Li

VOLUME 4

Seismic Assessment Method for Indoor Injury Risk and its Application ...... 2440 Shigeyuki Okada, Noriyuki Nachi, Tomoya Endo

Shaking Table Test of Irregular Buildings under Horizontal Excitation Acting in an Arbitrary Direction...... 2448 Kenji Fujii, Tomonori Ikeda

Experimental Study on Stress Transfer in Reinforced Concrete Corner Column and Beam Joints ...... 2458 Koshiro Nishimura, Yasuaki Goto, Shintaro Murai, Atsunori Kitano

Decision Analysis for Seismic Retrofit Based on Loss Estimation...... 2467 Hossein Parvini Sani, Mehdi Banazadeh

Experimental Study on Buckling-Restrained Knee Brace with Steel Channel Sections...... 2475 Jiuk Shin, Kihak Lee, Seong-Hoon Jeong, Han-Seon Lee

Seismic Retrofit for a Network Arch Bridge with Slit-Type Knock-Off Bearings...... 2485 Koichi Sugioka, Nobuhiro Mashima, Hiroaki Matsushita, Takehiko Himeno, Masahide Matsumura

Liquefaction Analysis in 3D based on Neural Network Algorithm ...... 2495 Mert Tolon, Derin N. Ural

Development of Earthquake Protection Structural Systems Based on Response Control...... 2501 Jacob Eisenberg, Vladimir Smirnov

Seismic Progressive Collapse of Reinforced Concrete Framed Structures...... 2510 Samah Al Hafian, Ian May

A Global Methodology for Seismic Vulnerability Assessment and Retrofit of Existing Bridges Adapted to the French Context ...... 2520 Denis Davi, David Criado, Christian Thibault, Etienne Bertrand, Aurélie Vivier, Pierre Marchand, Pascal Charles

Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Model of Inelastic Oscillator Based on Equivalent Linearization Technique ...... 2528 Yasuhiro Mori, Sayo Kojima, Yuki Kawasaki

Prediction of Largest Peak Seismic Response at Flexible-Side Frame of Asymmetric Buildings...... 2538 Kenji Fujii

The Influence of Openings on the Seismic Behaviour of Infilled Framed Structures ...... 2548 Luis Domingo Decanini, Laura Liberatore, Fabrizio Mollaioli

Msila Algeria Earthquake of May 14, 2010: Main Features and Building Damage Analysis ...... 2558 Mohamed Belazougui

The Effect of Non-linear Parameters on the Modeling of Multi-Storey Seismically Isolated Buildings ...... 2567 Eftychia Mavronicola, Petros Komodromos

Critical Filling Levels of Silos and Bunkers in Seismic Design ...... 2576 Alfred Mueller, Peter Knoedel, Boris Koelle

Analysis, Design and Techno-economic Assessment of a Base Isolated Steel Building ...... 2586 Varnavas Varnava, Petros Komodromos

2011 Tohoku, Japan Earthquake Catastrophe Modeling Response...... 2596 Taronne Tabucchi, Patricia Grossi

Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis with Focus on Fourier Amplitude and Group Delay Time ...... 2606 Takashi Nagao, Masayuki Yamada, Atsushi Nozu

Effects of Modeling of RC Flat Slabs on Nonlinear Response of High Rise Building Systems...... 2616 Murat Melek, Huseyin Darama, Aysegul Gogus, Thomas Kang

Seismic Isolation Retrofit of Susono City Hall Situated above Lava Tubes ...... 2626 Haruhito Nakamura, Takayuki Ninomiya, Takeshi Sakaguchi, Yoshiaki Nakano, Kazuo Konagai, Mineo Takayama, Yoshiaki Hisada, Matsutaro Seki, Tsutomu Ota, Yoshitoshi Yamazaki, Shigehito Mochizuki, Toshiyuki Yanagi, Takeshi Ohishi, Ai Takahashi

Implementation of Lock-Up Guides for Segmental Displacement Control Design of Seismically Isolated Bridges...... 2636 Kenneth Ogorzalek, S. A. Mahin

Damage Limit of Concrete Filled Steel Tube Frame under Strong Ground Motion...... 2646 Katsuhiko Goto

Seismic Performance Assessment of Active/Hybrid Controlled Building by Response Probability Approach ...... 2656 Xiaozhe Zhang, Luis Taoranzo, Aaron Reynolds, Franklin Cheng, Bin Xu, Victor Langhaar

Research on Threshold Value of Seismic Urgent Handling System of High-speed Railway Train ...... 2666 Endong Guo, Guanglei Hong, Yufei Meng, Zhi Liu, Gao Lin

Simplified Dynamic Model for 3-dimensional Multi-story Steel Moment Frames with Eccentricity...... 2674 Daisuke Ehara, Minoru Yamanari, Koji Ogawa, Yoshinori Sakai

Seismic Reinforcement of Existing Japanese Wooden Houses Using External Galvanized Thin Steel Plates ...... 2684 Kazuhiro Ito, Jiro Takagi, Susumu Minami

Development of a Method for Casting Formworks Using Small Size Precast Concrete Panels for Resource Saving and Durability...... 2691 Wooja Kang, Hidehiro Koyamada, Minoru Kyoumure, Hiroki Tsutsumi, Hiroyuki Kawamoto

Experiment of Reinforce Concrete Beams at Different Loading Rates ...... 2699 Shiyun Xiao, Wenbo Cao, Haohao Pan

Seismic Vulnerability-reduction via Integration of Passive Thermal Technologies ...... 2707 Yasmin Bhattacharya, Andrew Charleson

Effect on Mass Eccentricity of Superstructure on Seismic Performance of Rocking Pillar Base Isolation System...... 2714 Tomomi Fujita, Naoki Funaki

A Seismic Risk Study in Málaga City’s Historical Centre (Southern Spain) ...... 2723 Tatiana Goded, Elisa Buforn, Janira Irizarry, Albert Macau

Response Characteristics of a Base-Isolated Structure Incorporated with a Force-Restricted Viscous Mass Damper...... 2733 Shigeki Nakaminami, Kohju Ikago, Norio Inoue, Hidenori Kida

Seismic Behavior of Existing Wall-type Precast Reinforced Concrete Residential Buildings with New Openings ...... 2743 Jiro Takagi, Susumu Minami, Kazuhiro Kitayama

Benchmark Tests for Strong Ground Motion Prediction Methods using Theoretical Methods ...... 2752 Yoshiaki Hisada, Masayuki Nagano, Atsushi Nozu, Ken Miyakoshi, Kimiyuki Asano, Toshiaki Matsumoto, Taro Nakagawa

National Heritage Five Story Wooden Pagoda Response in 2011 East Japan Earthquake By Using Image Processing ...... 2762 Tadashi Mikoshiba, Yasushi Niitsu, Toshikazu Hanazato, Chikahiro Minowa

Consideration of a Method to Estimate Seismic Response Reduction Coefficient for Liquid Storage Tanks...... 2772 Akira Maekawa

Sloshing Response of Liquid Storage Tanks Subjected to Earthquakes with Different Peak Acceleration to Velocity Ratios ...... 2782 Young-Sun Choun

Fuzzy-Random Fragility Model to Estimate Non-Structural Damage to Reinforced-Concrete Frames ...... 2792 Felice Colangelo

Extended CCA Method for Estimating Phase Velocity Using Arbitrarily Shaped Arrays ...... 2802 Hiroto Nakagawa, Haruhiko Suzuki, Hideki Saito

Effect of Conventional Braces on Seismic Response of Steel Frames...... 2811 Izumi Miyashita, Minoru Yamanari, Koji Ogawa, Hiroyuki Hayashida

Seismic Assessment of a Typical Masonry Residential Building in Bosnia and Herzegovina ...... 2820 Naida Ademovic, D. V. Oliveira

Assessment of the Effect of In-cycle Degradation in Behavior of Mid-rise Steel Moment Frames...... 2830 Naghmeh Pakdel Lahiji, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri, Ehsan Darvishan

Calibration of Input Parameters in Volcanic Areas and an Enlarged Dataset by Stochastic Finite-fault Simulations ...... 2838 Danilo Galluzzo, Francesca Bianco, Paola Cusano, Horst Langer, Luciano Scarfi, Giusy Tusa, Gaetano Zonno, Alexandra Carvalho, Símon Ólafsson, Rajesh Rupakhety, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson

In Plane Behavior of Polypropylene and FRP Retrofitted Brick Masonry Wallets under Diagonal Compression Test...... 2848 Muhammad Umair Saleem, Muneyoshi Numada, Kimiro Meguro

An Interactive Travelling Educational Path on Earthquakes and Volcanoes...... 2858 Rosella Nave, Susanna Falsaperla, Gemma Musacchio, Fabio Sansivero, Gaetano Zonno, Mónica Amaral Ferreira, H. O'Neill, J. C. Nunes, Maria Luísa Sousa, S. Raposo

Experimental Study on the Seismic Assessment of Pile Foundation in Volcanic Ash Ground...... 2863 Takuya Egawa, Satoshi Nishimoto, Koichi Tomisawa

Design and Implementation of a Collective Insurance Program Based on Cross Subsidies for Recovery of Low Income Homeowners...... 2872 Mabel Cristina Marulanda, Alex H. Barbat, Omar Cardona, Miguel G. Mora

Benchmark Tests for Strong Ground Motion Prediction Methods Using Stochastic Green's Function Method ...... 2882 Kenichi Kato, Atsushi Morikawa, Yoshiaki Hisada, Susumu Ohno, Arihide Nobata, Yu Yamamoto, Atsushi Nozu, Hidenori Kawabe

Nearly-perfect Compensation for Time Delay in Real-time Hybrid Simulation...... 2892 Bin Wu, Z. Wang, Oreste S. Bursi

Estimating the Overall Damping Ratio in Structures with Brace–Damper Systems ...... 2901 Julian M Londono Monsalve, David Wagg, Simon A. Neild

Seismic Design of a Hydraulic Fill Dam by Nonlinear Time History Method...... 2909 Ersan Yildiz, Fikret Gurdil

Review on Seismic Design of Concrete Gravity or RCC Dams with Design Examples...... 2918 Ersan Yildiz, Fikret Gurdil

Seismic Hazard Assessment for Çetin Dam...... 2927 Ersan Yildiz, Rüstü Guner

Default Dispersion Measures for Simplified Probabilistic Assessment of RC Frames...... 2937 Mirko Kosic, Peter Fajfar

The Influences of Seismic Sequence on the Inelastic SDOF Systems ...... 2947 Changhai Zhai, Weiping Wen, Shuang Li, Lili Xie

Attenuation of Seismic Wave Energy and Liquefaction Limit during the Great Wenchuan Earthquake ...... 2955 Yan-Guo Zhou, Yong-Gang Li, Dao-Sheng Ling, Yun-Min Chen

Development of a Seismic Vulnerability Assessment Method for Schools in Eastern Canada ...... 2962 Helene Tischer, Ghyslaine McClure, Denis Mitchell

Validation of Constitutive Model for NiTi Alloy Based on Experimental Results...... 2972 Miguel Branco, L. M. C. Guerreiro, James M. Kelly

th Post Earthquake Field Investigation of the Mw9.0 Tohoku Earthquake of 11 March 2011...... 2982 Siau Chen Chian, Antonios Pomonis, Keiko Saito, Stuart Fraser, Katsu Goda, Joshua Macabuag, Mark Offord, Alison Raby, Peter Sammonds

Shake Table Test of Structure Reinforced with Superelastic Dampers ...... 2992 Miguel Branco, L. M. C. Guerreiro, Alfredo Campos Costa, Paulo Candeias

Effect of Low-Pass Filtering and Re-Sampling on Spectral and Peak Ground Acceleration in Strong-Motion Records ...... 3002 Vladimir Graizer

A Comparative Study of Code Provisions for Ductile RC Frame Buildings ...... 3012 Yogendra Singh, Vijay Khose, Dominik Lang

The Use of Remote Sensing for Post-earthquake Damage Assessment: Lessons from Recent Events, and Future Prospects...... 3022 Roxane Foulser-Piggott, Robin Spence, Keiko Saito, D. M. Brown, R. Eguchi

Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of Wide-beam Buildings in Spain...... 3032 David Jesús Dominguez, Francisco López-Almansa, Amadeo Benavent-Climent

Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of Steel Buildings in Bogotá, Colombia ...... 3042 Miguel Ángel Montaña, Francisco López-Almansa

Design Energy Spectra for Turkey...... 3051 Francisco López-Almansa, Ahmet Utku Yazgan, Amadeo Benavent-Climent

Non-linear Static Analysis (Push-over) and Inelastic Analysis of 3-story, 6-story, 9-story and 17-story RC Buildings of Ductile Frames Designed in Mexico City for Different Permissible Lateral Deformation Levels...... 3061 Jorge A. Avila, J. C. Manzano, L. A. Villegas

A New Method for Reducing Dimensionality of Finite Fault Inverse Problem in Time Domain ...... 3071 Anooshiravan Ansari

Design Criteria for Fiber Reinforced Rubber Bearings...... 3079 James M. Kelly, Andrea Calabrese, Giorgio Serino

An Evaluation of Experimental Requirements for Seismic Qualification of Substation Components and Recommendations for New Edition of Test Standard...... 3089 Shakhzod Takhirov, Amir Gilani, E. Fujisaki, Philip Mo, Kaolyn Mannino, Cary Ahrano

Numerical Study on Annular Tuned Liquid Dampers for Controlling the Response of Wind Towers Subjected to Seismic Loads...... 3099 Amir Reza Ghaemmaghami, Reza Kianoush, J. Mardukhi

Experimental Investigation on Seismic Performance of Nonlinear Soil-structure System Using MR Dampers ...... 3106 Jian Wang, Hui Li

Mechanism of Failure of Three Pile-supported Structures During Three Different Earthquakes...... 3115 Suresh R Dash, Subhamoy Bhattacharya

Transition of Housing Location in the Damaged Coastal Areas before the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ...... 3122 Osamu Murao, S. Isoyama

On Seismic Design of Composite High-rise Buildings with SRC Column, Steel Beam and RC Core Tube ...... 3132 Bin Zhao, Juan He, Xilin Lu, B. Zhou, L. Yu

Seismic Design of Bridges with Seat-type Abutments Considering the Participation of the Abutments During Earthquake Excitation...... 3142 Stergios Mitoulis

Benchmark Tests for Strong Ground Motion Prediction Methods Using Numerical Methods...... 3152 Chiaki Yoshimura, Masayuki Nagano, Yoshiaki Hisada, Shin Aoi, Asako Iwaki, Takashi Hayakawa, Seckin Ozgur Citak, Shinichi Matsushima, Hidenori Kawabe, Hirotoshi Uebayashi, Yoshihiro Onishi

Stochastic Finite-Fault Simulation of 22 February 2005 (Mw 6.4) Zarand Earthquake (Iran), based on Dynamic Corner Frequency ...... 3162 Behzad Hassani, Hamid Zafarani, Jamshid Farjoodi

The Study on the Anti-pounding Damper Used in the High-piers Bridge...... 3172 Qingli Meng, Jian Ye

Proposed Earthquake Emergency Management Plan for Giza City, Egypt...... 3181 Mohamed Sobaih, Batool Wahba

Design Method of Steel Plate Shear Wall with Slits Considering Energy Dissipation ...... 3191 Ke Ke, Yiyi Chen

A Proposed Methodology for Seismic Evaluation and Strengthening of Existing School Buildings in the Sudan ...... 3198 Mohamed Sobaih, Mohamed Ismaeil

Cyclic Behaviour of Buckling-restrained Braces Using Steel Mortar Planks Buckling Mode Number and Strength Ratio...... 3207 Mitsumasa Midorikawa, Tetsuhiro Asari, Mamoru Iwata, Masatoshi Murai, Yasutaka Tanaka

Shear Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with External Steel Bars and with CRFP ...... 3217 Carlos Llopiz, Francisco Crisafulli, Eduardo Vega

An Innovative Model for the In-Plane Nonlinear Analysis of Confined Masonry and Infilled Frame Structures ...... 3227 Gonzalo Torrisi, Francisco Crisafulli, Alberto Pavese

Experimental Study on Diagonally Stiffened Steel Plate Shear Walls with Central Opening...... 3237 Erfan Alavi, Fariborz Nateghi

Estimating the Annual Probability of failure Using Improved Progressive Incremental Dynamic Analysis of Structural Systems...... 3247 Hossein Kayhani, Alireza Azarbakht, Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany

VOLUME 5

Rupture Process of the 2011 Mw9.0 Tohoku Earthquake and Strong Motion Simulation from the Viewpoint of NPP Seismic Design...... 3257 Changjiang Wu, Hideaki Tsutsumi, Hongjun Si, Yusuke Saijo

Seismic Rehabilitation of Bucharest City Hall Building Through Base Isolation Method ...... 3267 Adrian Iordachescu, Eugeniu Iordachescu

Optimal Design of Lattice Wind Turbine Towers ...... 3273 Bora Gencturk, A. Attar, Cenk Tort

Simulation of Cyclic Direct Simple Shear Loading Response of Soils Using Discrete Element Modeling...... 3281 Antone Dabeet, Dharma Wijewickreme, P. M. Byrne

Introducing Building Casketing as a new Technique for Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings with Endurance Time Method...... 3289 Payam Dindar, Mahmood Hosseini, Hossein Mohammadirad

Design Site Characterization Via Stochastic Transfer Functions...... 3299 Mohamed Beneldjouzi, Nasser Laouami, Abdennasser Slimani

Earthquake Disaster Scene Simulation System for Buildings Based on 3DGIS Technology ...... 3308 Biao Feng, Riqing Lan

Stress-Strain Response of Corroded Reinforcing Bars under Monotonic and Cyclic Loading ...... 3315 Mohammad Mehdi Kashani, Adam J. Crewe, Nicholas A. Alexander

Durability Considerations in Performance-Based Seismic Assessment of Deteriorated RC Bridges...... 3324 Mohammad Mehdi Kashani, Adam J. Crewe, Nicholas A. Alexander

A New Method for Dynamic Impedance of Foundation on Saturated Poroelastic Soil ...... 3333 Shaolin Chen, C. Zhen

Seismic Retrofit of RC Columns with Inadequate Lap-Splice Length By External Post-Tensioned High-Strength Strips ...... 3343 Maysam Samadi, Hasan Moghaddam, K. Pilakoutas

Seismic Design and Construction of a Traditional Timber-Made Five-Storied Pagoda by Applying Coupled Vibration Control ...... 3353 Toshikazu Hanazato, Daisuke Ayaki, Yukio Ogiwara, Ryuichiro Uchida, Nobuo Sato, Motoki Misu, Mineo Takayama, Isao Sakamoto

Performance Based Design of 300 Meter High Building...... 3363 Kiyoaki Hirakawa, Toshimoto Maeno, Kazuhiro Saburi

Structural Characteristics of Existing High-Rise RC Buildings in Japan ...... 3372 Nobuyuki Izumi, Tomofusa Akita, Mariko Yasui, Kazuki Arai, Kazuma Sugasawa

Analytic Method of 3-D Foundation-Structure System with the Viscous Boundaries Considering the Vertical Motion...... 3382 Zengyan Cao, Atsushi Saotome

Seismology Based Strong Ground Motion Attenuation Relationship for Tohoku Area in Japan ...... 3392 Zhengru Tao, Xiaxin Tao, A. P. Cui

Simulation of 2009, Mw=4 Tehran Earthquake Using a Hybrid Method of Modal Summation and Finite Difference...... 3398 Vahid Gholami, Hosseyn Hamzehloo, Mohammad Reza Ghayamghamian, Andrea Magrin, Franco Vaccari, Giuliano Francesco Panza

Evaluation of Shear Demand on Columns of of Masonry Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames ...... 3408 S. Humayun Basha, H. B. Kaushik

3- Dimensional Modal Summation Simulation of 2003 Mw=6.6 Bam Earthquake South Eastern Iran...... 3418 Vahid Gholami, Cristina La Mura, Hosseyn Hamzehloo, Giuliano Francesco Panza

Bidirectional-Resistant Ductile End Diaphragms with Buckling Restrained Braces for Skewed Steel Bridges ...... 3428 Oguz C. Celik, Michel Bruneau

Theory of Tsunami Multi Drawback and Inundation on the Coastline...... 3438 Kalle Lampela

Discussion of the Protection Retrofit Principle of the Earthquake Damaged Building Site and Introduction of an Example ...... 3444 Haoyu Zhang, Baitao Sun, Quansheng Huang, Hongfu Chen

Classification and Idealization of the Building Stock in the UAE for Earthquake Loss Estimation...... 3454 A. M. Mwafy

Seismic Assessment and Cost-Effectiveness of High-Rise Buildings with Increasing Concrete Strengths ...... 3464 A. M. Mwafy, Nadeem Hussain, Khaled El-Sawy

Comparative Study of Stiffness Reduction and Damping Curves ...... 3474 Pedro Guerreiro, Stavroula Kontoe, D. M. G. Taborda

Evaluation of Fault–Foundation Interaction, Using Numerical Studies...... 3484 Masoud Jabary, Ali Nabizadeh, Mohammad Hassan Baziar

Seismic Risk Assessment of Constantine City (algeria)...... 3494 Mehdi Boukri, Mohamed Naboussi Farsi, Mohamed Belazougui, Omar Amellal, N. Guessoum, Ahmed Mebarki, Brahim Mezazigh

Nonlinear Analysis of the Seismic Response of a Reinforced Concrete Structure Built in High Seismic Region in Algeria...... 3504 Imane Djafar Henni, Abdelkader Bougara, Amar Kassoul

Analysis of Seismic Behavior of a Few Reinforced Concrete Bridge's Columns of the East-West Highway in Algeria...... 3514 Amar Kassoul, Benyoucef Bensaid, Abdelkader Bougara

Assessment of the Torsion Effect in Asymmetric Buildings Under Seismic Load ...... 3524 Mohamed Draidi Bensalah, Mahmoud Bensaibi, Arezou Modaressi-Farahmand-Razavi

Damage Index vs. Instrumental Intensity: A Comparison of Two Different Approaches in Seismic Damage Assessment...... 3532 Iolanda-Gabriela Craifaleanu, Ioan Sorin Borcia

Performance of RC Buildings Along Hill Slopes of Himalayas during 2011 Sikkim Earthquake...... 3542 A. R. Vijaya Narayanan, Rupen Goswami, C. V. R. Murty

An Efficient Parameter for Prediction of the Nonlinear Lateral Behavior of Deformation-Controlled RC Columns...... 3552 Hasan Moghaddam, Mohammad Fallahtafti, Maysam Samadi

Buddhist Monasteries in Grave Danger in Himalayan Region ...... 3561 Arun Menon, Rupen Goswami, A. R. Vijaya Narayanan, C. V. R. Murty, Arvind Jaiswal, Alpa Sheth

Observations from Damages Sustained in India during 2011 (India-Nepal) Sikkim Earthquake...... 3571 C. V. R. Murty, Arun Menon, Rupen Goswami, A. R. Vijaya Narayanan, S. R. Gandhi, K. N. Satyanarayana, S. T. G. Raghukanth, Arvind Jaiswal, Alpa Sheth

Effects Evaluation of Ambient Vibration Recording Conditions on HVTFA Results...... 3581 Shaham Atashband, Mehran Esfahanaizadeh

Vibro-Probe Technique Evaluation in Soil Improvement Against Liquefaction...... 3591 Mehran Esfahanaizadeh, Shaham Atashband

An Assessment of the Relevance of Parameters Used for Ground Motion Frequency Content Characterization with Application to Vrancea Subcrustal Earthquakes...... 3601 Iolanda-Gabriela Craifaleanu

Connection Rotation Demand in Special Moment Frame Buildings under Seismic Actions ...... 3610 R. Charan, Rupen Goswami

Effect of Three-Dimensional Geometry on the Sloshing Behavior of Rectangular Concrete Tanks...... 3618 Ima Tavakkoli Avval, Reza Kianoush, Amirreza Ghaemmaghami

Seismic Design and Evaluation of a Minimal-damage Steel Frame Equipped with Steel Yielding Devices and Viscous Dampers ...... 3628 T. L. Karavasilis, A. I. Dimopoulos, E. Hale

Experimental Assessment of Seismic Vulnerability of Corner Beam-Column Joints in Older Concrete Buildings...... 3638 Wael Hassan, J. P. Moehle

Simplified Model to Evaluate the Seismic Elastic Response of Large Reinforced Concrete Domes...... 3648 Ronnie F. Barrera, Víctor I. Fernández-Dávila

Field Test of Damaged Building Structures in China Yushu Ms7.1 Earthquake ...... 3657 Junwu Dai, Yongqiang Yang, Duozhi Wang

Shake Table Test for Large Indirect-Air-Cooling Tower Structure of Fire Power Plant—Part I ...... 3667 Junwu Dai, Yongqiang Yang, Xuran Weng

Seismic Design and Performance Criteria for Large Storage Dams ...... 3677 Martin Wieland

Seismic Design and Safety Aspects of Bottom Outlets, Spillways and Intake Structures of Large Storage Dams ...... 3687 Martin Wieland

Coherency Variation with Depth at Different Strong Ground Motion Arrays...... 3696 Guoxin Wang, Zhaozhao Wang

Nonlinear Time-History Seismic Analysis of Bridge Frame Structures ...... 3703 Robert Dowell

Seismic Performance Evaluations of Bridge-Pier System under Aging Structural Properties...... 3713 Takeshi IIda, Daekyun Lim, Kenji Kawano

Seismic Displacement Capacity of Vulnerable Shallow Foundations...... 3723 Carlos A. Blandon, Jose Fernando Rave Arango, Albert Ricardo Ortiz, J. Paul Smith-Pardo

Response Modification Factor for Lightweight Steel Panel-Modular Structures...... 3733 Sung-Gul Hong, Eo-Jin Lee

Development of a New Geomaterial Damping Block with Suitable Characteristics for Use in Planting Basemats ...... 3743 Yoshio Ikeda, Yukio Shimomura, Noriaki Sako, Tomoki Fujikawa, Masashi Kawamura

Vulnerability Study of Electric Power Grid in Different Intensity Area in Wenchuan Earthquake ...... 3753 Rushan Liu, Meijing Zhang, Yubin Wu

Analytical Approach to Eliminate High Frequency Instability Caused by Multi Transmitting Formula...... 3763 Zhinan Xie, Zhenpeng Liao

A Study on Simplified Evaluation Method for Seismic Retrofit of Existing Wooden Houses...... 3773 Akira Yamada, Sanshiro Suzuki

Full-Scale Shaking Table Test on Furnitures Subjected to Long-Period Earthquake Motions...... 3783 Tadaharu Nagao, Hiroshi Kagano, Keisei Hamaguchi

Dynamic Nonlinear Response of Super High-Rise Residential Buildings in Urbanized Area During the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake ...... 3791 Masayuki Nagano, Takenori Hida, Takehiko Tanuma, Kazuhiro Watanabe

Lateral Stiffness of Reinforced Concrete Moment Frames with Haunched Beams ...... 3801 Arturo Tena-Colunga, Luis Andrés Martínez Becerril

Bond Deformability of Reinforced Concrete Members ...... 3811 Jung-Yoon Lee, Hanbyeol Choi, Ji-Young Lim

Seismic Simulation of RC Wall-type Structures using Softened Shell Model ...... 3821 Hongjun Xiang, Yilung Mo, Tomas T. C. Hsu

Vibration Attenuation and Frequency Band Gaps in Layered Periodic Foundation: Theory and Experiment...... 3831 Hongjun Xiang, Zhifei Shi, Shiangjung Wang, Yilung Mo

Experimental Study on Seismic Retrofit by Using Supplemental Knee Braces Attached to Steel Members with Semi-Rigid Bolted Connections...... 3840 Yukihiro Harada, Kazumasa Ebato, Sayuri Honma, Tetsuya Takimoto

Application of Seismic Interferometry in the Osaka Basin for Validating the Three-dimensional Basin Velocity Structure Model...... 3850 Kimiyuki Asano, Tomotaka Iwata, Haruko Sekiguchi

Epistemic Uncertainty Versus Aleatory Variability in Seismic Response of Soil Profiles ...... 3857 Pierre Labbe

Effect of UFC Segments for Enhancing the Seismic Performance of Bridge Columns...... 3863 Kazuhiko Kawashima, Syota Ichikawa, Mohamed Elgawady, Tomohiro Sasaki, Hiroshi Matsuzaki, S. Yamanobe

Analytical Study on Input Shear Forces and Bond Conditions of Beam Main Bars of RC Interior Beam-Column Joints ...... 3873 Takashi Kashiwazaki, Chengze Jin, Hiroshi Noguchi

Building in Seismic Areas: Towards a New Prevention Policy ...... 3883 Giovanni Bongiovanni, Giacomo Buffarini, Paolo Clemente, Fernando Saitta

Seismic Upgrading of Structures: A Design Procedure for Dissipative Buckling Restrained Braces ...... 3893 Alessandro Vittorio Bergami, Camillo Nuti

The Effect of the Earthquake Incidence Angle on Seismic Demand of Reinforced Concrete Structures...... 3903 Cristina Cantagallo, Guido Camata, Enrico Spacone

A Simplified Procedure for the Evaluation of the Energy Dissipation in Out of Plane Mechanisms of Masonry Building...... 3913 Fabio Neri, Manuela Marino

Assessment of the Applicability of Drucker-Prager Model with Cap to Adobe...... 3924 Luis G. Quiroz

Urban Disaster-Prevention Strategies Using Macroseismic Fields and Fault Sources...... 3934 Gaetano Zonno, Renata Rotondi, Carlos Sousa Oliveira, Alexandra Carvalho, Mariano Garcia-Fernandez, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson, Dario Albarello, R. Azzaro, F. Bianco, P. Cusano, S. D'Amico, V. D'Amico, S. Falsaperla, D. Galluzzo, H. Lander, F. Meroni, G. Musacchio, R. Nave, F. Sansivero, L. Scarfi, C. Brambilla, E. Varini, M. A. Ferreira, M. Lopes, F. Mota De Sa, J. C. Nunes, M. L. Sousa, S. Raposo, A. Beltran, J. Jenni, M. J. Jimenez, A. E. Bernhardsdottir, S. Olafsson, R. Rupakhety, S. U. Sigurdsson, S. Thorvaldsdottir

Sensitivity of Structural Demand to Ground Motion Selection and Modification Methods...... 3943 Cristina Cantagallo, Guido Camata, Enrico Spacone

Seismic Demand Uncertainty Provided by Ground Motion Intensity Measure...... 3953 Cristina Cantagallo, Guido Camata, Enrico Spacone, Ross Corotis

Seismic Structural Performance of the Prambanan World Heritage Temple Damaged by the Central Java Earthquake of 2006 in Indonesia ...... 3963 Akaki Nakatani, Toshikazu Hanazato, Natsumi Oyaizu, Yasufumi Uekita, Chikahiro Minowa, Kunihiko Ono, Siswousukarto Suprapto, Pramumijyo Subagio

Seismic Strengthening of RC Beam-Column Connections ...... 3973 A. R. Gião, Válter Lúcio, Carlos Chastre

Damage of Road Bridges by 2011 Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake...... 3983 Kazuhiko Kawashima, Hiroshi Matsuzaki

The 1531 Lisbon Earthquake and Tsunami ...... 3993 J M Miranda, Josep Batlló, Helder Ferreira, L. M. Matias, M. A. Baptista

Seismic Analysis of Masonry Arches...... 4002 Stefano De Santis, Gianmarco De Felice

System Identification, Detection of Proper Frequency Variation of an Aged Arch Dam and its Dynamic Behavior During the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake...... 4011 Teruyuki Ueshima, M. Shibuya, Kenji Kanazawa, Hiroo Shiojiri, Masataka Nakamura

The ALERT-ES Project: an Earthquake Early Warning System for S. Iberia ...... 4021 Elisa Buforn, Marta Carranza, Agustin Udías, Jose Martín Dávila, Antonio Pazos, Xavier Goula, Yolanda Colom, Antoni Roca, Aldo Zollo, Lucia Lozano, Carmen Pro, Fernando Carrilho, Winfried Hanka, Raul Madariaga, Mourad Bezzeghoud, Mimoun Harnafi

Overall Buckling Behavior of All-Steel Buckling Restrained Braces...... 4030 Nader Hoveidae, Behzad Rafezy

Development of a Seismic Damage Assessment Methodology for Building in Algeria...... 4040 Mehdi Boukri, Mohamed Naboussi Farsi, Mohamed Belazougui, Ahmed Mebarki, Sandra Jerez

Assessment of the Collapse Resistance of Steel MRFs Equipped with Fluid Viscous Dampers...... 4050 Choung-Yeol Seo, T. L. Karavasilis, James Ricles, Richard Sause

Source Parameters of Uttarkashi Earthquake of 21st Sept 2009...... 4060 Arjun Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Ashok Kumar, S. C. Gupta, A. K. Jindal, Himanshu Mittal

Analysis of Tauc (τc ) and Pd attributes for Earthquake Early Warning in India ...... 4068 Rakhi Bhardwaj, Ashok Kumar, Mukat Lal Sharma

VOLUME 6

Comparison of Different Earthquake Strengthening Methods for Masonry Buildings...... 4076 Moritz Urban, Lothar Stempniewski

Study on Post-earthquake Network Connectivity and Reliability of Electric Power System...... 4083 Junqi Lin, Yongsheng Chen, Jinlong Liu

Investigation of Existing State and Assessment of Seismic Stability of Reinforced-Concrete Chimney ...... 4092 Vlado Micov, Marija Vitanova, Marta Stojmanovska

Prediction of Soil Factors By a Non-Parametric Approach Parametric Approach...... 4099 Iztok Perus, Peter Fajfar

An Extension of the CSM-FEMA440 to Plan Irregular Buildings ...... 4109 Carlos Bhatt, Rita Bento

Evaluation of Seismic Reparability Limit State of R/C Frame Structure Based on the Damage of Columns and Beams...... 4118 Sayaka Igarashi, Masaki Maeda

Time-Delay in Spring-Block Model for Aperiodicity in Earthquakes...... 4128 Srdjan Kostic, Nebojsa Vasovic, Igor Franovic, Kristina Todorovic

Aseismic Capacity of Telecommunication Conduit Repaired with Linings ...... 4138 Masaru Okutsu, Naoyuki Ishida, Nobuhiro Segawa, Yasushi Yamazaki, Shin Katagiri, Takanobu Suzuki

Convex Model for Peak Velocity Uncertainty Analysis of Low Seismicity Area ...... 4146 Lizhe Jia, Hui Li, Zhongdong Duan

Engineering Judgement on the Use of American’s Anchor Performance Provisions Along with the European Seismic Action Definition...... 4156 Jorge Gramaxo

Prediction of Liquefaction Induced Lateral Displacements Using Plynomial Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms...... 4163 Isa Shooshpasha, Hossein Molaabasi

Seismic Isolation in Existing Complex Structures ...... 4173 Paolo Clemente, Alessandro De Stefano, R. Zago

Parameter Analysis and Shaking Table Test on Seismic Isolation System of Transformer with Bushings...... 4183 Mei-Gen Cao, Yong-Feng Cheng, Ze-Bing Dai, Fu-Lin Zhou, Ping Tan

Seismic Response of Hybrid Buildings...... 4193 N. R. Vineetha, Arun Menon, Ravindra Gettu

Seismic Strengthening of an Arch-Gravity Dam ...... 4203 Sujan Malla, Bastian Otto

Seismic Assessment of Typical 1970s Tall Steel Moment Frame Buildings in Downtown San Francisco ...... 4213 Ibrahim Almufti, Carlos Molina Hutt, Michael Willford, G. G. Deierlein

Influence of Soil-Structure Interaction Effects on the Performance of Viscous Energy Dissipation Systems...... 4223 Yun Zhou, Yangzhao Guo, Yong Zhu

An Investigation on 2D Site Response of Small-Scale Basins ...... 4230 Reza Movahed Asl, Mohammad Reza Ghayamghamian, Z. Lotfi

Fiber-Based Modeling for Investigating the Effect of Load History on the Behavior of RC Bridge Columns ...... 4239 Yuhao Feng, Mervyn J. Kowalsky, James M. Nau

Performance Based Seismic Design and Assessment of Irregular Steel Structures...... 4249 Rita Peres, Rita Bento, Miguel Castro

CAPRA - Comprehensive Approach to Probabilistic Risk Assessment: International Initiative for Risk Management Effectiveness ...... 4259 Omar D. Cardona, Mario G. Ordaz, Eduardo Reinoso, Luis Eduardo Yamín, Alex H. Barbat

A Method for Direct Determination of Inelastic Floor Response Spectra ...... 4269 Vladimir Vukobratovic, Peter Fajfar

Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP) Strips in Series with Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Wires: Theory, Application and Experimental Results of a Prototypal Anti-seismic Device in the Framework of the MAMAS Project...... 4279 Maurizio Indirli, Paolo Corvaglia, Riccardo Angiuli, Luis Filippo Lanza, M. Merlin, Raffaella Rizzoni, Andrea Chiozzi, Antonio Tralli, Silvia Briccoli Bati, Mario Fagone

Performance of Story-Drift-Controlled R/C Frames Equipped with Hysteretic Dampers Subjected to Earthquake Motions ...... 4289 Juan Oviedo-Amezquita, Mitsumasa Midorikawa, Tetsuhiro Asari

Estimation of Capacity Curve Parameters for Indian RC Buildings with URM Infills...... 4298 Putul Haldar, Yogendra Singh, D. K. Paul

Assessing the Variability of Seismic Response Analysis of a Tall Guyed Telecommunication Tower with Ambient Vibration Measurements ...... 4306 Mahtab Ghafari Osgoie, Ghyslaine McClure, Xiao Hong Zhang, Daniel Gagnon

The Assessment and Comparison of Three TFRs for Extraction of Dynamic Properties from Truss Deck of Firoozeh Railroad Bridge Using Seismic Response ...... 4315 Hamid Reza Ahmadi, Farhad Daneshjoo

A New Algorithm for Damage Detection in Simple Span Bridge Piers, Based on Power Spectral Density Function and Cosh Spectral Distance...... 4325 Hamid Reza Ahmadi, Farhad Daneshjoo

Q-factors of Reinforced Concrete Structures Retrofitted with Hysteretic Energy Dissipating Bracing System ...... 4332 Antonio Di Cesare, Felice Carlo Ponzo, Gianluca Auletta

A Simplified Constitutive Model for Reinforced Concrete Interfaces under Cyclic Loading...... 4342 Alireza Moradi, Masoud Soltani, Abbas Ali Tasnimi

Evaluation of the Intensity Measure Approach in PBEE Through the Use of Simulated Ground Motions...... 4352 Arturo Quiroz-Ramirez, Danny Arroyo, Amador Téran-Gilmore, Mario G. Ordaz

Numerical Simulation of Dissipative Anchor Devices in Historic Masonry ...... 4362 Sara Paganoni, Dina D'Ayala

Effect of Mass Offset on the Torsional Response in Friction Pendulum Isolated Structures...... 4372 Tracy Becker, Eric Keldrauk, Mike Mieler, S. A. Mahin, Bozidar Stojadinovic

Centrifuge Modelling of Inclined Pile Foundations under Seismic Actions ...... 4382 Zheng Li, Sandra Escoffier, Panagiotis Kotronis

Assessing the Accuracy of Computational Modeling of Buildings...... 4392 Adam Rendon, Cole McDaniel, Graham Archer

Relation Between Dynamic Characteristics and Damage Index of RC-MRFs Using Non-Linear Incremental Dynamic Analyses...... 4401 Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh, Ali Massumi

Classroom-Based Forced-Vibration Testing ...... 4411 Graham Archer, Cole McDaniel

Ultra-Low Forced-Vibration Testing of a Large Building...... 4421 Adam Rendon, Graham Archer, Cole McDaniel

Seismic Design and Testing of Propped Rocking Wall Systems...... 4430 Afsoon Nicknam, Andre Filiatrault

Predicting Collapse of Steel and Reinforced-Concrete Frame Buildings in Different Types of Ground Motions...... 4440 Shiyan Song, T. H. Heaton

Analysis of Ground Motions From the 2010-2011 New Zealand Earthquakes ...... 4449 Liang Chang, G. L. Molas, Nilesh Shome

Implications on Seismic Risk Assessment for Bogotá As a Result of the Consideration of a New Seismic-tectonic Source Interpretation for Colombia...... 4459 Daniela Zuloaga, Mario Andrés Salgado, Omar Cardona, Luis Eduardo Yamín

Influence of Soil Structure Interaction on the Fragility of an Isolated Bridge-soil-foundation System...... 4469 Zhenghua Wang, Jamie E. Padgett, Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio

Interlocking Compressed Earth Block Walls: Out-Of-Plane Structural Response...... 4479 Nicholas Herskedal, Peter Laursen, Daniel Jansen, Bing Qu

Long-period (3 to 16 s) Ground Motions in and around the Los Angeles Basin during the Mw 7.2 El MayorCucapah Earthquake of April 4, 2010...... 4489 Ken Hatayama, Erol Kalkan

Low-Cost Accelerometers for Experimental Modal Analysis ...... 4499 Sherif Beskhyroun, Quincy Ma

Prediction of Collapse from PGV and PGD ...... 4509 Shiyan Song, T. H. Heaton

Experimental Evaluation on Seismic Performance of Steel Trusses with Different Buckling-restrained Diagonal Members ...... 4517 Tsutomu Usami, Jyunki Funayama, Fumiaki Imase, Chun-Lin Wang

Tyre Strap Seismic Reinforcement for Adobe Houses ...... 4525 Andrew Charleson

The Seismic Behavior of the Tunnel Across Active Fault...... 4535 Zheng-Zheng Wang, Zhe Zhang, Bo Gao

Design of Piles for Electric Substation with Soil Liquefaction and Lateral Soil Movement due to Seismic Loading Conditions...... 4542 Henrik Kristiansen

Development of Composite Beam for Productivity ...... 4552 Won-Jik Yang, Han-Beom Song, Waon-Ho Yi, Han-Sik Kwak, Hyun-Jong Yoon, Dong-Seorp Park, Byung-Ick Yoon

An Examination of Seismic Responses of Soft Grounds and a Highway Embankment in 2003Tokachi-Oki Earthquake...... 4561 Satoshi Nishimoto, Takuya Egawa, Takaaki Ikeda

Revision of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for Japan after the 2011 Tohoku-oki Mega-thrust Earthquake (M9.0) ...... 4571 Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Nobuyuki Morikawa, Toshihiko Okumura, Yutaka Ishikawa, Nobuoto Nojima

Assessment of Site Amplification Effect from Input Energy Spectra of Strong Ground Motion ...... 4581 Maosheng Gong, Lili Xie, Jing Sun

Analysis of Landslide Hazards in the Beichuan County Town Induced by the Wenchuan Earthquake Using Strong Motion Data...... 4588 Xiuying Wang, Gaozhong Nie, Song Wang

3D Finite-element Method of Ground Motion Simulation...... 4594 Haiping Ding, Yanyan Yu, G. C. Luo, Jian Liao

Improving Seismic Performance of Deficient Columns with Reinforced RC using Fiber-Reinforced Composite ...... 4602 Minho Kwon, Wooyoung Jung, Choonwook Park, Chihong Joo

Field Testing of Ground Improvement Techniques for Liquefaction Mitigation ...... 4609 Hayden Bowen, Peter Millar

Natural Frequencies of Oscillations of Oceans Frequencies of Tsunamis ...... 4617 Phuong Truong

Analysis of Curved Bridges Crossing Fault Rupture Zones...... 4627 Rakesh Goel, Bing Qu, Osmar Rodriguez

Shear Strength Evaluation for RC Shear Walls with Multi-Openings Based on FEM Analysis ...... 4635 Masato Sakurai, Hiroshi Kuramoto, Tomoya Matsui

Effect of Column Stiffness on Infill Plate Yielding Distribution in Steel Plate Shear Walls ...... 4645 Bing Qu, Xuhua Guo, Michael Pollino, Haoyan Chi

Strength Evaluation on Interface Weld of Gusset Plate under Pure Tension ...... 4655 Hayato Asada, Yao Cui, Satoshi Yamada, Shoichi Kishiki

Interlocking Compressed Earth Block Walls: In-plane Structural Response of Flexure-dominated Walls...... 4665 Bing Qu, Bradley Stirling, Peter Laursen, Daniel Jansen, David Bland

Earthquake Response Analysis and Simulation of Sensitive Hospital Equipment in the Philippines...... 4675 Eric Augustus Tingatinga, Roland Wilson Arriesgado

Assessment of Current Nonlinear Static Procedures for Seismic Evaluation of Buckling-Restraint Braced Frames...... 4684 Javad Vaseghi Amiri, M. Naeej

Seismic Reliability Analysis of Lifeline Systems ...... 4694 Mahdi Faraji, Junji Kiyono

Source Modeling for Long-Period Ground Motion Simulation of the 1946 Nankai Earthquake, Japan ...... 4702 Takao Kagawa, Anatoly Petukhin, Kazuki Koketsu, Hiroe Miyake, Satoko Murotani

A Novel Composite Emergency Bridge for Disaster Rescue...... 4710 Fang-Yao Yeh, C. Kuo-Chun Chang, Kuang-Yen Liu, Hsiao-Hui Hung, Chung-Che Chou, Tony Liu, Pi-Fan Sun, Wei-Yiu Pan, Yu- Chi Sung, Shih-Hsun Yin, Yi-Tsung Chiu, Chun-Ying Wang

Structural Performance of Concrete Encased Steel Columns with H-shaped Steel ...... 4720 Junji Shi, Hiroshi Kuramoto, Juan Jose Castro, Tomoya Matsui, Toshiaki Fujimoto

Energy Dissipation Efficiency of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Beam-Column Connections with Beam-End Dampers ...... 4730 Takeaki Koshikawa, H. Kadowaki, Makoto Matsumora

Seismic Performance of Frame Retrofitted Utilizing Lateral Active Confinement Technique Together with Steel Braces...... 4739 Wencong Li, Tatsuo Inada, Fumiya Esaki

Seismic Capacity Assessment of Existing Irregular Reinforced Concrete (RC) Buildings By an Adaptive Three - Dimensional Pushover Procedure...... 4749 Resat Oyguç, Hasan Boduroglu

Rationalization of Emergency Inspection for Hydraulic Structure by combining Earthquake Early Warning and 3D Dynamic Analysis ...... 4758 Yoshiaki Ariga, Yukio Fujinawa, Naoto Ohbo, Hiroyuki Asaka, Masahiro Yoda

Pushover Analysis of Multi-storey Cantilever Wall Systems ...... 4766 Sabrina Simonini, Raluca-Tereza Constantin, Avigdor Rutenberg, Katrin Beyer

Analysis of the Building Damage Evaluation for the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake...... 4776 Satoshi Tanaka, Kishie Shigekawa

Mutual Effects between High Buildings and Underground Shopping Arcade during Earthquake ...... 4782 Yoshiaki Ariga, Keinosuke Inoko, Mikio Takeuchi, Akira Oguro, Hiroyuki Asaka, Masahiro Yoda, Kazuo Takehara

Theoretical Analysis on Dynamic Responses of Single Surface Slope During Earthquake...... 4791 Deping Guo

An Experimental Investigation into the Use of Buffered Particle Dampers...... 4799 Zheng Lu, Xilin Lu, Wensheng Lu, Weiming Yan

Dynamic Behavior of Multi-storied Steel Frame with Passive Friction Dampers under Earthquake ...... 4809 Ryota Nakamura, Kohei Ozasa, K. Ogawa, Minoru Yamanari

Behavior of Rikkyo Univ. Chapel Building Retrofitted by Seismic Isolation in the 3.11, 2011 Earthquake, Japan...... 4817 Matsutaro Seki, Osamu Yoshida, Hideo Katsumata

Correction of Ground Motion Prediction Equation Using Aftershock Observation Records of the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake ...... 4824 Naoko Tsutsumi, Tatsuya Itoi, Tsuyoshi Takada

Shaking Table Experiment for Philippine Full-Scale Concrete Hollow Blocks (CHB) Masonry Houses...... 4831 Hiroshi Imai, Hiroshi Inoue, Chikahiro Minowa, Angelito G. Lanuza, Henremagne C. Penarubia, Ishmael C. Narag, Renato U. Solidum, Kenji Okazaki, Tatsuo Narafu, Junzo Sakuma, Koichi Kusunoki, Toshikazu Hanazato

Analysis of High-rise Building with Energy-dissipation Story System ...... 4838 Yun Zhou, Shaoming Lin, Congxiao Wu, X. S. Deng

Determination of the Bedrock Structure of Plain in the Central Part of Shan'in District, the West Japan Based on Observation Data of Microtremor and Gravity...... 4844 Tatsuya Noguchi, Masao Adachi, Ryohei Nishida

Estimation of Peak Roof Displacement of Degrading Structures ...... 4848 Chatpan Chintanapakdee, Amornchai Jaiyong

Seismic Risk Prioritization of RC Public Buildings in Turkey ...... 4858 Haluk Sucuoglu, Ahmet Yakut, Joseph Kubin, Aydan Özmen

Probabilistic Seismic Performance Assessment of Infilled RC Frame Buildings...... 4868 Daniel Celarec, Matjaž Dolšek

Practical Implementation of Generalized Pushover Analysis ...... 4877 Soner Alici, Kaan Kaatsiz, Haluk Sucuoglu

VOLUME 7

Predicting the Collapse Potential of Structures ...... 4887 Fadzli Mohamed Nazri, Nicholas A. Alexander

Aseismic Reinforcement Method for Existing Pile Foundation with Improvement Soil...... 4896 He Huang, Haruyuki Yamamoto

Seismic Control Research of the Multi-Ribbed Slab Structure Using the Ultra Low Yield Strength Steel...... 4906 Jie Tian, Zhichao Yan

Experimental Investigation and Numerical Analysis of New Multi-Ribbed Slab Structure ...... 4916 Jie Tian, Wei Huang, Junlong Lu

Experimental Study on the Structural Performance of Shear Panel Dampers Under Constant Vertical Deformation ...... 4926 Izumi Suzuki, Satoshi Sasaki, Daisuke Katsura, Kenichi Tahara

Impact of Soil Structure Interaction on the Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Underground Stories...... 4935 George Saad, Freddy Saddik, Shadi Najjar

Building Damage Detection using SAR Images in the 2010 Haiti Earthquake ...... 4943 Pralhad Uprety, Fumio Yamazaki

Preliminary Study on Variation of Ground Motion Indices within Very Small Distance ...... 4951 Yoshiya Hata, Koji Ichii, Atsushi Nozu

Multi-cyclic Dynamic Loading Experiment of Full-scale Devices for Seismic Isolation against Long-Period Earthquake Motions -Preliminary study...... 4961 Ichiro Nagashima, Hiroshi Hibino, Ryota Maseki, Hiroyuki Narihara, Eiji Sato, Masanori IIba, Haruyuki Kitamura, Yuji Yamano, Nobutaka Kashimoto

Experimental Study on Lateral Strength of Confined Masonry Walls...... 4970 Behrang Sarrafi, Sassan Eshghi

Shaking Table Test of Innovative Composite Panel Composed of Glued Laminated Wood and Bearing Glass ...... 4978 Lidija Krstevska, Ljubomir Tashkov, Vlatka Rajcic, R. Zarnic

Lateral Spreading in the Canterbury Earthquakes Observations and Empirical Prediction Methods...... 4988 Hayden Bowen, Michael Jacka, S. Van Ballegooy, Tim Sinclair, H. A. Cowan

Experimental Verification of Variable-Frequency Rocking Bearings for Near-fault Seismic Isolation ...... 4998 Lyan-Ywan Lu, Tzu-Ying Lee, Chia-Chiea Hsu

Ambient Vibration Testing of Historical Monuments within Monastery Complex "St. Marry Perivleptos" in Ohrid...... 5007 Lidija Krstevska, Ljubomir Tashkov, Veronika Sendova

Long-Period Ground Motion Simulation of Tokai-Tonankai-Nankai Coupled Earthquake Based on Large-Scale 3D FEM...... 5017 Yu Yamamoto, Chiaki Yoshimura

Optimal Seismic Retrofitting of Frame Structures Using Hysteretic Dampers ...... 5027 Yael Daniel, Oren Lavan, Robert Levy

Comparative Study of Large and Medium Scale Mosque Models Tested on Seismic Shaking Table...... 5037 Ljubomir Tashkov, Lidija Krstevska, Erdal Safak, Eser Cakti, Ajse Edincliler, Mustafa Erdik

Nonlinear Mathematical Modeling of Seismic Base-Isolation System Based on the Concept of “Floating-Sliding” Structure ( ALSC) ...... 5047 Ljubomir Tashkov, Lidija Krstevska, Matija Gams, Miha Tomaževic

Proposed Damage Function for Existing RC Residential Buildings in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan ...... 5056 Akira Inoue

Borehole Strong Motion Observation along the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line ...... 5065 Hiroe Miyake, Minoru Sakaue, Kazuki Koketsu, Yasuo Izutani

Generation Mechanism of Near-Fault Ground Motion Pulses for Dip-Slip Faulting ...... 5071 Natalia Poiata, Hiroe Miyake, Kazuki Koketsu

Analysis of the Process of Building Damage Inspection Due to Liquefaction During the Great East Japan Earthquake...... 5081 Kishie Shigekawa, Satoshi Tanaka

Re-centring Capability of Seismic Isolation Systems: A Controversial Matter Moving Scarcely Towards Its Settlement...... 5087 Renzo Medeot

Spatially-varying Non-stationary Subsurface Motions in Multi-Layered Soil Medium ...... 5097 Biswajit Basu, Nguyen Van Dinh, Ronald B. J. Brinkgreve

Dynamic Analysis of a Strengthened Two Story Concrete Building ...... 5107 Mohamed Naboussi Farsi, Assia Bouchelouh, Jean-Luc Chatelain

Performance-Spectra Base Method for the Seismic Design of Structures with Supplemental Dampers...... 5114 Jack Wen Wei Guo, Constantin Christopoulos

Design of a Shaking Table Test on a 3-Storey Building Composed of Cast-in-Situ Concrete Walls ...... 5124 Ilaria Ricci, Giada Gasparini, Stefano Silvestri, Tomaso Trombetti, Dora Foti, Salvador Ivorra Chorro

A Fiber Beam-Column Element for Circular Concrete Filled Steel Tube under Torsion...... 5134 Jianguo Nie, Yuhang Wang, Jiansheng Fan

Seismic Behavior Studies of Welded Flange Plate in Steel Structures Connections...... 5143 Jafar Asgari Marnani, Negar Gharahshir, Amin Ghafooripour

A Hybrid Control Strategy for the Seismic Retrofitting of Irregular RC Buildings ...... 5153 Ilaria Venanzi, Annibale Luigi Materazzi

Comparison of 2D vs. 3D Modeling Approaches for the Analyses of Concrete Faced Rockfill Dams ...... 5163 Halil Firat Ozel, Yalin Arici

Span Length Effect on Seismic Demand on Column Splices in Steel Moment Resisting Frames...... 5173 Bülent Akbas, Onur Seker, Jay Shen, Narathip Sutchiewcharn, R. Wen, Thomas A. Sabol

Mechanical Properties of Externaly Strengthened Masonry ...... 5183 Sachin Kadam, Yogendra Singh

Frequency Content Effect on the Efficiency of Wavelet and Hilbert-Huang Transforms for Health Monitoring ...... 5192 Luis Montejo, Luis Velazquez, Ricardo Ramirez, Zhaoshuo Jiang, Richard Christenson

Isolation and Damping Mitigation Strategies for Bridges in Western and Eastern North America ...... 5202 Viacheslav Koval, Constantin Christopoulos, Robert Tremblay

Wavelet and HHT Based Identification of Different Levels of Inelastic Action in RC Structures ...... 5212 Luis Montejo, Luis Velazquez, Ricardo Ramirez, Shinae Jang

Performance-Based Seismic Retrofit Procedure for Soft-Story Woodframe Buildings with Excessive Torsion ...... 5222 Pouria Bahmani, J. W. Van De Lindt, T. N. Dao

Shape Memory Alloy Dampers for Response Modification of Light-Frame Wood Buildings ...... 5232 Elaina Jennings, J. W. Van De Lindt

Seismic Risk Analysis of Low-Tower Cable-Stayed Bridge...... 5242 Yin Gu, Hua Zhong, Weidong Zhuo

Seismic Evaluation of a 1930 Steel Bridge with Lightly Reinforced Concrete Piers ...... 5251 Rene Tinawi, Martin Leclerc, Denis Mitchell, Antoine Massad

Effect of Countermeasures for Pile Foundation Using Seismic Isolation Rubber during Liquefaction...... 5261 Kunihiko Uno, Masaaki Mitou, Hisanori Otsuka

Design and Testing of an Enhanced-Elongation Telescoping Self-Centering Energy-Dissipative (T-SCED) Brace ...... 5271 Jeffrey Erochko, Constantin Christopoulos, Robert Tremblay

Aftershock Fragility Curves for Damaged Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Buildings ...... 5281 Jong-Su Jeon, Reginald Desroches, Ioannis Brilakis, Laura Lowes

Displacement-based Seismic Design of Base-isolated Bridges with Viscous Dampers ...... 5291 Fernando Sanchez-Flores, Akira Igarashi

Behaviour and Design of a Self-Centering Concentrically Braced Steel Frame System...... 5301 Gerard O'Reilly, Jamie Goggins, S. A. Mahin

Performance-Based Design of a Self-Centering Concentrically Braced Frame using the Direct Displacement-Based Design Procedure...... 5311 Gerard O'Reilly, Jamie Goggins, S. A. Mahin

Embedment Depth Effect on the Shallow Foundation - Fault Rupture Interaction...... 5320 Mehdi Ashtiani, A. Ghalandarzadeh

Seismic Performance of RC Frames Retrofitted By FRP at Joints ...... 5329 Mahmoud R Maheri, Sahar Zarandi, A. Niroomandi

Corrosion Effects on the Buckling of Steel Tanks Under Seismic Loading...... 5339 Mahmoud R Maheri, Armin Abdollahi

In-Plane Shear and Out-Of-Plane Bending Capacity Interaction in Brick Masonry Walls...... 5349 Mahmoud R Maheri, Mohammad A Najafgholipour

The NEES-Soft Project: Seismic Risk Reduction for Soft-Story Woodframe Buildings ...... 5359 J. W. Van De Lindt, Michael Symans, Weichiang Pang, Xiaoyun Shao, Mikhail Gershfeld

A Risk- and Cost-related Approach for the Global Seismic Safety Assessment of Existing Buildings ...... 5369 Xavier Romão, Raimundo Delgado, Aníbal Costa

Centrifuge Modeling of Structure-soil-structure Interaction: Seismic Performance of Inelastic Building Models ...... 5379 Nicholas Trombetta, T. C. Hutchinson, Ben Mason, Josh Zupan, Jonathan D. Bray, Chandrakanth Bolisetti, Andrew Whittaker, Zhiqiang Chen, B. L. Kutter

Application of HYDE Structural Control System for RC Buildings...... 5389 Isak Idrizi, Uwe Dorka, Zekirija Idrizi

Experimental Study on Two Storied Traditional Wooden Houses in Japan...... 5399 Yasuhiro Hayashi, Atsushi Nakagawa, Noriko Takiyama, Shinichi Hirosue

Shear Displacements as Function of Ductility Levels for Squat Reinforced Concrete Walls...... 5408 Aidcer L. Vidot-Vega

Rupture Model for a Characterized Intraslab Earthquake ...... 5418 Arben Pitarka, Shin'Ichi Matsuzaki, Takahide Watanabe, Nancy Collins, R. W. Graves, P. G. Somerville

Broadband Strong Ground Motion Simulation of the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, Earthquake ...... 5428 Kimiyuki Asano, Tomotaka Iwata

Seismic Seiche Occurred at Lake Saiko Due to the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake...... 5436 Takeyasu Suzuki

Development of Building Monitoring System to Evaluate Residual Seismic Capacity after an Earthquake...... 5444 Koichi Kusunoki, Akira Tasai, Masaomi Teshigawara

Effects of Pulse-Like NFGM Spectral Contents on Deflection Amplification...... 5454 Ajit Khanse, Eric Lui

Preliminary Analysis for Characteristics of Strong Ground Motion from Gigantic Earthquakes...... 5464 Saburoh Midorikawa, Hiroyuki Miura, Hongjun Si

Seismic Vulnerability of Lifelines in Greater Cairo ...... 5472 Elkhayam Dorra, P. J. Stafford, Ahmed Y. Elghazouli

Estimation of Earthquake-Disaster Direct Economic Losses for Industrial Enterprises...... 5482 Xiaojing Liu, Huiyan Wang, Zhiwei Li, Jiang-Shan Bo, Liwei Wang, Fanchao Meng

Critical Influence Parameters of Dynamic Deformation of Unsaturated Loess and its Application in Magnitude Estimation of Residual Strain ...... 5491 Junjie Sun, Shunhua Xu, Lanmin Wang, Qian Wang, Jun Wang

Risk Assessment of Lifelines Subjected to Spatial Correlated Seismic Intensities ...... 5501 Mahdi Faraji, Junji Kiyono, T. Koike

Seismic Strengthening of Boundary Columns in R/C Shear Walls ...... 5509 Yasushi Sanada, Hiroshi Takahashi, Homare Toyama

Experimental Assessment of PID Control for a Uniaxial Shake Table...... 5519 John O'Hagan, Quincy Ma

Analysis of Energy Features of Strong Ground Motion Induced by Short Delay Blasting in Unsaturated Loess Field...... 5529 Junjie Sun, W. Tian, Kun Xia, Lanmin Wang, Shunhua Xu, Rendong Qiu

Developing Vs30 Site-Condition Maps by Combining Observations with Geologic and Topographic Constraints...... 5539 E. M. Thompson, D . J. Wald

Influence of Axial Load on Behavior of Belled Pile Reinforced with High-strength Steel Bars...... 5548 Yo Hibino, Shota Suzuki, Yasuji Shinohara, Shizuo Hayashi

Simulation of Spatially Correlated Ground Motion Records Using Stochastic Point-Source Model...... 5558 Taojun Liu, Hanping Hong

Impact-Based Earthquake Alerts with the U.S. Geological Survey’s PAGER System: What's Next? ...... 5568 D . J. Wald, K. S. Jaiswal, K. D. Marano, D. Garcia, Emily So, Michael Hearne

A Framework for Forensic Examination of Earthquake Induced Steel Fracture Based on the Field Failures in the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake...... 5578 Amit Kanvinde, David Grilli, Kyle Marshall

Nonlinear Response Analysis of Multistory Buildings Subjected to Synthetic Motions Compatible with Design Spectrum...... 5585 Dae-Han Jun, Ho-Guen Kang

A Fundamental Study on Structural Performance of CES Shear Walls with Different Anchorage Condition of Wall Reinforcing Bars...... 5595 Suguru Suzuki, Tomoya Matsui, Hiroshi Kuramoto

Proposal of a Simplified Method for Estimating Seismic Risk of Structures ...... 5603 Kazuta Hirata, Masato Nakajima, Y. Ootori

Reduction of Natural Frequency due to Flexural Cracks or Shear Cracks in Reinforced Concrete Members...... 5609 Seiji Nagata, Yoshinori Miyagawa, Kenji Kanazawa

Effect of Dynamic Interaction between Train Vehicle and Structure on Seismic Response of Structure...... 5617 Munemasa Tokunaga, Masamichi Sogabe

Development of Tsunami Model Integrating Several Different Grid Systems...... 5627 Yoshinori Shigihara, Koji Fujima

Development of Cylindrical Passive Damper using High Damping Rubber ...... 5636 Nobuyoshi Yamaguchi, Masato Nakao, Tomoki Furuta, Tadashi Mikoshiba

An Analysis of the Circumstances of Death in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake...... 5646 Maki Koyama, Akiko Yoshimura, Junji Kiyono, Norimitsu Ishii, Satoko Mitani, Shoken Koh

Development of Active Evacuation System through Computer Vision Technology...... 5656 Tadayoshi Nakashima, Shigeyuki Okada, Maki Koyama

Earthquake Resistant Performance of New Brace Fastener for Post-and-beam Wooden Houses ...... 5665 Tomoki Furuta, Masato Nakao

Decision Criteria for Earthquake Early Warning Applications ...... 5672 Stephen Wu, James Beck, T. H. Heaton

Inversion of Source Model of the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake Using Empirical Green's Function Method ...... 5682 Toshimi Satoh

Seismic Intensity Estimation of Tall Buildings in Earthquake Early Warning System...... 5691 Ming Hei Cheng, T. H. Heaton, R. W. Graves

VOLUME 8

A Study on Variance of Maximum Responses of Elastoplastic Structure Subjected to Artificial Earthquake Ground Motions...... 5701 Ichiro Ichihashi, Akira Sone, Arata Masuda, Tatsuki Noma

Source Modeling of Hypothetical Tokai-tonankai-nankai, Japan, Earthquake and Strong Ground Motion Simulation Using the Empirical Green’s Functions ...... 5711 Yayoi Ishii, Kazuo Dan, Hirohito Takahashi, Jun'Ichi Miyakoshi, Masafumi Mori, Nobuo Fukuwa

Anchorage Failure and Shear Failure of RC Exterior Beam-Column Joint ...... 5719 Yasuaki Goto, Koshiro Nishimura, Hironobu Yamazaki, Atsunori Kitano

Simplified Procedure for Displacement-based Design of Stepped Buildings...... 5729 Jiji Varughese, Devdas Menon, A. Meher Prasad

Damage Detection and Reliability Estimation Using Earthquake Response Measurement...... 5739 Ekin Ozer, Serdar Soyoz, Maria Feng

Experimental Study on Seismic Performance Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Interior Pile Cap Joint with Precast Pile ...... 5747 Shinji Kishida, Shizuo Hayashi, Ishikawa Kazuma

Effect of Strong Ground Motion Duration on Structural Damage...... 5757 Ekin Ozer, Serdar Soyoz, Mehmet Celebi

Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Columns Retrofitted with FRP and Steel Plates ...... 5766 Hideo Araki, Takatoshi Tokunaga

A Rapid-Visual-Screening Methodology for the Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Historic Brick-Masonry Buildings in Vienna ...... 5773 Günther Achs, Christoph Adam

Two Low-Cost Seismic Isolation Systems...... 5783 Dimitrios Konstantinidis, James M. Kelly

Response Analysis of a Buried Pipeline Considering the Process Fault Movement ...... 5792 Aiwen Liu, Xiaohui Jia

Assessment of the Dynamic Response of the Soil to Strong Ground Motion at a Wind Farm...... 5800 Artur Cichowicz

Inelastic Response and Ductility Demand of Structures...... 5807 Benazouz Cheikh, Leblouba Moussa, Ali Zerzour, Youcef Mehani

Effect of Bearing Behaviour on the Response of Anchored Equipment in Seismically Isolated Buildings...... 5817 Dimitrios Konstantinidis, T. Y. Yang, James M. Kelly

The Effect of Panel Zone on the Column-To-Beam Strength Ratio Required to Prevent the Soft Story of Steel Moment Frames...... 5827 Se Woon Choi, Y. S. Kim, Hyo Seon Park

Physical and Numerical Study of Debris Flows from Dolomite Slopes Exposed in the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake, Pakistan ...... 5835 Zaheer Abbas Kazmi, Kazuo Konagai, Takaaki Ikeda

Development of Strong Motion Seismograph based on TMS320F2812 Control...... 5845 Lei Wang, Feng Gao, Jiwu Wei

Seismic Performance of RC Shear Wall Frames Considering Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction ...... 5852 Samira Marzban, Mehdi Banazadeh, Alireza Azarbakht

Viscous Damping Properties of Small Scaled Structures during Dynamic Experiments ...... 5862 Kenji Kabayama, Yurika Iwama

Residual Capacity of Earthquake Damaged Buildings ...... 5870 Maria Polese, Marco Di Ludovico, Andrea Prota, Gaetano Manfredi

Construction of a Ground-motion Logic Tree for PSHA in Europe Within the SHARE Project ...... 5880 Elise Delavaud, F. Cotton, Céline Beauval, D. Sinan Akkar, Frank Scherbaum, Laurentiu Danciu

Source Modeling of the Off Miyagi Intraslab Earthquake (MJMA = 7.1) Occurred on April 7, 2011 ...... 5890 Satoshi Harada, Katsuhiro Kamae, Hidenori Kawabe, Hirotoshi Uebayashi

Seismic Vulnerability of Santo Domingo Church, Cusco, Peru ...... 5897 C. H. Cuadra

Simplified Seismic Response Prediction for Vibration Prone Non-Structural Components in Inelastic Frame Structures ...... 5904 Lukas Moschen, Christoph Adam

Seismic-Resistance Performance Evaluation and Strengthening Effect of Reinforced Concrete Moment Frame...... 5914 Kyung-Jae Shin, Dong-Baek Kim, Hee-Du Lee, Swoo-Heon Lee

Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Walls with Different Opening Locations: Experiment and FEM Analysis ...... 5923 Rafik Taleb, Hakim Bechtoula, Masanobu Sakashita, Susumu Kono, Nouredine Bourahla

Seismic Vulnerability Evaluation of Existing Reinforced Concrete Building Retrofitted with RC Wing Walls ...... 5933 Youcef Mehani, Rafik Taleb, Tahar Boukhemacha

Geodynamics Observing Techniques at the Observatory Hvar (Croatia)...... 5941 Radovan Marjanovic Kavanagh, Matthias Becker, Damir Medak

Seismic Behavior of Structures with Building Mass Damper Design...... 5950 Kuo-Chun Chang, Jenn-Shin Hwang, Shiang-Jung Wang, Bo-Han Lee, Ying-Hsuan Chen

Shear-Wave Velocity Structure underneath the City of Padang, Indonesia ...... 5960 Xiaohan Han, Kusnowidjaja Megawati, Hiroaki Yamanaka

A Study on Seismic Response of Buildings in Sendai during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake...... 5970 Wataru Goto, Toshiya Motohi, Yoshifumi Sugimura, Shigeto Nagashima, Hiroshi Dohi, Mikio Suzuki, Kenji Saito

Seismic Retrofit of Bridges Through the External Installation of a New Type Restraining System ...... 5980 Olga Markogiannaki, I. A. Tegos

Damage of Sewage Plant by Tsunami ...... 5990 Koji Fujima, Yoshinori Shigihara

Seismic Retrofitting of Structures with Tuned-Mass Systems ...... 5997 Peter Nawrotzki, Traian Popp, Daniel Siepe

Need for Action in Earthquake Mitigation of Nonstructural Elements in Switzerland – Regulations, Responsibilities & Implementation...... 6006 Friederike Braune

Development of Sloped Rolling-Type Isolation Devices for Seismic Protection of Important Equipment and Facilities...... 6012 Shiang-Jung Wang, Chung-Han Yu, Jia-Yi Hsiao, Jenn-Shin Hwang, Kuo-Chun Chang, M. S. Tsai

The Evaluation of Dynamic Characteristics for a Middle Rise Building Made of Steel Based on Measurement Data...... 6022 Yuuta Kikunaga, Toshiharu Arakawa

Earthquake Mitigation of Infrastructures in Switzerland. Need for Action, Evaluation and Implementation of Measures...... 6032 Sven Heunert

Pushover Analysis of Asymmetrical Infilled Concrete Frames...... 6040 Tariq Mahdi, Vahid Bahreini

Experimental Study on Shear Strength of Eccentric Beam-Column Joints Subjected to Seismic Loading in Super High Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings ...... 6047 Toshio Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nishihara, Masato Nakao, Juan Jose Castro

Seismic Assessment of Stone Arched Bridges...... 6057 Junji Kiyono, Aiko Furukawa, Kenzo Toki

Sensitivity Analysis of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard to Ground Motion Models: Case of Algiers Region and Conditional Mean Spectrum ...... 6067 Faouzi Gherboudj, Nasser Laouami

A Type of Buckling Restrained Brace for Convenient Inspection and Replacement ...... 6076 An-Chien Wu, Pao-Chun Lin, Keh-Chyuan Tsai

Site Response Assessment Using Ambient Vibrations and Borehole-seismic Records...... 6086 Alexandru Aldea, Cristian Neagu, Andrei Udrea

Sensitivity Analysis of Site Response Effect on Stochastic Response of the Oued Dib Cable Stayed Bridge...... 6096 Nourredine Mezouer, H. Airouche, Abderrahmane Kibboua, Mohamed Hadid

Shaking Table Tests on Three Story Precast Prestressed Concrete Frame...... 6105 Makoto Maruta, Jinhua Fu

Earthquake Risk Evaluation of Historic Masonry Buildings in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal ...... 6114 Aiko Furukawa, Junji Kiyono, Masatoshi Tatsumi, Kenzo Toki, Hitoshi Taniguchi, Hari Parajuli

Topographic Effects on the Seismic Responses of Slopes ...... 6124 Akila Messaoudi, Nasser Laouami, Nourredine Mezouer

Development and Application of IT Triage System (TRACY) for Sharing Disaster Medical Information During Large-Scale Disasters ...... 6132 Muneyoshi Numada, Miho Ohara, Yasunori Hada, Kimiro Meguro

Study on Seismic Performance of Bearing Wall System Composed of Timber Lattice and Panel...... 6142 Hidenori Ishigaki, Tadahiro Uotsu

Seismic Testing of the SAFECAST Three-Storey Precast Building ...... 6149 Paolo Negro, Dionysios Bournas, Francisco Javier Molina

Evaluation of Acceleration Time-Histories for Design of Nuclear Facilities at Kalpakkam (India) ...... 6159 L. Kanagarathinam, Gouda Dodagoudar, A. Boominathan

A Countermeasure for Slope Safety Focusing on Earthquake Motion Amplification in Filling Valleys ...... 6169 Ohashi Tadashi, Sugito Masata

Seismic Performance of Mechanical Connections in the SAFECAST Precast Building...... 6179 Dionysios Bournas, Paolo Negro

Long-period Ground Motion Simulation for NTF Fault Scenario in Tabriz City...... 6189 Mohammad Reza Ghayamghamian, Afrooz Rajool

Damage Detection of the 2011 Tohoku, Japan Earthquake from High-resolution SAR Intensity Images...... 6199 Wen Liu, Fumio Yamazaki, H. Gokon, Shunichi Koshimura

Fill-Depths Estimation of Developed Hill Area Using GIS and the Predominant Frequency of the Ground Caused Housing Damage...... 6208 Satoshi Iwai

A Methodology for an Efficient Three-dimensional (3D) Numerical Simulation of Earthquake-induced Pounding of Buildings...... 6218 Panayiotis Polycarpou, Petros Komodromos

Behaviour of Full-Scale Reinforced Concrete Frame Under Simulated Post-Earthquake Fire ...... 6228 Virendra Kumar, Umesh Kumar Sharma, Bhupinder Singh, Pradeep Bhargava, Yogendra Singh, Praveen Kamath, Asif Usmani, Jose Torero, Martin Gillie, Pankaj Pankaj

Rotational Components Generation of Earthquake Ground Motion Using Translational Components...... 6237 Leyla Kalani Sarokolayi, Bahram Navayi Neya, Hamid Reza Tavakoli

Advances in Performanc Based Design by Endurance Time Method...... 6245 Amin Mirzaee, H. E. Estekanchi

Damage Assessment of RC Frame Structures under Mainshock-Aftershock Seismic Sequences ...... 6255 Wei Huang, Jiang Qian, Qiushi Fu

Out-of-plane Stability of Buckling-restrained Braces Including Their Connections ...... 6264 Toru Takeuchi, R. Matsui, T. Tada, K. Nishimoto

Response Modification Factor for the Design of Seismically Isolated Buildings...... 6274 Shoma Kitayama, Ken Ishii, Masaru Kikuchi

Bond Characteristics between Low Strength Concrete and Plain Round Bar under Reversal Loading...... 6283 Cheng Hong, Hideo Araki

Strengthening of Historical Monuments in Seismic Regions...... 6292 Nataliya Vorontsova

Analysis of Masonry Walls Strengthened with RC Jackets...... 6298 Sergey Churilov, Elena Dumova-Jovanoska

Shear Sliding of Gravity Dams for Maximum Design Earthquake Analysis ...... 6308 Nuno Monteiro Azevedo, Eduardo Bretas, J. V. Lemos

Application of Endurance Time method in Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Infilled Steel Frames ...... 6318 Mohammad Jamshidi Avanaki, H. E. Estekanchi

The Statistics of Earthquakes in Iran...... 6328 Sepideh Karimiparidari, Mehdi Zaré, H. Memarian

Empirical and Analytical Vulnerability Assessment of the Masonry Building Stock in Antakya (Hatay/ Turkey)...... 6336 Lars Abrahamczyk, Jochen Schwarz, Tobias Langhammer, M. Cemal Genes, Murat Bikçe, Selcuk Kacin, Ahmet Yakut, Murat Altug Erberik, Polat Gülkan

Methodology for the Seismic Design of Structural Systems, Including Passive Control...... 6346 Marcelo Rubinstein, Oscar Möller, Juan Pablo Ascheri, Alejandro Giuliano

Inelastic Response of RC Moment Resisting Frames with URM Infills...... 6356 Archanaa Dongre, Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar

Earthquake Response Analysis Using Nonlinear Energy Transmitting Boundary ...... 6366 Naohiro Nakamura

Characteristics of Ground Motion Parameters in the 2008 Ms 8.0 Wenchuan Earthquake...... 6376 Jinjun Hu, Lili Xie

Seismic Behavior of Long-span Connected Structures under Multi-supported and Multi-dimensional Earthquake Excitations ...... 6382 Wei Lin, G. M. Zhang, A. Qi

Behaviour of Sandy Slopes Under Earthquake Loadings...... 6388 Berrak Teymur, O. T. Yakar

Hybrid Sliding-Rocking Post-Tensioned Segmental Bridges: Large-Scale Quasistatic and Shake Table Testing ...... 6394 Petros Sideris, Amjad J. Aref, Andre Filiatrault

Behavior of Concrete Dam under Seismic Load...... 6404 Abdelhamid Hebbouche, Mahmoud Bensaibi, Hussein Mroueh

A Comparison Between Existing Tsunami Load Guidance and Large-scale Experiments with Long-waves...... 6412 Tristan Lloyd, Tiziana Rossetto

Transportation Infrastructure System Resilience Through Performance-Based Decision-Making in Post- Earthquake Highway Bridge Repair...... 6422 Eugene Gordin, Bozidar Stojadinovic

Identification of Structural Systems with Full Characteristic Matrices under Single Point Excitation ...... 6431 Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, Behnam Adhami, Karen Khanlari

Shaking Table Test of Long-span Connected Structure under Multi-supported Excitation...... 6441 Shang-Hong Chen, Wei Lin, Ai Qi

A Robust Algorithm for Earthquake Detector...... 6448 Wenxiang Jiang, Haiying Yu, Li Li, Lei Huang

Applicability of Multi-spring Model Based on Finite Strain Theory to Seismic Behavior of Embankment on Liquefiable Sand Deposit...... 6456 Kyohei Ueda, Susumu Iai, Tetsuo Tobita, Osamu Ozutsumi

Topographical Site Amplifications Investigation by Combining Numerical and Field Experiments : The Case of Rognes, South East France...... 6466 Nathalie Glinsky, Etienne Bertrand

Data Processing and Analysis of Strong Motion Records from the Ms8.0 Wenchuan, China Earthquake...... 6475 Haiying Yu, Wenxiang Jiang, Yongqiang Yang, Quancai Xie, Lei Huang, Pingyu Tan, Li Li

Semi Passive Antiseismic Devices for Systems and Components of Strategic Infrastructures...... 6485 Gerardo De Canio, M. L. Mongelli, Ivan Roselli

Assessing Urban Road Network Seismic Vulnerability: An Integrated Approach ...... 6495 Gonçalo Caiado, Carlos Sousa Oliveira, Mónica Amaral Ferreira, Francisco Mota De Sá

Risk-based Seismic Design – An Alternative to Current Standards for Earthquake-resistant Design of Buildings ...... 6505 Nuša Lazar, Matjaž Dolšek

VOLUME 9

Inelastic Behavior of Base-isolated RC Frame Buildings ...... 6515 Donatello Cardone, Amedeo Flora, Giuseppe Gesualdi

Spider Glass Behaviour Under Seismic Action ...... 6525 Luís Martins, Raimundo Delgado, Rui Camposinhos

3-D Nonlinear Static Progressive Collapse Analysis of Multi-story Steel Braced Buildings ...... 6535 Hamid Reza Tavakoli, Ali Rashidi Alashti, Gholamreza Abdollahzadeh

Direct Displacement-Based Assessment of Bridges: A Case Study...... 6545 Donatello Cardone, Salvatore Sofia, Giuseppe Perrone

Fragility of Shear Wall Buildings with Torsional Irregularity ...... 6555 Vesile Hatun Akansel, Ahmet Yakut, Polat Gülkan

Cyclic Demand at the Shell-Bottom Connection of Unanchored Steel Tanks ...... 6564 Gustavo Cortes, Gary Prinz, Alain Nussbaumer, Martin Koller

A System for Interdisciplinary Assessment of Earthquake Effects on Buildings and Infrastructures ...... 6572 Claudiu-Sorin Dragomir, Emil-Sever Georgescu, Ioan Sorin Borcia

Deep Subsurface Shear Wave Velocity Investigation in South of Tehran, Using Large Aperture Ambient Noise Array Measurement ...... 6582 Ebrahim Haghshenas, Mohsen Fazlavi

Development of Analytical Seismic Fragility Curves for Ordinary Highway Bridges in Turkey...... 6592 Ozgur Avsar, Ahmet Yakut, Alp Caner

Damage Scenarios in Lisbon using RISK-UE Approach...... 6602 Paula Teves-Costa, Edgar Barreira

Fatigue Analysis of Unanchored Steel Liquid Storage Tank Shell-to-Base Connections during Earthquake Induced Uplift ...... 6612 Gary Prinz, Alain Nussbaumer, Gustavo Cortes

Seismic Collapse Resistant Capacities of RC Special Moment Frames Considering Effects of Infilled Masonry Walls...... 6621 Yuntian Wu, Kaixuan Jiang, P. Yang, L. P. Liu, Yingmin Li

Seismic Properties of Surface Layers in Shimizu by Microtremor Observations...... 6628 Katsutoshi Kita

Modal Parameters of a RC Frame Structure Identified from Ambient Vibration Measurements ...... 6636 Sorin Demetriu, Alexandru Aldea, Andrei Udrea

Evaluation of Foundation Flexibility on Seismic Performance of Anchored and Unanchored Aboveground Cylindrical Steel Tanks...... 6646 Ali Bakhshi, Meysam Jahangiri Alikamar

Stress-Strain Model for FRP-Confined Concrete Columns Under Cyclic and Seismic Loading...... 6656 Cedric Desprez, Jacky Mazars, Panagiotis Kotronis, Patrick Paultre

Performance Evaluation of Semi-Active Equipment Isolation for Seismic Protection Using MR Dampers...... 6665 Ali Bakhshi, Leila Zebarjad

Optimum Design of Eccentrically Braced Frames Using Endurance Time Method ...... 6675 Reza Karami Mohammadi, Zahra-Assadat Moussavi Nadoushani

Verification of Numerical Modeling in Buried Pipelines under Large Fault Movements by Small-Scale Experiments ...... 6685 T. J. Lin, G. Y. Liu, L. L. Chung, C. H. Chou, C. W. Huang

A New Approach for Consideration of Earthquake Low Cycle Fatigue Phenomena on Reinforced Concrete Frames ...... 6694 Ali Bakhshi, Behrooz Keshavarzi

Seismological Measurements for Site Effect Investigation in Nice, France ...... 6704 Etienne Bertrand, Julie Régnier, F. Vinatier, Philippe Langlaude, Michel Pernoud

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Mud Injection to Repair Seismic Cracks on Adobe Structures via Full-Scale Shaking Table Tests...... 6714 Marcial Blondet, Julio Vargas, Robert Groenenberg

The Non Homogeneous Soil Profile Effect on the Dynamic Response of Structures...... 6724 Abdennasser Slimani, Nasser Laouami, Ratiba Slimani-Aouali, Mohamed Hadid, Mounir Khaled Berrah

Behavior of Steel Intermediate Moment Frames Designed According to Iranian National Building Code under Lateral Load...... 6734 Honeyeh Ramezan Sefat, Ali Akbar Aghakouchak, Sharif Shahbeyk

Modelling of the Lateral Load behavior of Unreinforced Masonry Walls using the Software Atena 2D...... 6744 Ioan Movila, Gabriela M. Atanasiu, Franz A. Zahn

Modeling Lateral Strength Degradation of Reinforced Concrete Columns...... 6754 Matthew R. Leborgne, Wassim M. Ghannoum

Rosenbrock-based L-stable Real-time Method and Its Partitioned Form for Structural Dynamic Problems...... 6764 Chuanguo Jia, Yingmin Li, L. Liu, P. Yang, Y. Wu

Multi-hazard Approach to Assess Vulnerability of the Building Stock in Pakistan...... 6774 Muhammad Shahid Siddique, Jochen Schwarz

Examination of Code Performance Limits for Shear Walls...... 6784 Ilker Kazaz, Polat Gülkan, Ahmet Yakut

Improvement of Damage Assessment in Buildings Eliminating SSI Effects Using Signal Deconvolution...... 6794 Josué García-Solano, Ramsés Rodríguez-Rocha, L. R. Fernández-Sola

Joint Time-Frequency Analysis of Seismic Records...... 6803 Fabio M. Upegui-Botero, Carlos I. Huerta-Lopez, J. A. Caro-Cortes, Jose A. Martinez-Cruzado, Luis E. Suarez-Colche

Performance Evaluation for Traditional Japanese Wooden Pagodas based on Micro-tremor Measurement and Numerical Frame Model Analysis ...... 6810 Yoichi Mukai, Eiko Tanaka

Toward Worldwide Guidelines for the Development of Analytical Vulnerability Functions and Fragility Curves at Regional Level...... 6818 Abdelghani Meslem, Dina D'Ayala

Effect of Topographic Reliefs on Building Damage Distribution in Boumerdes City during the 2003 Algeria Earthquake...... 6828 Abdelghani Meslem, Fumio Yamazaki, Yoshihisa Maruyama, Dina D'Ayala, Mounir Naili, Djillali Benouar

3-D Longitudinal Performance of Rehabilitated Sewer Pipelines Based on Experiments of Actual Pipes and Finite Elements Analysis...... 6838 Danesh Nourzadeh, Shiro Takada

Derivation of Globally Applicable Casualty Rates for use in Earthquake Loss Estimation Models ...... 6847 Emily So, Antonios Pomonis

Laboratory and In-situ Measurements of Structural Rotations Using Fibre-optic Gyroscopes...... 6857 Roberto Franco-Anaya, Athol James Carr, Karl Ulrich Schreiber

Efficient Inelastic Fiber Frame Element and Consistent Damping Model for Seismic Time-History Analyses ...... 6867 Pierre Jehel, Adnan Ibrahimbegovic, Pierre Léger

Maximum Direction to Geometric Mean Spectral Response Ratios using the Relevance Vector Machine ...... 6876 Yildiz Dak Hazirbaba, Jale Tezcan, Qiang Cheng

Damage Detection Method by Using Inverse Solution of Equations of Motion in Frequency Domain...... 6885 Majid Ghasemi, Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany

Seismic Behavior of a Four-legged Masonry Minaret...... 6895 Ilker Kazaz, Vesile Hatun Akansel, Polat Gülkan, Emriye Kazaz

Experimental and Numerical Analysis of the Cyclic Behaviour of RC Beam-Column Connections with Plain Reinforcing Bars...... 6905 Catarina Fernandes, José Melo, Humberto Varum, Aníbal Costa

3D Modelling of Building Pounding Including Diaphragm Flexibility ...... 6915 Gregory Cole, Rajesh P. Dhakal, Athol James Carr, Des Bull

Building Pounding Damage Observed in the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake...... 6925 Gregory Cole, Rajesh P. Dhakal, Nawawi Chouw

Development of Seismic Fragility Curves for Hospital Equipment...... 6935 Mohammad R Zolfaghari, Shima Jahanbakhsh

Evaluation of Local Site Effects in Lima City, Peru From Ground Motion Data...... 6943 Selene Quispe, Zenón Aguilar, Fernando Lazares, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Fumio Yamazaki

Vibration Testing of an in Situ Bridge Pier to Determine Soil-Structure Interaction Effects...... 6951 Lucas S. Hogan, Liam M. Wotherspoon, Sherif Beskhyroun, Jason M. Ingham

Analysis Model of Buried Pipeline Network under Multi-Support Seismic Excitations...... 6961 Qianwei Sun, Wei Liu, Jie Li

Ductility and Damage Characteristics of RC Bridge Columns under Cyclic Pure Torsion ...... 6969 Abdeldjelil Belarbi, Qian Li

Why Schools are Vulnerable to Earthquakes...... 6979 Janise Rodgers

Shear Tests on Rubble Stone Masonry Panels - Diagonal Compression Tests...... 6989 Jelena Milosevic, Rita Bento, Antonio Sousa Gago, Mário Lopes

Experimental Tests on Rubble Masonry Specimens – Diagonal Compression, Triplet and Compression Tests...... 6999 Jelena Milosevic, Antonio Sousa Gago, Mário Lopes, Rita Bento

Triplet Test on Rubble Stone Masonry Panels...... 7009 Jelena Milosevic, Mário Lopes, Rita Bento, Antonio Sousa Gago

Seismic Vulnerability of Building Contents for a Given Occupancy Due to Multiple Failure Modes...... 7019 Miguel A. Jaimes, Eduardo Reinoso, Luis Esteva

Maps of Seismic Intensity in the Metropolitan Area Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico...... 7029 Gilbert Francisco Torres, S. Castillo, I. Mora, M. Leonardo, F. Hernández, Raymundo Dávalos, J. L. Álvarez, Miguel Rodríguez

Seismic Performance of Typical Tall Buildings in Singapore ...... 7039 Key Seng Goh, Kusnowidjaja Megawati, Tso-Chien Pan

Development and Verification of Tank Damage Evaluation System Using Earthquake Early Warning Information...... 7048 Naoto Ohbo, Shinsaku Zama, Tomohiko Tsuchida, Fumitoshi Takada

Seismic Performance Evaluation of an Existing Precast Concrete Shear Wall Building ...... 7058 Jose Sanchez, Luis Toranzo-Dianderas, Tony Nixon

Comparison of Seismic Fortification Criterion of Eight Asian Countries...... 7067 Xiaoguang Cai, Jiang-Shan Bo, Youwei Sun, Jianyi Zhang, Yudong Zhang

Performance Based Seismic Retrofit of a Pre-Northridge Steel Moment Frame Building in California ...... 7074 Luis Toranzo-Dianderas, X. Z. Zhang, Gonzalo Roberts, Aaron Reynolds

Liquefaction Centrifuge Modeling in Non-homogeneous Soil Deposits ...... 7082 Manika Maharjan, Akihiro Takahashi

Full-Scale Dynamic Tests and Analytical Verification of a Force-Restricted Tuned Viscous Mass Damper...... 7092 Yoshihito Watanabe, Kohju Ikago, Norio Inoue, Hidenori Kida, Shigeki Nakaminami, Hisaya Tanaka, Yoshifumi Sugimura, Kenji Saito

Waveform Inversion of the Rupture Process of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake Based on the Near Field Strong Motions and Surface Rupture Data...... 7100 Qifang Liu, Tianyun Wang

Inelastic Displacement Ratios of Smooth Hysteretic Behavior Systems subjected to Near-Fault and Far-Fault Earthquakes ...... 7109 Jong-Keol Song, Kee-Jeung Hong

The Analysis of Non-Linear Seismic Response between a Collapsed and a serious damage Infilled Frame Structure in Yingxiu Town-the Heavy Disaster Areas of Wenchuan 8.0 Earthquake...... 7118 Peilei Yan, Baitao Sun

Ductility Reduction Factor for Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems with Soil-Structure Interaction ...... 7127 Behnoud Ganjavi, Hong Hao

An Optimization Technique for Uniform Damage Distribution in Inelastic Shear Buildings Considering Soil- Structure Interaction Effects...... 7137 Behnoud Ganjavi, Hong Hao

A Study on Evacuation Behaviors in the 2011 Great Japan Earthquake ...... 7147 Nam Yi Yun, Masanori Hamada

Experimental Study on the Behaviour of Plastered Confined Masonry Wall under Lateral Cyclic Load...... 7157 Rildova, Dyah Kusumastuti, Made Suarjana, K. S. Pribadi

An Approach to Estimate Layered Medium by Applying Green’s Function to SPAC Method ...... 7167 Xin-Rui Zhang, Hitoshi Morikawa

Seismic Response Analysis of Typical Rammed Earth House in Disaster Areas of Chinese Wenchuan Ms8.0 Earthquake using Finite Element Method...... 7176 Shunhua Xu, Kun Liu, Lanmin Wang, Junjie Sun

Lessons Learned from the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake and Recent Research on Seismic Design of Highway Bridges ...... 7183 Dongsheng Wang, Zhiguo Sun, Xubin Zhai, Xun Guo

Strength Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints...... 7193 Ha-Young Choi, Jungyoon Lee

Cumulative Deformation Capacity of Buckling Restrained Braces Taking Buckling of Core Plates into Account ...... 7203 Ryota Matsui, Toru Takeuchi

Effects of Added Damping Systems on Infilled RC Frames ...... 7213 Ji-Hun Park, Mi-Kyeong Kim

Validation of the Deep Velocity Models of the Kanto Basin based on Long-Period Ground Motion Simulations for Moderate Earthquakes ...... 7223 Yadab Prasad Dhakal, Hiroaki Yamanaka

Subsidence Map of Tokyo Bay Area Liquefied in the March 11th Great East Japan Earthquake...... 7233 Kazuo Konagai, Takashi Kiyota, Toru Asakura, S. Suyama, Hiroyuki Kyokawa, Kenichi Shibuya, Chikako Eto

Probability Distributions of Cumulative Losses Caused by Earthquakes ...... 7243 Matthew Cutfield, Q. T. Ma

Cyclic Loading Tests of Steel Dampers Utilizing Flexure-Analogy of Deformation...... 7253 Ji-Hun Park, Ki-Ho Lee

Experimental Investigation of Partially CFRP Wrapped Steel HSS Braces for Seismic Performance Improvement...... 7262 Cem Haydaroglu, Oguz C. Celik

Seismic Design Guidelines to Mitigate Upheaval Buckling of Small Diameter Pipes...... 7271 Hajime Shinkai, Yoshito Hastuda, Nobuhisa Suzuki

Seismic Performance of Steel Plate-Reinforced Concrete Composite Shear Wall...... 7281 Bin Wang, Huanjun Jiang, Xilin Lu

Experimental Study on Typical Confined Masonry Structure under Cyclic Lateral Load ...... 7290 Dyah Kusumastuti, Made Suarjana, K. S. Pribadi, Rildova, Ting Hwie Lie

Multi-Component Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamic Analysis Using Tail-Equivalent Linearization Method ...... 7300 Marco Broccardo, Armen Der Kiureghian

Linear and Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of a Tall Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower...... 7310 Azlan Adnan, Reza Vafaei, Abdul Karim Mirasa

Finite Element Modeling of Non-ductile RC Walls ...... 7320 Adane Gebreyohaness, Charles Clifton, John Butterworth

VOLUME 10

A Basic Study to Develop Shipboard and Airborne Gravimeter using a Force-Balanced-Type Accelerometer ...... 7330 Hitoshi Morikawa, Hiroko Matsuo, Satoshi Tokue, Yumiko Ogura, Shigeo Matsuda, Masao Komazawa, Shigekazu Kusumoto

The Performance of High Dams in Wenchuan 5-12 Earthquake and Follow-up Analysis of the Shapai Arch Dam during the Event ...... 7337 Chuhan Zhang, Yanjie Xu, S. Lin, M. X. Wu, C. H. He

Experimental Study on Edge Confinement of Reinforced Concrete Core Walls...... 7345 Ryota Tokunaga, Tadaharu Nakachi

Seismic Sustainability Assessment of Structural Systems: Frame or Wall Structures? ...... 7354 Trevor Zhiqing Yeow, Gregory A. Macrae, Rajesh P. Dhakal, Brendon A Bradley

Compression-bending Behavior of Steel Plate Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls with High Axial Compression Ratio...... 7364 Congzhen Xiao, Chunyu Tian, Tao Chen, Dongqi Jiang

Experimental Study on Hysteresis Characteristics of the Retaining Wall of the Base-Isolated Building...... 7374 Goro Miwada, Takeshi Sano, Hideo Katsumata, Noriko Takiyama, Yoshihiro Onishi, Yasuhiro Hayashi

Effects of Difference of Source Spectrum Modeling for Medium-Sized Earthquake on Synthetic Motions of Empirical Green’s Function Method ...... 7382 Maki Kure, Saruul Dorjpalam, Kazuo Dan, Haruyuki Kitamura

Response Spectral Model for Forward-directivity Ground Motion in the Near-fault Area...... 7389 Rajesh Rupakhety, Sigurður Unnar Sigurðsson, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson

Precise Distribution of Seismic Intensity at the Southern Area of Iwate Prefecture, Japan, by a High Density Questionnaire Survey - Results of the Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008, the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake and the Aftershock Occurred at April 7, 2011...... 7399 Hidekazu Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Saito

Seismic Response of Asymmetric Building with Semi-Active Stiffness Dampers ...... 7409 Snehal Mevada, R. S. Jangid

Shaking Table Tests on Model Pile in Saturated Sloping Ground ...... 7419 Chia-Han Chen, Tzou-Shin Ueng

Research on Setback of Surface-Fault-Rupture with Statistical Analysis ...... 7428 Jianyi Zhang, Jiang-Shan Bo, Jingyi Huang, Xiaobo Li, Tao Lu

Earthquake Resistant Performance of High-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings under Long-Period Ground Motions ...... 7437 Kuniyoshi Sugimoto, Hideo Katsumata, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Taiki Saito, Toshikazu Kabeyasawa

Damage Diagnosis of a Building via Sub-Structural TVARX...... 7447 C. S. Huang, J. Y. Liu, W. C. Su

Study on Ultimate Limit of Steel Roof Truss at Nuclear Power Plant ...... 7457 Takuya Suzuki, Hirofumi Kaneko, Masaki Kanchi, Yasushi Nukui, A. Imamura, T. Terayama

Brief Introduction of the Close Loop Feedback Methods of the Low Frequency Vibration Tables...... 7467 Tianli She

Vibration Test in a Building named "Chisuikan" using Three-dimensional Seismic Isolation System...... 7474 Tetsuya Tomizawa, Osamu Takahashi, Hiromasa Aida, Junji Suhara, Masaaki Saruta, Keiichi Okada, Yasuo Tsuyuki, Takio Suzuki, Takafumi Fujita

Response Analysis of Yokohama Bay Bridge under the 2011 Great East-Japan Earthquake...... 7484 Dionysius Siringoringo, Yozo Fujino

On the Difference Between Empirical Mode Decomposition and Hilbert Vibration Decomposition for Earthquake Motion Records...... 7494 Yong Huang, C. J. Yan, Q. Xu

Site Specific Seismic Study for a Power Plant Site at Samalkot, Godavari Rift Basin in Peninsular India...... 7503 Adimoolam Boominathan, M. G. Vikshalakshie, R. M. Subramanian

Application of an Innovative Precise Integration Method in Solving Equilibrium Equations of Motion for Structural Dynamic Problems...... 7513 Chiun-Lin Wu, Ching-Chiang Chuang

Structural Monitoring Scheme Based on Directly Measured Inter-story Drift Displacement Response Information...... 7523 Chisa Matsui, Akira Nishitani, Yoshihiro Nitta, Tomohiko Hatada, Ryuta Katamura, S. Miura, M. Oshio, Y. Suzuki, M. Takahashi, Takashi Tanii, Shuichi Shoji, K. Kanekawa, Iwao Ohdomari, I. Matsuya

NEES/E-Defense Base Isolation Tests: Performance of Triple-Pendulum Bearings...... 7531 Taichiro Okazaki, K. Sato, Eiji Sato, Tomohiro Sasaki, Koichi Kajiwara, Keri L. Ryan, S. A. Mahin

Application of Robust-Optimum Algorithms in Semi-Active Control Strategy for Seismic Protection of Equipment...... 7541 Hadi Salehi, Touraj Taghikhany

Seismic Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Building Retrofitted with Energy Absorbing Devices...... 7551 Koji Hiroishi, Hideo Fujitani, Yoichi Mukai

Epistemic Uncertainty of the Structural Response of Reinforced Concrete Members Under Cyclic Loading Due to Different Material Modelling Choices...... 7561 Nuno Pereira, Xavier Romão, Raimundo Delgado

A Time-domain Coupled Scaled Boundary Isogeometric Approach for Earthquake Response Analysis of Dam- reservoir-foundation System ...... 7571 Gao Lin, Yong Zhang, Yi Wang, Z. Q. Hu

Seismic Analysis of High Rise Steel Frame with and Without Bracing ...... 7580 Keshav K. Sangle, K. M. Bajoria, Vikas Malgunmkar

Representation of Micropile Parameters Relations in Pre-Designing...... 7590 Shahin Atashband, Shaham Atashband

Evaluation of the Dynamic Characteristics of a Base-isolated Low-rise RC Building After the Great East Japan Earthquake...... 7600 C. H. Cuadra, Junya Meguro

Preliminary Study of Response Prediction of Semi-active Controlled Structures...... 7607 Takahiro Fujii, Hideo Fujitani, Yoichi Mukai

Human Casualty and Behavior due to the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 ...... 7616 Michio Miyano, Eisuke Ikuta, Takayoshi Takahashi, Tadashi Doi, Sachi Ito, Mika Omichi, Tomoko Shigaki, Rie Nobuhara, Hiroyuki Kitamoto, Yusuke Kawakatsu, Kazuyo Kamita

Urban Seismic Risk Assessment Using the Disruption Index: the Case of the Volcanic Region of Mt. Etna (Italy)...... 7622 Raffaele Azzaro, Salvatore D'Amico, Vera D'Amico, Fabrizio Meroni, Tiziana Tuvè, Gaetano Zonno, Dario Albarello, Mónica Amaral Ferreira, Francisco Mota De Sá, Carlos Sousa Oliveira, Renata Rotond

Study on the Mechanism of the Damaged Housing Lots during the 2011 Tohoku - Pacific Ocean Earthquake in Japan...... 7630 Susumu Yasuda, Keisuke Ishikawa, Mamoru Watanabe, Masaki Yoshida

Collapse Simulation of Unreinforced Masonry Walls...... 7637 C. H. Cuadra, Wakana Fujisawa, Taiki Saito

Seismic Response Analysis of Single-Story Factory Buildings with Reinforced Concrete Columns ...... 7644 Lingxin Zhang, Lin Li, Jieping Liu

Ground Motion Attenuation for Volcanic Zones in Europe...... 7650 Ezio Faccioli, Manuela Vanini, Manuela Villani

Fundamental Tests on Structural Performance Monitoring System of Building Structures Using Gyro Sensor...... 7660 Qi Liang, Takahiro Matsuzawa, Akinori Tani, Yuichiro Yamabe

Characterizing the Vulnerability of Flexible Rocking Structures to Strong Ground Motions ...... 7668 M. Sinan Acikgoz, Matthew J. Dejong

Seismic Microzonation of Palatine Hill, Roman Forum and Coliseum (Rome, Italy)...... 7678 Alessandro Pagliaroli, Massimiliano Moscatelli, Gian Paolo Cavinato, Mauro Dolce, Giuseppe Naso, F. Sabetta, Sergio Castenetto, Pia Petrangeli, Roberto Cecchi

Equivalent Rocking Systems: Fundamental Rocking Parameters ...... 7688 Matthew J. Dejong, Elias G. Dimitrakopoulos

Seismic Performance Improvement of Masonry Buildings by WSBI Method...... 7698 Mohammad Yekrangnia, Alireza Mahdizadeh, Hamed Seyri, Morteza Raissi

Seismic Risk Assessment of 3rd Azerbaijan Gas Pipeline ...... 7707 M. Hesari, Mehdi Mousavi, Alireza Azarbakht

Fundamental Period versus Seismic Damage for Reinforced Concrete Buildings ...... 7717 Anastasia Eleftheriadou, Athanasios Karabinis, A. D. Baltzopoulou

Accurate Inelastic Structural Analysis Schemes for High-rise Structures Under Earthquake Excitations Base on ABAQUS Platform ...... 7726 Jun Teng, Zuohua Li, A. Li, Y. B. Han, Z. Cai

Numerical Modelling of Dynamic Earth Force Transmission to Underground Structures ...... 7736 Noriko Kodama, Kazuhito Komiya

Experimental Verification of Damage Monitoring and Evaluation Method for Building Structures based on Measurement of Relative Story Displacements...... 7745 Tomohiko Hatada, Ryuta Katamura, Hajime Hagiwara, Motoichi Takahashi, Yishihiro Nitta, Akira Nishitani

Seismic Performance of High-Strength Self-Compacting Concrete in Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints ...... 7753 Mohammad Soleymani Ashtiani, Rajesh P. Dhakal, Allan Scott

Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of the Building Stock of Attica (Greece) and Correlation to the Actual Repair Cost...... 7763 A. D. Baltzopoulou, Anastasia Eleftheriadou, Athanasios Karabinis

Seismic Performance of New Steel Concrete Composite Beam-Columns...... 7773 Toshiaki Fujimoto, Hiroshi Komatsu, Tomoyuki Sakurada, Noritaka Morohashi

Unified Analysis on Progressive and Seismic Collapses of RC Frame Structure: The Effect of Masonry-infill Walls...... 7781 Shuang Li, Shengping Liu, Changhai Zhai, Lili Xie

Using Friction Dampers for Improving Earthquake Response of Self-variable Stiffness RC Framed Buildings...... 7791 Iakov Iskhakov, Yuri Ribakov

A Study on Damping Correction of Response Spectrum for Long Period and High Damping Range ...... 7799 Tetsuya Arakawa, Masahito Kobayashi

Parametric Study on Pile-Soil Interaction Analyses By Overlaying Mesh Method...... 7808 Atsushi Ohta, Fusanori Miura

Cyclic Beam Bending Test for Assessment of Bond-Slip Behavior...... 7818 Mohammad Soleymani Ashtiani, Rajesh P. Dhakal, Allan Scott, D. K. Bull

A Tutorial on Improving the Seismic Performance of Stone Masonry Dwellings: A Compendium of Worldwide Experiences...... 7827 Jitendra Bothara, Svetlana Brzev

Current Capabilities and Future Roles for Internet Distributed Large Scale Real-Time Seismic Testing ...... 7836 Mobin Ojaghi, Matt Dietz, Ignacio Lamata Martinez, Martin Williams, Anthony Blakeborough

Equivalent Viscous Damping of SMA Bar Connectors in Post-tensioned Segmental Bridge Piers...... 7846 Hwasung Roh, Jong Seh Lee, Andrei M. Reinhorn

Seismic Behavior of Self-centering Designed Eccentrically Braced Frames...... 7853 Chin-Tung Cheng, Chih-Hong Hsu, Ker-Chun Lin

Finite Element Model Updating of Buildings using Dynamic Identification Measurements...... 7861 Alessandro Scodeggio, Ricardo Monteiro, Filippo Dacarro, Helen Crowley, Rui Pinho

A Study on the Accuracy of a Static Analysis Method for Cut and Cover Tunnels ...... 7871 Tomohiro Kawanishi, Junji Kiyono, Seiji Nishiyama

Development of Large Scale Testing Facilities and Cyber Infrastructure in Korea by KOCED Program...... 7881 Chul-Young Kim, Young Suk Park, Kwang-Ki Ahn, Dae Sung Jung, Jongwook Han

3D Bedrock Structure of Okayama Plain, West Japan, As Inferred from Gravity Anomalies and Its Relation to Damage Distribution During the 1946, M8.0, Nankai Earthquake ...... 7890 Keiichi Nishimura, Junpei Akamatsu, Masao Komazawa

Proposed Vulnerability Functions to Estimate the Real Damage State of RC Buildings After Major Turkish Earthquakes ...... 7898 Ülgen Mert Tugsal, Beyza Taskin

Effects of the Bending Resonance of the Floors on the Vertical Vibrations of Buildings ...... 7907 Céline Chesnais, Claude Boutin, Stéphane Hans

Modelling Shear-flexure Interaction in Equivalent Frame Models of Slender RC Walls ...... 7917 Panagiotis E. Mergos, Katrin Beyer

Nonlinear Response and Failure Mechanism of Infilled RC Frame Structures Under Biaxial Seismic Excitation...... 7927 Yu Ping Yuen, Jun Shang Kuang

Hybrid Moment Frame Joints Subjected to Seismic Type Loading...... 7937 Mircea Pastrav, Carol Enyedi

Damage Simulation of Large-Scale Concrete Structures Subjected to Earthquake Excitation Based on an Equivalent Damage Element Method...... 7946 Xunqiang Yin, Jianbo Li, Gao Lin, Hong Zhong

Fast Simulation Method for Seismic Diagnosis of Extensive Gas Networks ...... 7956 Takeshi Mori, Yoji Tsunasawa, Nobuhisa Suzuki

Efficient Restoration Strategy Against Seismic Damage to Highway Traffic Network in Tokyo Area ...... 7966 Atsushi Sekine, Yoshimi Ogawa

Evaluating Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Deformation of Earth Slopes using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) ...... 7976 Yaser Jafarian, Ali Ghorbani, Omid Ahmadi

A Spatially Smoothed Seismicity Forecasting Model for MW ≥ 5.0 Earthquakes in Northern Algeria and Morocco...... 7985 Jose A. Pelaez, Mohamed Hamdache, C. Sanz De Galdeano

Study for Clarifying the Failure Mechanism of Reclaimed Land at Fukushima City by Use of the Estimated Strong Earthquake Motion During the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake ...... 7993 Susumu Nakamura, Yoshiya Hata, Keita Abe, Masahiro Sinoda, Noriaki Sento, Atsushi Nozu

Generation of Improved Artificial Earthquakes for Seismic Qualification Testing...... 8001 Adam J. Crewe

A Novel Post-Earthquake Damage Survey Sheet: Part I- RC Buildings ...... 8011 Beyza Taskin, Kadir Guler, Ülgen Mert Tugsal, Mustafa Gencoglu, Mecit Celik, Zeki Hasgur, Metin Aydogan, Ahmet Saygun

A Novel Post-Earthquake Damage Survey Sheet: Part II- Masonry Buildings ...... 8021 Kadir Guler, Beyza Taskin, Ülgen Mert Tugsal, Mustafa Gencoglu, Mecit Celik, Zeki Hasgur, Metin Aydogan, Ahmet Saygun

Response Control by Damper Tube System Utilizing Torsional Vibration...... 8031 Haruhiko Kurino, Naoki Kano

Response of Base Isolated Structures Considering Inelastic Behavior of Superstructure...... 8041 Parisara Thiravechyan, Kazuhiko Kasai, Troy Morgan

Preservation of Velocity Pulses in Response Spectral Matching...... 8050 Damian N. Grant

Evaluation of Lateral and Buoyant Forces on Reinforced Concrete Buildings By the Tsunami of the 2011 East Japan Earthquake ...... 8060 Toshikazu Kabeyasawa, Yasuo Okuda, A. Fukai, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Hiroto Kato, Tadashi Ishihara, Seitaro Tajiri, Masanori Tani

Effects of Strain-rate on the Hysteretic Behavior of Structural Steels...... 8070 Yuko Shimada, Yu Jiao, Joo Ho Kim, Satoshi Yamada

LOG-IDEAH: LOGic trees for Identification of Damage due to Earthquakes for Architectural Heritage...... 8079 Viviana Iris Novelli, Dina D'Ayala

Study on the Influence of Irregular Ground and Adjacent Building on the Seismic Response of Nuclear Power Plant Building ...... 8089 Soshi Nakamura, Naohiro Nakamura, Takuya Suzuki, Koji Inoda, Kazuhiro Kosaka

Study on Intensity Anomaly of Great Earthquake in China...... 8099 Jiang-Shan Bo, Youwei Sun, Ping Li, Ni Men, Xiaobo Li, Wenhao Qi

Behaviour of Continuous Beam to Column Connections in Post Earthquake Fire...... 8109 Mahmood Yahyai, Banafshe Hasanpour Ghamsari

Simulation Analysis of Free Vibration Test in a Building “Chisuikan” using Three-dimensional Seismic Base Isolation System...... 8119 Shigenobu Mori, Junji Suhara, Itaru Kurosawa, Masaaki Saruta, Keiichi Okada, Tetsuya Tomizawa, Yasuo Tsuyuki, Takafumi Fujita

Safety Verification of Seismic Isolation System using Sliding Bearings against Long Period Earthquake Motions...... 8129 Hiroshi Hibino, Ryota Maseki, Aiko Nii, Shigeo Minewaki, Masashi Yamamoto, Harumi Yoneda, Mineo Takayama, Masaru Kikuchi, Masanori IIba

Strong Ground Motion Prediction Equation for Northwest Himalayan Region based on Stochastic Approach ...... 8139 Mukat Sharma, Ashish Harbindu, Kamal

VOLUME 11

Strong Ground Motion Prediction Equation for Low Magnitude and Near-field Earthquake Data for Shield Region in India...... 8149 Chinnappa Srinivasan, Yesurathanam Anoch Willy, Ashish Herbindu, Mukat Sharma

Seismic Assessment of Traditional Masonry-Wooden Building in Taiwan...... 8158 Yu-Chun Lin, Ja-Shian Chang, To-Nan Chen, Chung-Hsien Shih

Frequency Adaptive Lumped-Mass Stick Model and its Application to Nuclear Containment Structure ...... 8167 Huseok Lee, Hwasung Roh, J. Youn, Jong Seh Lee

Estimation Method of Seismic Response Based on Momentary Input Energy Considering Hysteresis Shapes of a Building Structure...... 8176 Hideto Kanno, Tetsuya Nishida, Jun Kobayashi

Selection of Ground Motion Prediction Models for Seismic Hazard Analysis in the Zagros Region, Iran ...... 8183 M. Noorizadeh, Mehdi Mousavi

SAFECAST Project: European Research on Seismic Behaviour of the Connections of Precast Structures...... 8193 Giandomenico Toniolo

Testing Unreinforced Masonry Structures at Reduced Scale ...... 8203 Sarah Petry, Katrin Beyer

The Choice of the Seismic-Load Reduction Coefficient Based on the Analysis of the Plastic Resource of Structure Taking into Account the Low-Cycle Fatigue...... 8213 Yuriy Rutman, Enrique Simbort

Fragility Estimates for RC and PT Flat Slab-Column Connections Subjected to Lateral Drifts ...... 8220 A. R. Vijaya Narayanan, Durgesh C. Rai

Seismic Safety Evaluation of Turkish URM Buildings by Considering Both In-Plane and Out-Of-Plane Behavior ...... 8230 Murat Altug Erberik, Hasan Burak Ceran

Improved Extended Kalman Filter for Parameters Identification...... 8240 Peipei Zhao, Zhenyu Wang, Tao Lu, Yulin Lu

Earthquake Damage Prediction Assessment for Xichang Urban Bridge Engineering ...... 8249 Youwei Sun, Jiang-Shan Bo, Ni Men, Ping Li, Tao Zhang, Tao Bo, Bo Liu

Semi-Active Control Design for Base Isolated Structure Using Variable Damping Device Considered with Characteristic of Earthquake Motion and Sensor Placement ...... 8255 Akira Fukukita, Masaki Takahashi

Seismic Analysis for Wind Turbines Including Soil-structure Interaction Combining Vertical and Horizontal Earthquake...... 8265 Hongwang Ma

Large-scale Shaking Table Test on Seismically Induced Failure of Earth-core Rockfill Dam ...... 8275 Jun Liu, Fuhai Liu, Xianjing Kong

A New Approach to Building Stock Vulnerability Modeling based on Bayesian Analysis...... 8287 Ufuk Yazgan

Comparison Between the Visco-elastic Dampers and Magnetorheological Dampers and Study the Effect of Temperature on the Damping Properties...... 8297 Abdul Qadir Bhatti, Humberto Varum

The Testing Campaign on Seismic and Wind Protection Systems of the World´s Largest Cable Stayed Bridge: The Russkij Bridge at Vladivostok...... 8306 Peter Huber, Oliver Benicke

A Real-time Correction Method in Rapid Assessment of Seismic Intensity Distribution...... 8316 Xu Weixiao, Jingjiang Sun, Ke Du, Weisong Yang

Numerical Study on Covariance-driven Stochastic Subspace Method in Modal Parameters Identification ...... 8321 Zhenyu Wang, Peipei Zhao, Yulin Lu, Tao Lu

Construction of seismic fragility curves using the Karhunen-Loève expansion...... 8328 Fabien Giraudeau, Michel Fogli, Irmela Zentner, Cyril Feau

Application of Performance Based Nonlinear Static Pushover Analysis for Seismic Design of RC Buildings...... 8338 Abdul Qadir Bhatti, Humberto Varum

Seismic Behavior of Steel Plate - Concrete Composite Shear Walls...... 8344 Hongsong Hu, Jianguo Nie, Jiansheng Fan

Developing an Innovative Approach for Retrofitting the Existing Cylindrical Liquid Tanks...... 8354 Ali Valaei

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment and Evaluation of High Rise Buildings in Islamabad...... 8364 Abdul Qadir Bhatti, Humberto Varum, Zeeshan Alam

Displacement Based Seismic Design of Torsionally Unbalanced Shear Wall Structures...... 8373 Farrokh Fazileh, Jag Mohan Humar

Dynamic Response of Footings on Stratified Soil Using the Precise Integration Method...... 8383 Zejun Han, Gao Lin, Jianbo Li

A Survey in Finding Relations in Order to Calculate Natural Impulsive and Convective Mode Frequencies in Above-ground Cylindrical Steel Storage Tanks...... 8393 Ali Valaei

Relations between Elastic/Inelastic Earthquake Response of SDOF Systems by Equivalent Linear Analysis ...... 8403 Akenori Shibata, Hidemasa Masuno

Reliability and Experimental Study on the Seismic Resistance Capabilities of Brick Nogged Timber Frame Construction (Dhajji-Dewari) ...... 8413 Asif Shah, A. R Dar, Gouseya Shahnaaz

Comparison and Analysis of Design Procedures for CFST-to-Steel Girder Connection Panel Zone Shear ...... 8423 Xiaogang Liu, Jiansheng Fan, Muxuan Tao, J. F. Hajjar

Experimental Validation on Dynamic Response of RC Shear Wall Systems Coupled with Hybrid Energy Dissipative Devices...... 8433 Sang-Hoon Oh, Kwang Yong Choi, Hyoung Joon Kim, Chang Hoon Kang

An Adaptive Physics-based Method for the Solution of Wave Motion Problem in Two Dimensions ...... 8442 Masoud Shafiei, Naser Khaji

Analytical Seismic Fragility Analysis of Concrete Arch Dams ...... 8452 Xiaowen Yao, A. S. Elnashai, Jianqun Jiang

Shaking Table Model Tests on Dynamic Structure-SoilStructure Interaction during Various Excitations...... 8461 Peizhen Li, Xiaoying Hou, Y. M. Liu, Xilin Lu

Effects of Design to EN-Eurocodes on the Seismic Fragility of Concrete Buildings...... 8471 Alexandra Papailia, Georgios Tsionis, Michael N. Fardis

A Precast Concrete Roof Bracing System for Industrial Buildings...... 8481 Nelson Angel, Hernán Santa María, Carl Luders

Correlation Between Seismic Intensity for the Maule 2010 Earthquake (Mw 8.8) and Microtremors’ HVSR ...... 8491 Felipe Leyton, Sergio Ruiz, Maximiliano Astroza

The Robust Conditional Mean Spectrum ...... 8499 Mehdi Mousavi, Alireza Azarbakht, M. Noorizadeh

Drafting of Macedonian NDPs for EN 1998 - Design of Structures for Earthquake Resistance - Part 3: Assessment and Retrofitting of Buildings...... 8509 Elena Dumova-Jovanoska, Sergey Churilov, Golubka Necevska-Cvetanovska, Roberta Apostolska

An FEM Simulation on the Seismic Induced Deformation of SCP Improved Ground Considering the Inter-pile Ground Conditions...... 8518 Keisuke Kitade, Yoshinori Takahashi, Hiroki Kinoshita, Koji Ichii

A Body-Fitted Coordinates Based Method for Simulation Earthquake with Inhomogeneous Feature in Space ...... 8528 Yingmin Li, Zheqian Wu, Yinfeng Dong, Chuanguo Jia, Huiguo Chen

Effects on the Predominant Periods Due to Abrupt Lateral Soil Heterogeneities...... 8538 Victor Salinas, Sonia Santos-Assunçao, Oriol Caselles, Vega Pérez-Gracia, Lluis G. Pujades, Jaume Clapés

Seismic Design and Performance of an High RCC Dam ...... 8548 Alper Aldemir, Ugur Akpinar, Yalin Arici, Baris Binici

Seismic Risk Assessment of Large Dams ...... 8558 Georgi Varbanov, Marin Kostov, Anton Andonov, Kiril Apostolov, Alexander Iliev

Time-Predictable Earthquake Modeling on a Segment of Zagros Mountain Front Fault (Pol-e-Zahab Region) West of Iran...... 8568 Ahmad Naderzadeh, Ramin Madani

A Simplified Method for Analyzing Structural Hysteretic Energy Based on Multiplex Modal Pushover Analysis...... 8576 Mingkui Xiao, Jingmeng Zhu, Zhengying Li

Seismic Rehabilitation of Les Jardins Westmount, Montreal (Quebec), Canada...... 8582 Mohsen Zarrabi, Roger Bartosh, Avtar Pall

About Regional Standard “Buildings, Structures, and Safety Requirements Under Tsunami Impact” ...... 8590 Igor Nudner, Mark Klyachko, Vasily Maximov, Vladislav Filkov

Shaking Table Test of Seismic Control System Using Tuned Mass Viscous Damper with Force Restriction Mechanism ...... 8598 Masahiro Ikenaga, Kohju Ikago, Norio Inoue

Broadband Ground-motion Modeling and Shaking Scenarios for the 2009 L’Aquila (Central Italy) Earthquake...... 8606 Gabriele Ameri, Francesca Pacor, Frantisek Gallovic

Assessment of the Variability of the Buildings Response Due to the Variability of Ground Motion from a Database of Earthquakes Recorded Within Buildings...... 8616 Mathieu Perrault, Philippe Guéguen

The Seismic Alert System of Mexico (SASMEX) and their Alert Signals Broadcast Results...... 8622 Juan Manuel Espinosa-Aranda, Armando Cuellar, Gerardo Ibarrola, Roberto Islas, Armando Garcia, F. Humberto Rodriguez, B. Frontana

Developing ShakeCast Statistical Fragility Analysis Framework for Rapid Post-Earthquake Assessment...... 8631 Kuo-Wan Lin, D . J. Wald

Plastic Hinge Models for the Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Wall-type Piers with Detailing Deficiencies...... 8641 Pia Hannewald, Katrin Beyer

Performance-Based Seismic Design and Evaluation of Buckling Restrained Knee Braced Truss Moment Frames...... 8649 Nattapat Wongpakdee, Sutat Leelataviwat, Subhash Goel, Wen-Cheng Liao

Large Capacity Dampers for Buildings and Structures...... 8658 Imad Mualla, Leif Otto Nielsen, Mitsuru Sugisawa, Yasuhiro Suzuki

The Value of Risk Reduction in Optimum Seismic Design...... 8668 Jaime García-Pérez

Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Maps for Pakistan...... 8677 Saeed Zaman, Teraphan Ornthammarath, Pennung Warnitchai

Seismic Behaviour of Precast Buildings with Cladding Panels ...... 8687 Fabio Biondini, B. Dal Lago, Giandomenico Toniolo

Pseudodynamic Tests and Numerical Simulations on a Full-Scale Prototype of a Multi-Storey Precast Structure ...... 8697 Fabio Biondini, Andrea Titi, Giandomenico Toniolo

The Swiss Strong-motion Network: High-quality Strong-motion Monitoring in a Region of Low-to-moderate Seismicity...... 8706 Clotaire Michel, Carlo Cauzzi, Donat Fäh, John Clinton, Peter Zweifel, Philipp Kästli

Nonlinear Dynamic SSI Analysis with Coupled FEM-SBFEM Approach ...... 8716 N. M. Syed, B. K. Maheshwari

Seismic-initiated Events Risk Mitigation in LEad-cooled Reactors: The SILER Project...... 8723 Massimo Forni, Silvia De Grandis

A Comparative Study on Seismic Behavior of Existing Single-span RC Frames Strengthened by Different Methods ...... 8733 Pu Yang, Chenghua He, Yuntian Wu, Xiaoou Liu, Shuyan Ji

A Methodology to Couple Vulnerability and Condition of Buried Pipes in Seismic Risk Assessment: Application to a Subsystem of the Lisbon Wastewater System ...... 8741 Vitor Sousa, Nuno Almeida, Maria Luísa Sousa, Alfredo Campos Costa, José Saldanha Matos

New Iranian Seismic Hazard Zoning Map for New Edition of Seismic Code and its Comparison with Neighbor Countries ...... 8751 Ali A. Moinfar, Ahmad Naderzadeh, Mohammad H. Nabavi

Performance Assessment of the Self Centering Energy Dissipative (SCED) Bracing System using Hybrid Simulation...... 8761 Viswanath Kammula, Jeffrey Erochko, Oh-Sung Kwon, Constantin Christopoulos

Dynamic Properties of Solani Sand Reinforced with Coir Fibers ...... 8771 Bablu Kirar, B. K. Maheshwari, Ravi Shankar Jakka

Estimation of Seismic Stability of Gravity Base Substructure for Fixed Offshore Platform ...... 8781 Viacheslav Glagovsky

Effect of Fines on Liquefaction Resistance of Solani Sand ...... 8791 Pradeep Muley, B. K. Maheshwari, D. K. Paul

Seismic Isolation of Nuclear Power Plants ...... 8799 Massimo Forni, Alessandro Poggianti, Alberto Dusi

Experimental Study of Low-yield Strength Steel Buckling Restrained Brace ...... 8809 Ning Ma, Jinping Ou, Hui Li

Studying Seismic Behavior of Mixed Structures in Height...... 8817 Nader Fanaie, Shahab Shamloo

Comparison of DDBD with FBD Procedures for Concentrically Braced Steel Frame ...... 8826 Jamie Goggins, Suhaib Salawdeh

Quantitative Seismic Risk Evaluation and Mapping: Cases of Schools and Residential Facilities in Lisbon and Algarve...... 8836 Luisa Sousa, Mónica Amaral Ferreira, Francisco Mota De Sá, Carlos Sousa Oliveira, S. Raposo, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson, Rajesh Rupakhety, Gaetano Zonno, Fabrizio Meroni, Francesca Bianco, Salvatore D'Amico

Replacement of the Old Rubber Bearings of the First Base Isolated Building in the World ...... 8846 Igor Gjorgjiev, M. A. Garevski

E-Defense Shaking Table Tests on a Steel High-rise Building Retrofitted by Dampers against Long-period Ground Motions ...... 8853 Daiki Sato, Yu Shimada, Hayato Ouchi, Yusaku Oshita, Haruyuki Kitamura, Takuya Nagae, Kunio Fukuyama, Kouich Kajiwara, Takahito Inoue, Masayoshi Nakashima, Taiki Saito, Nobuo Fukuwa

Result of SUPREME(Super-dense Real Time Monitoring Earthquake System for City Gas Supply) in “Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake” ...... 8861 Yuki Norito, Wataru Inomata

Liquefaction Hot-Spot Based on Pipeline Damage and Topographical History in the Kashima Region during the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake ...... 8867 Yasuko Kuwata, Daisuke Ikejiri

Probabilistic Seismic Damage Assessment for Urban Transportation Network...... 8876 Mohammad R Zolfaghari, Meysam Mogheisi

Nonlinear Earthquake Response Analysis of RC Frames with Masonry Infills ...... 8884 Ehsan Dehghani Sanij, Reza Alaghebandiyan

Estimating Floor Acceleration in Nonlinear Multi-story Moment-resisting Frames ...... 8893 Reza Karami Mohammadi, Mohammad Mohammadi

Research for Collapse of R/C Frame Composed of Shear and Flexure Column ...... 8902 Kazuto Matsukawa, Masaki Maeda, Hamood Al-Washali, Kanako Takahashi

Development and Application of Damage Spectra for RC Buildings in Europe...... 8912 Amin Karbassi, Pierino Lestuzzi, Benyamin Mohebi

Seismic Assessment of Isolated Bridges with Abutment Transverse Restraint...... 8919 Enrico Tubaldi, Andrea Dall'Asta, Luigino Dezi

Reliability Analysis and Deterministic Validation with Experimental Data of a Historical R.C. Bridge...... 8929 Kleidi Islami, Federico Carturan, Carlo Pellegrino, Claudio Modena

Theoretical Assessment of Wire Rope Bracing System with Soft Central Cylinder...... 8939 Nader Fanaie, Saeid Aghajani, Shahab Shamloo

Large-Scale Testing and Analysis of Concrete Encased Steel Coupling Beams under High Ductility Demands...... 8948 Christopher Motter, J. W. Wallace, Ron Klemencic, John Hooper, David Fields

Seismic Loss of Functionality in High-Rise and Low-Rise Office Buildings: Server Room Damage of E-Defense Test...... 8958 Shigeto Nagashima, Kenichi Yoshida, Hiroyasu Nishii, Mikio Suzuki, Kouzou Toyota, Mutsuhiro Yoshizawa, Takuya Nagae, Kunio Fukuyama, Takahito Inoue, Koichi Kajiwara

VOLUME 12

Experimental Investigation on the Dynamic Properties of RC Structures Affected by Reinforcement Corrosion...... 8966 Tiejun Liu, Dujian Zou, Jun Teng, Lili Sui

Effect of the Optimal Number of Metallic Dampers on the Seismic Response of Frame Structures ...... 8973 Ali Khosravian, Abdollah Hosseini

Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Core Walls Under Bi-directional Loading ...... 8981 Raluca-Tereza Constantin, Katrin Beyer

Evaluation of Fatigue and Park and Ang Damage Indexes in Steel Structures ...... 8991 Christian Málaga-Chuquitaype, Ahmed Y. Elghazouli

Ground Motion Simulation for Dynamic Structural Analysis: Pros and Cons...... 9001 João M. C. Estêvão, Carlos Sousa Oliveira

On the Use of Arias Intensity As a Lower Bound in the Hazard Integration Process of a PSHA ...... 9011 Guillermo Aldama-Bustos, P. J. Stafford

From Ambient Mechanical Noise to the Structural Functioning of Regular Buildings...... 9021 Stéphane Hans, Claude Boutin, Antoine Rallu, Quoc Bao Bui, Céline Chesnais

The Adequacy of Pushover Analysis to Evaluate Vulnerability of Masonry Infilled Steel Frames Subjected to Bi- Directional Earthquake Loading ...... 9030 Bahram Beheshti Aval, Mehrangiz Mohammadzadeh

Preparedness for the Next Earthquake of Reinforced Concrete Residential Buildings in Israel...... 9040 Nicole Gluck, Rina Farhat, Uri Tzadka, Rami Eid, E. Leibovitz

Pushover Analyses of Mixed RC-URM Wall Structures ...... 9050 Alessandro Paparo, Katrin Beyer

Extended Seismic Source Characterisation using Linear Programming Inversion in a Dual Formulation...... 9060 Bento Caldeira, José F. Borges, Mourad Bezzeghoud, Vladimir Bushenkov, Gueorgui Smirnov

DI: The Concept of Disruption Index in Urban Systems ...... 9069 Mónica Amaral Ferreira, Francisco Mota De Sá, Carlos Sousa Oliveira

Damage Assessment of Adjacent Buildings with Fixed Bases under Earthquake Loads ...... 9079 Abbas Moustafa, Sayed Mahmoud

Seismic Risk Assessment of Existing Buildings in Old Quebec City, Canada ...... 9089 Ahmad Abo-El-Ezz, Marie-José Nollet, Miroslav Nastev

Analytical Investigation of Seismic Performance of Exterior RC Beam-Column Joints Rehabilitated with New Scheme ...... 9098 Abdollah Hosseini, Mohammad Sadegh Marefat, Ali Arzeytoon, Jalil Shafaei

The Performance of Low-Rise Industrial Facilities in the 2010 Haiti and 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquakes ...... 9107 Justin Marshall, Nathan Gould

Seismic Response of Two Building Structures Designed for High Seismic Hazard...... 9117 Carlos Arteta, Hugo Esquivel, J. P. Moehle, H. Carlosana

Development of Intraplate Macroseismic Intensity Attenuation Relationship for the Korean Peninsula...... 9127 Jeong Min Han, Clark Fenton

A Model for Seismic Performance Assessment of Bridge Piers ...... 9137 Alexandre Girard, Frédéric Légeron, Nathalie Roy

Evaluation of Vehicle-Bridge Interaction during Earthquakes ...... 9147 Hartanto Wibowo, D. M. Sanford, I. G. Buckle, D. H. Sanders

Macro and Micro Scale Assessment and Quantification of Ground Damage Following the Canterbury 2010/2011 Earthquake Sequence...... 9157 Shamus Wallace, Amy Macdonald

High-Fidelity Model-Based Acceleration Control of Shake Tables...... 9167 Narutoshi Nakata

Developing a Quick Seismic Risk Assessment Model (QSRA) for Intercity Road Systems: A Case Study, IRAN...... 9177 Maryam Firoozi Nezamabadi, Fariborz Yaghoobi Vayeghan

Probabilistic Seismic Assessment of a Non-conforming Structure Using Scenario Spectra...... 9184 Terrence F. Paret, Kelly Cobeen, Owen A. Rosenboom, K. T. Nasi, Kaustubh Pandya

Calibration of Various Nonlinear Analysis Procedures with Earthquake Damage in a Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Building ...... 9194 Terrence F. Paret, Owen A. Rosenboom, Jeffrey Rautenberg, Gary R. Searer

Chronological Construction Sequence, Creep, Shrinkage, and Pushover Analysis of an Iconic 1960s Reinforced Concrete Building...... 9203 Owen A. Rosenboom, Terrence F. Paret, Gary R. Searer

Towards Design of Shear Walls Retrofitted with Shape Memory Alloys ...... 9213 W. Leonardo Cortés-Puentes, Dan Palermo

Enhancing the Seismic Performance of RC Coupled Wall High-Rise Buildings with Viscoelastic Coupling Dampers...... 9223 Renée Mackay-Lyons, Constantin Christopoulos, Michael Montgomery

Simple Design Method for a Tuned Viscous Mass Damper Seismic Control System...... 9233 Kohju Ikago, Yoshifumi Sugimura, Kenji Saito, Norio Inoue

Near Source Affects and Engineering Observations of Mw6.1 February 22, 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake...... 9243 Craig A. Davis, Jianping Hu

Developing the UHS and Iranian Seismic Code Design Spectrum for 1 Important Residential Building in Tehran...... 9253 Maryam Firoozi Nezamabadi, Fariborz Yaghoobi Vayeghan

Experimental and Analytical Study of Multilayer Accordion Metallic Damper ...... 9261 Mehdi Torbat Esfahani, Esmaeil Izadi Zamanabadi, Fariborz Nateghi Alahi, Mehrtash Motamedi

Laboratory Measurement of Compression and Shear Wave Velocities of Mexico City Clay with Piezoelectric Crystals ...... 9271 Efraín Ovando-Shelley, Mario Flores-Guzmán, Celestino Valle-Molina

Community Workshop: 2020 Vision for Earthquake Engineering Research in the USA ...... 9280 S. J. Dyke, Bozidar Stojadinovic, Pedro Arduino, Maria Garlock, Nicolas Luco, Julio Ramirez, Solomon Yim, W. Song

A New Approach to Evaluate Failure Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beam-column Connections Under Seismic Loads...... 9287 Giuliana Somma, Alessandro Pieretto, Tiziana Rossetto, Damian N. Grant

Plunging Breaker Model of Tsunami With Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Approach...... 9297 Alireza Lohrasbi, Moharram Dolatshahi Pirooz, Alireza Lavaei

Tsunami Evacuation Process and Human Loss Distribution in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake - a Case Study of Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture...... 9307 Hitomi Murakami, Koichi Takimoto, Antonios Pomonis

Full Scale Testing of Modern Unreinforced Thermal Insulation Clay Block Masonry Houses...... 9317 Suikai Lu, Andreas Jäger, Hervé Degée, Veronika Sendova, Zoran Rakicevic, Miha Tomaževic, Paulo Candeias, Alfredo Costa, Ema Coelho

Experiences Acquired through Nonlinear Modeling and Analyzing three-Dimensional Structure Models for Collapse Safety Assessment ...... 9325 Salar Man'Ie, Abdolreza Sarvghad Moghadam

Seismic Fragility Analyses of a CANDU 6 Reactor Building Nuclear Power Plant...... 9335 Abdelhalim Cherfaoui, Ali Nour, Vladimir Gocevski, Pierre Léger

Seismic Hazard Along the Southern Coast of Ecuador...... 9344 Ivan Wong, Mark Dober, Mark Hemphill-Haley, Fabia Terra

Investigation of the Surface Fault Rupture Hazard Mitigation by Geosynthetics...... 9354 Mojtaba Moosavi, Mohammad Kazem Jafari

Numerical Assessment of the Seismic Performance of Sliding Pendulum Isolators...... 9363 Emanuele Gandelli, Paolo Dubini, M. Bocciarelli, Virginio Quaglini

Probabilistic Combination of Earthquake and Operational Loads for Wind Turbines ...... 9373 Akwasi F. Mensah, Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio, I. Prowell, M. A. Asareh

Certification of Anti-seismic Devices According to the European Standard EN 15129:2009: Tasks for Manufacturers and Notified Bodies ...... 9383 D. Ferroni, Giacomo Vazzana, Daniele Cuminetti, Virginio Quaglini, Paolo Dubini, Carlo Poggi

Estimating Seismic Demands on High-rise Concrete Shear Wall Buildings ...... 9392 Ehsan Dezhdar, Perry Adebar

Lateral Demands of Steel Moment Resisting Concentrically Braced Frames in Soft Soils ...... 9402 Edgar Tapia-Hernández, Arturo Tena-Colunga

Development of Portable Earthquake Simulator for Enlightenment of Disaster Preparedness...... 9412 Shingo Kuroda, Saburoh Midorikawa, Shigeo Hirose, Minoru Yoshida

Use of Seismic Assessment Methods for Planning Vulnerability Reduction of Existing Building Stock ...... 9421 Lucie Chever

An Introduction to the Global Earthquake Consequences Database (GEMECD) ...... 9431 Emily So, Antonios Pomonis, Regina Below, Omar Cardona, Andrew King, Can Zülfikar, Maki Koyama, Charles Scawthorn, Simon Ruffle, Daniel Garcia

Influence of Modal Regularity in the Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Structures Using Simplified Nonlinear Methods ...... 9441 A. Gustavo Ayala, Marco A. Escamilla

Relevance of Fault-Normal/Parallel and Maximum Direction Rotated Ground Motions on Nonlinear Behavior of Multi-Story Buildings...... 9451 Juan C. Reyes, Erol Kalkan

Performance-based Design (PBD) of British Columbia Bridges...... 9461 Sharlie Huffman, D. G. Gillespie, Donald Anderson

Modal Pushover-based Scaling of Records for Nonlinear RHA of One-story Unsymmetric-plan Buildings...... 9470 Juan C. Reyes, Oscar A. Quintero, Anil K. Chopra

Seismic Performance of an Actual Member in an Existing RC Building...... 9480 Mhmoud Sauod, Hideo Araki, Akira Yasojima, Syohei Itano, Tatsuya Tokugawa

Expecting the Expected: 1 g Peak Motions in the Istanbul Metropolitan Area ...... 9490 Polat Gülkan

Modal Lumped Parameter Models for Representing Frequency-Dependent Impedance Functions of Soil- Foundation Systems...... 9500 Masato Saitoh, A. Kotake

A Procedure of Displacement-based Seismic Design Applied to Urban Bridges of Mexico City...... 9510 Darío Rivera Vargas

Non-Ergodic Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analyses...... 9520 Melanie Walling, N. A. Abrahamson

Performance Based Seismic Design Method Considering Incremental Collapse Prevention...... 9530 Saúl López, A. Gustavo Ayala, R. Hernández

Generation Mechanism of Surface and Buried Faults Considering the Effect of Plasticity in a Shallow Crust Structure...... 9540 Kazunori Wada, Hiroyuki Goto

Centrifuge Shaking Table Tests and FEM Analyses of RC Pile Foundation and Underground Structure...... 9550 Kenji Yonezawa, Takuya Anabuki, Shunichi Higuchi, Joji Ejiri

Seismic Response Analysis of Seismically Isolated Buildings with Multilayered Elastomeric Bearings Considering Rocking Behavior ...... 9560 Ken Ishii, Masaru Kikuchi, Kazutaka Shirai

The George E. Brown, Jr., Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES): Reducing the impact of EQs and Tsunamis ...... 9570 Julio Ramirez

Development of a Low-cost Wireless Sensor Network for Monitoring of Earthquakes in Developing Countries...... 9578 Jaime Jr Hernandez, Marc Caesar Talampas, Christian To, Jose Mari Balanay

Microtremor Array Measurements and Three-component Microtremor Measurements in San Francisco Bay Area ...... 9588 Koichi Hayashi, Deborah Underwood

Substructure Effective Force Testing: A Force-Based Real-Time Hybrid Simulation ...... 9598 Narutoshi Nakata, S. Combs

Comparative Experimental Study on the Seismic Performance of Reinforced Totally-Recycled Concrete Frame and Semi-recycled Concrete Frame...... 9608 Cuiqiang Zhang, Ying Zhou, Xilin Lu

Smart Viscous Dampers Utilizing Shear Thickening Fluids with Silica Nanoparticles ...... 9620 Fang-Yao Yeh, Kuo-Chun Chang, Tsung-Wu Chen

Development of MPS Method for Earthquake Response Analysis Considering Collapse...... 9629 Ikumasa Yoshida

An Energy Spectrum Method for Collapse Evaluation of RC Moment Frame Structures ...... 9637 Wen-Cheng Liao, Subhash C. Goel

Response of High Rise RC Structure with Weak Beam Considering the Deterioration Due to Cyclic Behavior Under Long Period Earthquake ...... 9644 Tomohisa Mukai, Taiki Saito, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Tony Yang

Safety Verification of Seismic Isolation System Using Rubber Bearing Against Long-Period Earthquake Motion...... 9653 Makiko Hikita, Eiji Takaoka, Akihiro Kondo, Takuya Nishimura, S. Yamamoto, Mineo Takayama, Masaru Kikuchi, Masanori IIba

Safety Verification of Seismic Isolation Systems Using Elasto-plastic Dampers against Long-period Earthquake Motions ...... 9663 S. Yamamoto, Takuya Nishimura, K. Nakanishi, Makiko Hikita, Y. Takenaka, Mineo Takayama, Masaru Kikuchi, Masanori IIba

Static and Dynamic Analysis of a 200 m High Concrete Faced Dam Based on a Generalized Plasticity Model...... 9673 Bin Xu, Degao Zou, Xianjing Kong

Development and Seismic Performance of Steel Dual-Core Self-Centering Braces ...... 9684 Chung-Che Chou, Ying-Chuan Chen

Source Rupture Process of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake Derived from the Strong-motion Records ...... 9693 Wataru Suzuki, Shin Aoi, Haruko Sekiguchi, Takashi Kunugi

Study of Sand Boiling Characteristics Along Tokyo Bay During the 2011 Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake ...... 9702 Keisuke Ishikawa, Susumu Yasuda

Experimental and Numerical Study on RC Frame Joint Strengthened with Enveloped Steel Plates ...... 9711 Da-Gen Weng, Chao Zhang, Jing-De Xia, Xi-Lin Lu, Shi-Ming Zhang

Shear Deterioration of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints ...... 9721 Jongwook Park, Dae-Hoon Kim, Seok-Gwang Yoon, Jung-Yoon Lee

The Design and Implementation of a Practical Tsunami Evacuation Drill ...... 9730 Kiyomine Terumoto

Cyclic Testing of the Column-tree Type and the WUF-B Weak-axis Steel Moment Connections ...... 9740 Kangmin Lee, Rui Li, Liuyi Chen, Kyoung Hwan Oh, Hee Taek Jung

Performance Evaluation of FR Welded Connections to Inclined Column ...... 9749 Yong-Wan Kim, Jin-Sun Park, Yongjei Lee, Taejin Kim

Non-linear Time History Response Analysis of Low Masonry Structure with Tie-Columns...... 9757 Nina Zheng, Jing Zhou, Yuanyuan Yin, Jun Oan, Shuyan Ji

Directional Dependence of H/V Spectral Ratio of Microtremors Caused by Lateral Heterogeneity ...... 9765 Shinichi Matsushima, Hiroshi Kawase, Takanori Hirokawa, Francisco J. Sánchez-Sesma

Structural and Equipment Performance of Base-isolated Medical Facility subjected to Strong Vertical Ground Motions ...... 9774 Sachi Furukawa, Eiji Sato, Yundong Shi, Masayoshi Nakashima

VOLUME 13

Seismic Control of Benchmark Cablestayed Bridge Using Variable Friction Pendulum Systems ...... 9780 Purnachandra Saha

Evaluation of Section and Fiber Integration Points in Fiber Model ...... 9789 Ke Du, Jingjiang Sun, Weixiao Xu

Seismic Tests of Steel Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames for Evaluating Effects of Free-Edge Stiffeners and Frame Action Forces on Corner Gusset Connections ...... 9796 Chung-Che Chou, Jia-Hau Liu

Analysis of Strong Column and Weak Beam Behavior of Steel-concrete Mixed Frames...... 9806 Yangbing Liu, Yuanxin Liao, Nina Zheng, Jingbo Liu

The Present Research Situation and Earthquake Damage Defensive Measures of the Transmission Lines...... 9812 Yuejun Liu, Aiping Tang

Study on Feed-forward Control of Base-isolated Buildings Using Predicted Propagation of Seismic Waves...... 9820 Ichiro Nagashima, Ryota Maseki

Inspection of School Buildings in Seismic Prone Areas in Venezuela ...... 9830 Angelo Marinilli, Norberto Fernandez, Oscar A. Lopez, Gustavo Coronel

Proposed Update to Masonry Provisions of ASCE/SEI 41: Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings...... 9839 Bill Tremayne, Fred Turner, Alistair Russell, Stuart Oliver, H. Derakhshan

Ground Motions and Site Effects from the 2011, M9.0 Tohoku, Japan Earthquake ...... 9849 Hadi Ghofrani, Katsuichiro Goda, Gail M. Atkinson

Earthquake Record from Down-hole Array Observation in Tokyo Bay Area During the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake...... 9859 Takaaki Ikeda, Kazuo Konagai, Toshihiko Katagiri, Takashi Kiyota

Collapse-resistant Capacity of Masonry Building with Framed-Shear Walled Lower Floor with Different Protection Levels ...... 9869 Duozhi Wang, Junwu Dai

Influence to Water Outage Due to Damage to Regional Water Supply During the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake ...... 9874 Tasuku Okamoto, Yasuko Kuwata

Dense Microtremor Survey for Site Effect Study in Taiwan...... 9884 Kuo-Liang Wen, Jyun-Yan Huang

Dam-Reservoir Interaction Analysis Based on Scaled Boundary Finite Method and Finite Element Method...... 9892 Yi Wang, Gao Lin, Zhiqiang Hu

Choice of In-structure Damping Model: Do We Have an Answer? ...... 9900 Arun M. Puthanpurayil, Rajesh P. Dhakal, Athol James Carr

Research on the Transient Response and Measure Method of Engineering Vibration Sensors ...... 9909 Shu-Lin Ma, Feng Gao

Simulation Analysis for the Ultimate Behavior of Full-scale Lead-rubber Seismic Isolation Bearings...... 9917 Masaru Kikuchi, Ian Aiken, Amarnath Kasalanati

Study on Understandability of Seismic Information on Nuclear Power Plant...... 9927 Eiichi Sato, Hiroyuki Yamada, Hideto Taoka, Kyoko Sano, Katsumi Ebisawa, Ichiro Abe, Tomohiko Sato, Tsuyoshi Takada

Study on Dynamic Hysteretic Nonlinear Property in time-domain of Site Soil from Site strong Response During March 11, 2011 Japan M9.0 Earthquake...... 9933 Xueliang Chen, Mengtan Gao, Tiefei Li, Zhaolun Yan

Quantification of Seismic Performance Factors for Buildings Incorporating Three-Dimensional Construction System ...... 9943 Mustafa Mashal, Andre Filiatrault

Estimation of Three-Dimensional Basin Boundary Shape Using a Random Search Method ...... 9953 Asako Iwaki, Shin Aoi

Comparison of Current Construction Practices of Non-Engineered Buildings in Developing Countries ...... 9962 Kenji Okazaki, K. S. Pribadi, Dyah Kusumastuti, Taiki Saito

Proposal of Constructing New Tsunami Shelter Buildings at Mimase in Kochi City ...... 9972 Hiroyuki Kitamoto, Michio Miyano, Sayumi Hagino

Characteristics of Masonry in Romania in Correlation with the European Codes...... 9982 Claudiu-Lucian Matei

Design of Isolated Bridges from the Viewpoint of Collapse under Extreme Earthquakes ...... 9992 Dyi-Wei Chang, Yew-Tsang Lin, C. H. Peng, C. Y. Liou, Tzu-Ying Lee

Seismic Risk Perception Concerning Non-engineered Houses...... 10001 Kenji Okazaki, Taiki Saito

Development of Collapse Indicators for Older-Type Reinforced Concrete Buildings ...... 10011 Panagiotis Galanis, J. P. Moehle

Seismic Response of Cable-Stayed Bridges for Different Layout Conditions: A Comparative Analysis...... 10020 Galo Valdebenito, Angel Aparicio, Jesús Alvarez

Seismic Collapse Analysis for Xiaoyudong Bridge Axial-Shear-Flexural Interaction ...... 10030 Qi-Wu Fan, Yong-Jiu Qian, Zhen-Xing Feng

Vulnerability of Traditional Wooden Shrines Located at Yurihonjo, Japan...... 10040 Yuta Yamada, C. H. Cuadra, Takashi Doko, Naota Miyahara

Large-scale Cyclic Loading Test on a Steel and Reinforcement Composite Bridge Pier Constructed by Automated Method...... 10048 Hsiao-Hui Hung, Kuang-Yen Liu, P. H. Wang, Yu-Chi Sung, C. Kuo-Chun Chang

Making Retrofit Decision with Multi-criteria Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation System for Girder Bridges in Wenchuan Earthquake ...... 10058 Yong Jiu Qian, Qi Wu Fan, Xiao-Qian Zeng

Numerical Assessment of Seismic Performance of Continuously Buckling Restrained Braced RC Frames...... 10068 Zhe Qu, Yusuke Maida, Hiroyasu Sakata, Akira Wada, Shoichi Kishiki, Toshio Maegawa, Makoto Hamada

Analysis of Vertical Ground Motion / Phase Motion Near Fault Records in JAPAN and its Application to Simulation of Vertical Ground Motion...... 10076 Takanori Harada, Masaki Nakamura, Noriyuki Kanai, Tetsuya Nonaka, Yoshihide Kodama, Hideki Motohashi

Forced Vibration Test on Wooden Model to Simulate the Seismic Behavior of Traditional Japanese Wooden Shrines ...... 10085 Yuta Yamada, N. Shimoi, C. H. Cuadra, Naota Miyahara, Takashi Doko

Yield Surface of Each Story for Inelastic Analysis of Frames under Horizontal Force and Torsion...... 10093 Ryo Minatogawa, Yoshinori Sakai, Daisuke Ehara, Minoru Yamanari, Koji Ogawa

Experiences on Implementing Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER) in Six Countries of South East Asia ...... 10102 Maritess Tandingan, Amod Mani Dixit

Empirical Shake Map for Long-period (1-15 Sec) Ground Motion in Japan...... 10108 Yutaka Yuzawa, Hideki Nagumo, Kazuyoshi Kudo

Post Earthquake Recovery – Development of a Geotechnical Database for Christchurch Central City...... 10118 K. M. Murahidy, Chris Soutar, R. A. Phillips, Tony Fairclough

Performance and Post Earthquake Assessment of CFA Pile Ground Improvement – 22 February 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake...... 10128 K. M. Murahidy, Scott Sutherland, Michael Jacka, Stuart Palmer

A Simulation of Three Dimensional Shaking Table Tests on a Full-Scale Four-Story Reinforced Concrete Building...... 10138 Yihuan Liu, Hitoshi Shiohara, Takuya Nagae, Taizo Matsumori

In-Plane Cyclic Testing of Non-Structural Drywalls Infilled Within RC Frames ...... 10148 Ali Sahin Tasligedik, Stefano Pampanin, Alessandro Palermo

Laboratory Design Program for Seismic Ground Response Improvement with Mass Concrete Fill ...... 10158 Joseph Laird, Thomas Reynoldson, Kenneth Stokoe, Minjae Jung, John North, D. J. Weinacht, M. A. Denlinger, J. R. Schrandt

Effects of Co-efficient of Restitution, Structural Yielding and Gap Ratios on the Impact Mechanics of Building Pounding...... 10168 Florent Boyer, Gregoire Labrosse, Geoff Chase, Geoffrey Rodgers, Gregory A. Macrae

Maximum Likelihood Based Parameter Estimation of Constitutive Models for Earthquake Engineering Simulation...... 10175 A. T. Myers, Amit Kanvinde, L. F. Ibarra

Inclusion of a Sacrificial Fuse to Limit Peak Base-Shear Forces During Extreme Seismic Events in Structures with Viscous Damping ...... 10181 Vincent Simon, Chloe Labise, Geoffrey Rodgers, Geoff Chase, Gregory A. Macrae

Health Monitoring of High-Rise Steel Building Specimen During the E-defense Shake Test...... 10191 Kenji Kanazawa, Haruyuki Kitamura, Takuya Nagae

Improving the Seismic Performance of an 8-storey RC Frame Using GFRP ...... 10201 Abolfazl Eslami, Hamid Reza Ronagh

Effect of Seismic Reinforcement of Sheet Pile Quay Wall Using Ground Anchor ...... 10211 Makoto Yoshida, Masaaki Mitou, Osamu Kiyomiya, Soichi Tashiro, Kazuya Gouda

Earthquake-resilient Tall Buildings Using Rocking Walls...... 10219 Ying Zhou, Rui Li, Xilin Lu

Steel Rigid Frame Structural Behaviour at El Mayor Cucapah (Baja California) Earthquake April 4, 2010...... 10229 Perla R. Santa-Ana, Jose Baez Garcia, Lucia G. Santa-Ana

Characteristics of Viscous Wall Damper of Intense Oscillation Test against Large Earthquakes ...... 10236 Kazuhiko Sasaki, Mitsuru Miyazaki, Takeshi Sawada

Seismic Performance Assessment of Expansion Joints for Water Lifelines ...... 10245 Tomohiro Higashide, Takahiro Yabuguchi, Toshio Imai, Takeshi Koike

Structural Design of an Ultra High-rise Building Using Concrete Filled Tubular Column with Ultra High Strength Materials...... 10255 Shuichi Matsumoto, Tsutomu Komuro, Hiroyuki Narihara, K. Shinichiro Kawamoto, H. O. Hosozawa, M. Koji Morita

Principles for the Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage in Seismic Areas...... 10265 Julio Vargas-Neumann

A Trial of Quantitative Evaluation on the Difference in Estimated Seismic Ground Motions Using Microtremor Measurements ...... 10275 Reo Sumi, Koji Ichii, Yoshiya Hata, Yuki Mori

Liquefaction Identification Using IRS-1D Temporal Indices Data By Soft Computing Approach...... 10285 Sandeep Sengar, S. K. Ghosh, Hans Raj Wason, Anil Kumar

Seismic Evaluation of an 8-storey FRP Retrofitted RC Frame...... 10295 Abolfazl Eslami, Hamid Reza Ronagh, Ali Dalalbashi

Stiffening Methods for Enhancement of Hysteretic Performance of Slitted Steel Shear Walls ...... 10305 Mai Ito, Yudai Taniguchi, Noriko Tsuboyama, Kazuaki Hoki, Masayoshi Nakashima

A Centrifugal Model Test on Seismic Reinforcement for Embankments on Peaty Ground ...... 10312 Shin'Ichi Kajitori, Satoshi Nishimoto, Hirochika Hayashi, Hijiri Hashimoto

Numerical Modeling of Interface Between Soil and Pile to Account for Loss of Contact during Seismic Excitation ...... 10320 Sushma Pulikanti, Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla

Behavior of Sliding Rubber Bearings under Horizontal Bidirectional Loadings ...... 10330 Masashi Yamamoto, Shigeo Minewaki, Naoto Kamoshita, Masaru Kikuchi, Ken Ishii, Osamu Kochiyama, Takahito Nakamura

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Twisted Outrigger System ...... 10340 Dong-Hun Lee, E. S. Kim, Dae-Eon Kang, Taejin Kim

Seismic Performace of Arc-Welded Steel Pipes for Water Lifelines ...... 10348 Toshio Imai, Takeshi Koike

UILLIS: Urban Infrastructure and Lifelines Interactions of Systems...... 10358 M. B. Javanbarg, Charles Scawthorn

1 D Nonlinear Analysis in Time Domain of Hanyuan City Site Amplification Effect in 2008 Mw8.0 Wenchuan Earthquake...... 10365 Tao Lu, Jiang-Shan Bo, Jian-Yi Zhang, Jing-Yan Huo, Zhen-Yu Wang

An Attempt on the Fragility Curves for Expressway Embankments Considering the Difference in Various Conditions...... 10373 Koji Ichii, Yohei Murakami, Yoshihisa Maruyama, Yoshiya Hata, Yasuhiro Fukushima

State-of-the-Art of Seismic Research and Practice on Major Bridges in China ...... 10380 Jianzhong Li, Lichu Fan, Aijun Ye

Assessment of Seismic Behavior of 3D Asymmetric Steel Buildings Retrofitted with TADAS Device Based on Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) ...... 10390 Amir Hossein Hassanieh, Panam Zarfam, Masood Mofid

Comparative Study of Impact Simulation Models for Linear Elastic Structures in Seismic Pounding...... 10400 N. U. Mate, S. V. Bakre, O. R. Jaiswal

Analytical and Experimental Study on Structural Behavior of Traditional Wooden Frame Including Kumimono ...... 10410 Atsuo Takino, Atsushi Kunugi, Yuji Miyamoto, Yasuhiko Tashiro, Yoshiyuki Suzuki

Developments on the Sliding Hinge Joint ...... 10419 Hsen-Han Khoo, Charles Clifton, John Butterworth, Gregory A. Macrae

Seismic Performance Analysis of the Transmission Gas Pipeline in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake...... 10429 Satoshi Mori, Kazumoto Chiba, Takeshi Koike

Strong Motion Records in Buildings from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ...... 10439 Toshihide Kashima, Shin Koyama, Izuru Okawa, Masanori IIba

Rapid Assessment of Heavy Damage Areas of the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake Using Satellite SAR Data ...... 10449 Ken Xiansheng Hao, Tomokazu Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Yifan Yuan

The Application of the Fault Tree Analysis Principle in the Seismic Secondary Fires Disaster of Storage Tanks...... 10458 Jiangrong Zhong, Shizhou Yu, Zhendong Zhao

Japan Integrated Velocity Structure Model Version 1 ...... 10463 Kazuki Koketsu, Hiroe Miyake, Haruhiko Suzuki

Damage Estimation of the Road Bridge Structure Using the Seismic Hazard map for BCM in Hokkaido, Japan ...... 10467 Takashi Sato, Hiroaki Nishi, Takaaki Ikeda, Yuya Takase

Background, Design and Construction of a Two-storey, Two-by-one Bay, Reinforced Concrete Slotted Beam Superassembly ...... 10477 Craig Muir, Stefano Pampanin, Des Bull

Vertical to Horizontal (V/H) Ratios for Large Megathrust Subduction Zone Earthquakes ...... 10487 N. J. Gregor, N. A. Abrahamson, Kofi Addo, Adrian Rodriguez-Marek

Compressive Properties of Panels in Reinforced Concrete Core Walls ...... 10497 Naoyuki Minami, Tadaharu Nakachi

Dynamic Characterization of a Seismic Isolated Viaduct Based on Vibration Measurements...... 10507 Francisco Galvis, Mauricio Bahamon, Edgar Muñoz, J. Paul Smith-Pardo, Jorgle Alberto Rodriguez

Experimental Method and Results from Seismic Testing of a Two-storey, Two-by-one Bay, Reinforced Concrete Slotted Beam Superassembly ...... 10517 Craig Muir, Stefano Pampanin, Des Bull

Study on Seismic Damage Conditions of Wood-frame Houses in Snowy Region Considering Dynamic Behavior of Roof Snow...... 10527 Takahiro Chiba, Tsukasa Tomabechi, Toru Takahashi, Takeyoshi Uematsu

Geospatial Information Improves the Decision-Making Process during the Disaster Response: The Experience of the Emergency Mapping Team in the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake...... 10534 Takashi Furuya, Reo Kimura, Munenari Inoguchi, Keiko Tamura, Haruo Hayashi

Structural Characteristics of Column with Precast Wing Walls As Energy Absorption Elements...... 10542 Keiichi Inoue, Katsumi Kobayashi, Masafumi Araishi

Evaluation of the Relationship between Maximum Responses and Input Energies in Long-Period Ground Motions for Design Earthquake Motions...... 10552 Atsuko Oana, Haruyuki Kitamura, Keisuke Yoshie, Toshiaki Sato

The Response of Houses to the Canterbury Earthquake Series 2010-2011...... 10561 G. J. Beattie

Seismic Response of Framed Model for High-Rise RC Buildings in Japan ...... 10571 Tomofusa Akita, Nobuyuki Izumi, Mariko Yasui, Masafumi Kawamura, Masatoshi Sakamoto

A Study on Earthquake Response Considered Vibration Characteristics of Superstructure and Substructure of Seismically Isolated Buildings...... 10579 Eriko Moriizumi, Masahito Kobayashi

VOLUME 14

A Simple Approach for Determining Contact Length between Frame and Infill of Brick Masonry Infilled R/C Frames ...... 10589 Maidiawati, Thandar Oo, Yasushi Sanada

Comparison of Vulnerability Methods at Urban Scale in of View of Their Application to the City of Oran (Algeria)...... 10599 Abbas Senouci, Pierre-Yves Bard, Mohamed Naboussi Farsi, Elise Beck, Stéphane Cartier

Experimental Investigation and Analytical Modeling of Prefabricated Reinforced Concrete Sandwich Panels...... 10609 Dionysios Bournas, Gonzalo Torrisi, Francisco Crisafulli, Alberto Pavese

A Combined Phase and Force Compensation Method for Real-time Hybrid Testing ...... 10618 Pei-Ching Chen, Keh-Chyuan Tsai

Characteristics of Masonry in Romania in Correlation with the European Codes...... 10628 Claudiu-Lucian Matei

Simulation of Near Fault Ground Motion of the Earthquake of November 1759 with magnitude of 7.4 along Serghaya Fault, Damascus City, Syria...... 10638 Hussam Eldein Zaineh, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Yadab Prasad Dhakal, Rawaa Dakkak, Mohamad Daoud

Embedment Effects By Forced Vibration Tests and Analysis of a Large-Scale Building Model on the Actual Ground...... 10647 Tetsuo Abiru, Takashi Hashimoto, Etsushi Ochiai, Hiroyuki Sugita, Yasutsugu Suzuki, Kenji Iwamoto, Hiroya Murakami

Development of Slice Method Based Residual Deformation Analysis of Slopes Against Earthquake ...... 10657 Takashi Hoshina, Satoru Ohtsuka, Koichi Isobe

Evaluation of Tsunami Load and Building Damage Mechanism Observation in the 2011 off Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake ...... 10667 Kazuhiro Hayashi, Shuji Tamura, Masayoshi Nakashima, Yu-Lin Chung, Kazuaki Hoki

Study on Assessment Method of Buried People after Destructive Earthquake ...... 10673 Shizhou Yu, Lingxin Zhang, Zhendong Zhao

The Seismic Structural System of a Long-Span Single Pylon Cable-Stayed Bridge...... 10679 Zhongying He, Aijun Ye

Survey on Awareness and Knowledge of Earthquake Disaster Mitigation: Focus on High-rise Condominium Residents in TOKYO, Japan...... 10689 Akie Hisagi, Takashige Ishikawa, T. Saito

Estimation of Financial Added Value for Retrofitted Buildings...... 10695 Mohammad R Zolfaghari, Shima Mahboubi, Elnaz Peyghaleh

Building Damage Detection of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake Based on Texture Analysis of High-Resolution Satellite Images ...... 10703 Hiroyuki Miura, Saburoh Midorikawa, Hui Chen Soh

An Attempt to Replicate the So-Called “Trampoline Effect” in Computational Geomechanics...... 10712 Akira Asaoka, Yoshihiro Sawada, Toshihiro Noda, Shotaro Yamada, R. Shimizu

Recorded Accelerograms During Strong Vrancea Earthquakes and the P 100-1/2006 Romanian Seismic Design Code ...... 10719 Ioan Sorin Borcia, Daniela Dobre

Investigations on Key Issues of Seismic Data Processing Based on Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition ...... 10725 Xintao Yang, Dongsheng Li, Liang Ren, Hongnan Li

Insurance-Based Seismic Loss Model for Portugal and Spain...... 10735 Mohammad R Zolfaghari, Kenneth W Campbell

International Comparison of Recent Large-scale Disasters and Recovery Process from Building & Housing Safety and Urban Planning View Points...... 10743 Shoichi Ando

Ground Shaking Prediction for Earthquake Early Warning...... 10753 Qiang Ma, Xing Jin, Shanyou Li

Mixed Algorithm for Contact Problem between Rock Blocks under Static and Dynamic Conditions ...... 10761 Tongchun Li, Xiaoqing Liu, Lanhao Zhao, J. Q. Yao

Seismic Risk Assessment for Typical Swiss Buildings Based on Mechanical and Empirical Approaches...... 10769 Navid Jamali, Ehrfried Kölz, Blaise Duvernay

Strengthening of Masonry Wall Load Bearing Structures with Reinforced Plastering Mortar Solution ...... 10779 Jorge Miguel Proença, Antonio Sousa Gago, Ana Costa, António Morgado André

Evaluation of Inertial and Kinematic Forces on Pile Foundations Under Seismic Loading by Centrifuge Tests...... 10789 Min-Taek Yoo, In-Woo Jung, S. Y. Kwon, Myoung-Mo Kim

Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Arch Dams with Consideration of Contact Situations of Contraction Joints ...... 10799 Xiaoqing Liu, Tongchun Li, Lanhao Zhao, Jigang Hu

Evaluation of Seismic Active Earth Pressure Using Horizontal Slice Method and Log-Spiral Failure Surface...... 10806 Sukumar Baishya, Anoy Sarkar, Amit Dey

A Study on Seismic Evaluation for Pile-Supported Building with Reusing Existing Piles ...... 10816 Michito Shoji, Takeshi Fujimori

Structural Damage Detection Based on Imperfect Static Responses by Means of Pattern Search Algorithm...... 10824 Seyed Sina Kourehli, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri, Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, Abdollah Bagheri

Preliminary Report on Disasters Observed in Narashino City due to Liquefaction During Great East Erthquake Japan Earthquake ...... 10830 Munenori Hatanaka, Masataka Tani, Yukinari Egawa

Optimal Topology Design for Replaceable of Reticulated Shell Based on Sensitivity Analysis ...... 10838 Yang Yang, Hui Ma, Zheng He

System Identification of the Saraighat Bridge using Ambient Vibration Data: A Case Study ...... 10848 Nirmalendu Debnath, Sajal Kanti Deb, Anjan Dutta

Hysteretic Behavior of Exposed Column Bases in Buckling Restrained Braced Frames ...... 10857 Yao Cui, Shoichi Kishiki, Satoshi Yamada

An Experimental Study of a Seismic Retrofitting Method with Framed Steel Brace Systems Partially and Concentrically Jointed with Anchors ...... 10864 Ken Harayama, Takanori Kawamoto, Eiichi Inai, Yusuke Matsukane

Estimation of Peak Ground Acceleration Using Artificial Neural Network...... 10872 Rajeev Sachdeva, Ashok Kumar, Mukat Sharma

Researches About the Conversion Relationships Among the Parameters of Ground Motions in the Seismic Design Codes of China, America and Europe...... 10882 Kaihai Luo, Yayong Wang

Seismic Behavior of the Partially Prefabricated Laminated RC Walls Under Different Axial Ratios...... 10892 Hongmei Zhang, Xilin Lu, Jianbao Li

Continued Functionality Performance for Base Isolated Structures Subjected to Earthquakes...... 10902 Sarun Chimamphant, Kazuhiko Kasai, Troy Morgan

Ductility Factor of RC Building Frames with Different Infill Wall Configurations under Low Intensity Far Field Earthquake Effects...... 10911 Azlan Adnan, Patrick L. Y. Tiong, A. B. A. Rahman, Abdul Karim Mirasa, N. H. A. Hamid

Modeling of Fiber-Reinforced Elastomeric Base Isolators...... 10918 Animesh Das, Anjan Dutta, Sajal Kanti Deb

Importance and Impact of Host-to-Target Conversions for Ground Motion Prediction Equations in PSHA...... 10928 Yesim Biro, Philippe Renault

Seismic Performance of Steel Pipe Sheet Pile Foundation on Soft Ground...... 10938 Tongxiang An, Osamu Kiyomiya, Thanh Trung

Displacement-based Selection of Ground Motion Records for Efficient Seismic Response Analysis...... 10948 Marko Brozovic, Matjaž Dolšek

Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Vulnerability Function for Reinforced Concrete Structure Building...... 10958 Takeshi Morii, Jun’Ichi Miyakoshi, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Nana Toyama

In Situ Measurements for the Structural Assessment of Existing Tall Industrial Chimneys...... 10968 Ion Vlad, Mihnea Vlad

An Innovative Friction-based Seismic Restrainer Utilizing Bridge Approach Embankments ...... 10978 I. A. Tegos, Ilias Papadopoulos

Seismic Behaviour of RC Exterior Wide Beam-Column Joints...... 10987 Sung Hei Luk, Jun Shang Kuang

Study on Earthquake Response Reduction of Direct Foundation Using Composite Geomaterial ...... 10997 Atsushi Shimamura, Hisatoshi Kashiwa, Yuji Miyamoto

Source Characterization of Induced Earthquakes by the 2011 Off Tohoku, Japan, Earthquake Based on the Strong Motion Simulations...... 11007 Kazuhiro Somei, Ken Miyakoshi

Improvement of Earthquake Performance of Low Rise RC Buildings using Shotcrete Panels...... 11017 Pinar Teymur, Sumru Pala, Ercan Yüksel

Risk Analysis of Secondary Disaster of Earthquake ...... 11027 Shizhou Yu, Lingxin Zhang, Jiangrong Zhong

Transition and Recent Knowledge of Bridge Bearings in Japan ...... 11033 Tetsuo Santou, Jiro Saitou, Koichi Masuda

Research on Seismic Performance of Design Detailing Based Segmental Prestressed Concrete Bridge Pier ...... 11041 Hongyi Wei, Hao Wang, Tiantian Li, Zhiqiang Wang, Feng Liu, Ning Zhao

Subassemblage Test of Continuously Buckling Restrained Braced RC Frames...... 11050 Yusuke Maida, Zhe Qu, Hiroyasu Sakata, Akira Wada, Shoichi Kishiki, Toshio Maegawa, Makoto Hamada

A Quantification Model for Crack Propagation of R/C Members under Earthquake Loading...... 11057 Noriyuki Takahashi, Yoshiaki Nakano, Yoichi Ito

Verifications of Various Improvements to the Vibration Behavior of Old Masonry Buildings in Vienna ...... 11067 David Schäfer, Fritz Kopf, Stefano Renna

An Integrated Geologic- and Engineering-Length Scale Forward Modeling for Response Estimation of Nuclear Power Plant due to the Rupture of a Nearby Fault ...... 11077 Pher Errol Quinay, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Muneo Hori, Akemi Nishida, S. Yoshimura

DEM Analysis of Sandbox Experiments on Strike-slip Faulting ...... 11085 Hisashi Taniyama

Performance of High-rise Buildings during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake...... 11095 Taiki Saito, Kouichi Morita, Toshihide Kashima, Takashi Hasegawa

Pore Geometry Influence on the Liquefaction Potential of Silts...... 11105 Askin Özocak, M. Akif Kanbur

Behaviors of Lead Rubber Bearing Under Horizontal Bi-directional Loading Test...... 11114 Takahito Nakamura, Osamu Kochiyama, Masaru Kikuchi

Damage Mechanism of the Nakagawa Water-pipe Bridge during the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake...... 11124 Ryo Kaminaka, Yasuko Kuwata

Period Elongation of Nonlinear Systems Modeled with Degrading Hysteretic Rules ...... 11131 Evangelos Katsanos, A. G. Sextos, A. S. Elnashai

Vulnerability to Progressive Collapse of Seismically Designed Reinforced Concrete Framed Structures in Romania...... 11141 Adrian Marchis, Mircea Botez, Adrian Ioani

Effects of Seismically-Isolated Buildings During the Huge 2011 Earthquake in Japan...... 11151 Nagahide Kani, N. Ogino, Y. Kitamura, Haruyuki Kitamura

A Study of Seismic Strengthening Behavior for the Dry-wall with Mortar-filling System in Taiwan ...... 11161 George C Yao, Wei-Chung Chen, Yi-Chiao Chen

Weak Panel Zone Design in Steel Gabled Frames...... 11170 Yundong Shi, Yiyi Chen

Development of Multi-functional Seismic Information System for the Public Communication on Nuclear Safety ...... 11179 Hiroyuki Yamada, Kouichi Tsujimura, Hideto Taoka, Kyoko Sano, Hidefumi Kawauchi, Eiichi Sato

Static Cyclic Loading Test on Moment Resisting Frame with Slab Simulating Seismic Performance of High-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings ...... 11188 Toshikazu Kabeyasawa, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Deng Xuan, Toshimi Kabeyasawa, Hideo Katsumata, Kuniyoshi Sugimoto

Numerical Simulation Analyses of the Collapse Response of Masonry Structures Under Earthquake...... 11198 Wenzheng Yu, Zhong Tao, Liwen Luan, Ying Zhu, Mingming Chen

An Efficiency Substructure Method for Nonlinear SSI Analysis of Large-scale Concrete Structures in Time Domain on the ANSYS Platform ...... 11204 Jianbo Li, Xunqiang Yin, Gao Lin

Seismic Damage Measures for Moment RC Frames ...... 11213 Nilay Celik, Yuri Petryna

Performance of URM Wall with Opening Under In-plane Horizontal Loading...... 11221 To-Nan Chen, Ja-Shian Chang, Han-Hsiang Huang

Cerreto Di Spoleto (Umbria-Italy): Topographic Amplification at the ENEA Local Array Stations...... 11231 Dario Rinaldis, Guido Martini, V. Verrubbi

Basic Study on Seismic Performance Analysis of RC Tunnel Junction Using Large-scale Finite Element Method ...... 11240 Fangtao Sun, Seizo Tanaka, Muneo Hori, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Lalith Wijerathne

Validation of Site-effect Numerical Predictions: New Results from the Euroseistest Verification and Validation Project (E2VP) ...... 11247 Emeline Maufroy, Pierre-Yves Bard, Emmanuel Chaljub, Fabrice Hollender, Jozef Kristek, Peter Moczo, Nikos Theodoulidis

Clamping Force Effects on the Behaviour of Asymmetrical Friction Connections (AFC) ...... 11257 Jose Chanchi Golondrino, Gregory A. Macrae, Geoffrey Chase, Geoffrey Rodgers, Charles Clifton

A Study on Dynamic Behavior of Nikken Sekkei Tokyo Building Equipped with Energy Dissipation Systems when Struck by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ...... 11265 Hiroaki Harada, Tatsumi Shinohara, Keita Sakakibara

Compressive Bracing Model for Panel Wall Used to Infill Traditional Wooden Frames...... 11275 To-Nan Chen, Ja-Shian Chang, P. L. Chen

Estimation of Extended Source Area from Vertical PGA Saturation During a Great Earthquake for Upgrading the EEW System ...... 11285 Susumu Kurahashi, Kojiro Irikura

Earthquake and Progressive Collapse Resistance Based on the Evolution of Romanian Seismic Design Codes...... 11294 Teodora Moldovan, Lucian Bredean, Adrian Ioani

Experimental Investigation on Energy Dissipation Subsidiary Piers for Long Span Cable-Stayed Bridges ...... 11304 Limin Sun, Jun Wei, Wen Xie

Study on Strength and Ductility of Post-installed Adhesive Anchoring System – Comparison and Analysis of Experimental Values, Various Values in Ultimate Strength and Design Strength-...... 11314 Seira Owa, Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Tatsuya Kondo, Christian Fogstad

Effects of Large Numerical Models in Continuous Hybrid Simulation ...... 11324 Ferran Obón Santacana, Uwe E. Dorka

Analysis of Elasto-plastic Soil-Structure Interaction System Using Pushover Method ...... 11334 Liping Liu, Wenjing Gou, Qiang Xie, Lili Bi, Yingmin Li, Yuntian Wu

Probabilistic Cost-Benefit Ratio of Risk Mitigation Measures ...... 11340 Miguel G. Mora, Mario G. Ordaz, Luis Eduardo Yamín, Omar Cardona

Seismic Vulnerability Inventory of Existing Building Stock and Prioritization Criteria. Application to High Schools Buildings of Pyrénées-Orientales (France)...... 11348 Daniel Monfort, Caterina Negulescu, Bastien Colas

Travel Time Tomography using Neural Networks...... 11356 Yoshiya Oda, Tomohisa Ishiyama, Shinya Yokono

Velocity Effects on the Behaviour of High-Force-to-Volume Lead Dampers (HF2V) Using Different Shaft Configurations ...... 11362 Jose Chanchi Golondrino, Geoffrey Chase, Geoffrey Rodgers, Gregory A. Macrae, Charles Clifton

Tsunami Risk Assessment at Figueira Da Foz, Portugal ...... 11369 Angela Santos, N. Fonseca, Susana Pereira, Jose Luis Zezere, Shunichi Koshimura

Numerical Analysis of Masonry Spandrels with Shallow Arches...... 11379 Sujith Mangalathu, Katrin Beyer

Seismic Analysis of Structures Resting on Two Parameter Elastic Foundation ...... 11389 Mehmet Akif Hamarat, Ülkü Hülya Çalik Karaköse, Engin Orakdögen

Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of Dual Anchored Sheet Pile Wall ...... 11399 Shunichi Higuchi, Kenichi Miki, Yasushi Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Morikawa, Takahiro Sugano, Yoshiaki Kikuchi, Masami Hoshino, Kazuhiro Higashiyama

VOLUME 15

Numerical Simulation on Slabs Dislocation of Zipingpu Concrete Face Dam During Wenchuan Earthquake Based on a Generalized Plasticity Model ...... 11409 Degao Zou, Bin Xu, Xianjing Kong, Yang Zhou

Seismic Risk Assessment for Masonry Buildings based on Discriminant Analysis of a Virtual Database ...... 11420 Axel Muehlhausen, Uwe E. Dorka, Anselm Smolka, Marco Stupazzini

Dynamic Response Parameters and Damage Assessment of Educational Building located in Earthquake Prone Area...... 11429 Claudiu-Sorin Dragomir, Mariana Catalina Calin

Liquefaction Assessment in Hong Kong ...... 11439 J. W. Pappin, Nina Jirouskova, Iris Yim, M. M. L. So, Hui Jiang, Y. B. Yu, Banghua Lou, Ken Ho, Raymond Koo, J. S. H. Kwan

Centrifuge Modeling of Seismic Response of Pile-Raft System Subjected to a Long Duration Earthquake...... 11449 Lei Zhang, Siang Huat Goh, Soon Hoe Chew, Subhadeep Banerjee

Estimation of Equivalent Viscous Damping Ratio for Flexural Beam in Prestressed Reinforced Concrete Frame...... 11458 Tajima Yuji, Kitayama Kazuhiro

Analytical Study of Residual Seismic Performance by Estimation of Response Reduction Ratio and Equivalent Damping for Aftershocks...... 11468 Miguel Diaz, Koichi Kusunoki, Akira Tasai

Seismic Microzonation Assessment in Hong Kong ...... 11477 J. W. Pappin, Nina Jirouskova, M. M. L. So, Hui Jiang, Yanbo Yu, Ken Ho, Raymond Koo, Julian Kwan, Lawrence Shum

The Conditional Mean Spectrum Based on Eta Indicator...... 11487 Alireza Azarbakht, Mohamadreza Shahri, Mehdi Moosavi

A Simulation on Tsunami Evacuation Using a Multi Agent System -The Relationship between Evacuation Behavior and Tsunami Victims...... 11496 Yuichiro Yamabe, Yusuke Nakano, Akinori Tani

Seismic Observations on Piled Raft Foundation with Ground Improvement Supporting a Base-Isolated Building ...... 11504 Junji Hamada, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Sadatomo Onimaru, Kiyoshi Yamashita

Seismic Design Force for Buildings in Taiwan...... 11514 Juin-Fu Chai, Tsung-Jen Teng

Evaluation of the Shear Strength Capacity of Precast-Prestressed Hollow Core Floor Slabs – Part 2: Code Comparisons and Design Method...... 11524 Emanuele Brunesi, Davide Bolognini, Roberto Nascimbene

Overview of Seismic Strengthening Interventions in School Buildings in Portugal ...... 11534 Jorge Miguel Proença, Antonio Sousa Gago, Teresa Heitor

Multi-dimensional Earthquake Response of Self-Centering Building Structural System Using Uplift Mechanism...... 11544 Tatsuya Azuhata, Tadashi Ishihara, Mitsumasa Midorikawa

Quantitative Evaluation of Damage Mitigation on Running Trains by Earthquake Early Warning ...... 11553 Naoyasu Iwata, Shunroku Yamamoto, Kimitoshi Ashiya

Fundamental Study on Energy Transformation in Dynamic Systems Controlled by Uplifting Slide Shoe...... 11560 Tomoaki Sato, Akira Igarashi, Haruko Shiraishi, Taiji Mazda, Yukio Adachi, Hiroshige Uno

Seismic Fragility Functions for Masonry Buildings in Romania ...... 11570 Radu Vacareanu, Dan Lungu, Cristian Arion

Testing Inter-event Times Moments as Earthquake Percursory Signals...... 11580 Abdelhak Talbi, Kazuyoshi Nanjo, Kenji Satake, J. Zhuang, Mohamed Hamdache

The Safety Verification Plan in Genoa Province (Italy): Seismic Assessment of Public Buildings in a Low Seismicity Area ...... 11589 Egle Raineri, Gianni Marchini, Andrea Balbi, Sonia Resemini, Daria Ottonelli

Assessment of Normal Strength Concrete and High Strength Concrete on Prefabricated Cage Systems in Near- Field Earthquakes ...... 11599 Maryam Poursharify, Yashar Yasrebi Nia, Zahra Poursharify

Improving the Knowledge on Seismogenic Sources in Lower Tagus Valley for Seismic Hazard Purposes ...... 11608 João Carvalho, Carlos C. Pinto, Manuela Costa, Henrique Duarte, Pedro Terrinha, Taha Rabeh, José F. Borges, Rui Dias, Bento Caldeira

Site Response and Shear Behavior of Stone Column-Improved Ground under Seismic Loading...... 11618 Jin Man Kim, Su Won Son, Khalid Mahmood, Jeong Ho Ryu

A Study on Vertical Distribution of Shear Force Coefficient for Seismic Design of Seismically Isolated Buildings ...... 11626 Masahito Kobayashi, Shingo Matsuda

Approach to Seismic Behavior of Mallorca Cathedral ...... 11636 Oriol Caselles, Jaume Clapes, Pere Roca, Ahmed Elyamani

Seismic Improvement of an Existing Building with Relevant Vertical Slope due to Foundations...... 11646 Samuele Biondi

Safety Verification of Seismic Isolation System using Oil and Viscous Dampers against Long Period Earthquake Motions ...... 11656 Shigeo Minewaki, Masashi Yamamoto, Harumi Yoneda, Ryota Maseki, Ichiro Nagashima, Aiko Nii, Mineo Takayama, Masaru Kikuchi, Masanori IIba

Experimental and Numerical Validation of Seismic Interaction Between Cladding Systems and Moment Resisting Frames ...... 11666 Andrew Baird, Alessandro Palermo, Stefano Pampanin

Sensitivity Analyses for Submarine Slopes under Seismic Loading ...... 11676 Rafael Rodriguez Ochoa, Farrokh Nadim, Amir M. Kaynia

Real Time Acquisition and Processing of Strong Motion Data in Northern Italy: The RAIS Network...... 11686 Marco Massa, Sara Lovati, Gianlorenzo Franceschina, Paolo Augliera

Behavior Factor of Dual Concentrically Braced Systems Designed by Eurocode 8 ...... 11696 Melina Bosco, Edoardo M. Marino, Pier Paolo Rossi

Shaking Table Tests of Bridge Models with Friction Slip Dampers...... 11706 Atsushi Takeda

Investigation the 3D-Pushover Analysis of Unsymmetrical Concrete Structures...... 11715 Yashar Yasrebi Nia, Maryam Poursharify

Joint Shear? or Column-to-Beam Strength Ratio? Which is a Key Parameter for Seismic Design of RC Beam- Column Joints - Test Series on Exterior Joints...... 11724 Fumio Kusuhara, Hitoshi Shiohara

Definition of Spectrum-Compatible Natural Records for the Italian Territory ...... 11734 Elisa Zuccolo, Maria Rota, C. G. Lai, Lorenzo Taverna, Mirko Corigliano, Andrea Penna

Advanced Method for Seismic Upgrading of Bridges Based on CET Bridge Diagnosis Concept–Initial Phase 1...... 11744 D. N. Ristic, Viktor Hristovski, J. D. Ristic

Investigation on Eccentrically Braced Frames with Tubular Links Using Non-Linear Time History Analysis...... 11754 Soheil Soroushnia, Nader Fanaie, M. H. Mamaghani, Sajad Soroushnia

Seismic Risk and/or Real Estate Risk for the Bucharest Heritage Buildings ...... 11761 Dan Lungu, Cristian Arion

Numerical Simulation of Landslides After Slope Failure Using MPM with SYS Cam-clay Model in Shaking Table Tests ...... 11771 Keita Abe, Masahiro Shinoda, K. Watanabe, T. Sanagawa, Susumu Nakajima, Susumu Nakamura, Tadashi Kawai, Masaaki Murata, Hidetaka Nakamura

Response Reduction of Base-Isolation System Against Near-Fault Pulse and Long-Period Ground Motions...... 11781 Hideo Fujitani, Yoichi Mukai, Tetsuya Tomizawa, Keiko Hirata, Yuki Mazuka, H. Fujii

Identification of Damage to Beam Structures using Modal Data ...... 11791 Yuji Toyosaki, Yoshifumi Nariyuki, Sou Mitsuya, Toshihiro Konishi

Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Japanese Masonry Walls of Castles Considering Seismic Energy Absorption Capacity...... 11801 Takashi Masui, Yasutaka Hiroishi

Damage Analysis Due to 2010 Chilean Earthquake in Viña Del Mar Residential Buildings ...... 11811 Carolina Aranda, Francisco Vidal, Gerardo Alguacil, Manuel Navarro, Jorge Federico Carvallo

Development of Immediate Earthquake Intensity Information Aggregation System Using Various Sensors and IP Multicast ...... 11821 Akihiro Shibayama, Susumu Ohno, Tohru Okamoto

Experiences on Retrofitting of Low Strength Masonry Buildings by Different Retrofitting Techniques in Nepal ...... 11831 Hima Shrestha, Suman Pradhan, Ramesh Guragain

Control of Tuned Masses Using MR Dampers and a New Real Time Feedback Signal and Physical Controller ...... 11841 René Zemp, Juan Carlos De La Llera, Felix Weber

Impact of Tsunami and Earthquake on Traditional Huts of Car Nicobar Island ...... 11859 Amita Sinvhal, Hans Raj Wason, Pratima Bose, Amit Bose, Vijay K Minocha

Damping Factor for Pseudo-Static Method on Seismic Design of Pile Supported Wharves ...... 11866 Okubo Yosuke, Eiji Kohama, Kengo Kusunoki

Application of the Energy Index of Seismic Wave for the Prediction of Structural Earthquake Damages ...... 11871 Toshiyuki Hirai, Sumio Sawada

Research and Development on Bamboo Reinforced Concrete Structure ...... 11879 Masakazu Terai, Koichi Minami

Effects of Soil Medium on Response of Base Isolated Multistory Frame Structures ...... 11889 M. A. Garevski, Igor Gjorgjiev, Kemal Edip, Vlatko Sesov, Julijana Cvetanovska

Evaluation of Local & Global Ductility Relationships for Low-Rise Masonry-Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures ...... 11896 R. K. L. Su, T. O. Tang, C. L. Lee

Mechanical Behavior and Design Method of Weld-free Steel Structure with Knee Brace Damper Using Square Tube Column...... 11906 Dai Kawai, Yuji Koetaka, Keiichiro Suita, Kazuo Inoue, Nobuyoshi Uno, Yasuyuki Fukuchi

Worldwide CATDAT Damaging Earthquakes Database in conjunction with Earthquake-report.com - Presenting Past and Present Socio-Economic Earthquake Data...... 11916 J. E. Daniell, Armand Vervaeck, Bijan Khazai, Friedemann Wenzel

The Normalisation of Socio-economic Losses from Historic Worldwide Earthquakes from 1900 to 2012...... 11926 J. E. Daniell, Friedemann Wenzel, Bijan Khazai

Experimental Verification of Passively Variable Oil Damper Applied to Seismically Isolated Houses for Response Reduction...... 11936 Masanori IIba, Tsutomu Hanai, Takayuki Minagawa, Takeharu Shizume, Shinji Nakata

Case Studies on Evaluation of Liquefaction Resistance in terms of Combination of Surface Wave Exploration and Electrical Prospecting ...... 11946 Hiroshi Nakazawa, Takahiro Sugano, Eiji Kohama

In Situ Investigation for Microzonation of Bucharest Surface Geology ...... 11956 Cristian Arion, Cristian Neagu, Radu Vacareanu, Elena Calarasu

Disaster Prevention Strategies, Based on an Education Information System ...... 11965 Asthildur Elva Bernhardsdottir, Solveig Thorvaldsdóttir, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson, Gemma Musacchio, Rosella Nave, Susanna Falsaperla, Fabio Sansivero, Gaetano Zonno, Maria Luísa Sousa, Alexandra Carvalho, S. Raposo, Mónica Amaral Ferreira, J. C. Nunes, M. J. Jiménez

Experimental Investigations on Seismic Behavior and Design of Bottom Boundary Column in Steel Plate Shear Walls...... 11975 Chao-Hsien Li, Hung-Chi Lee, Keh-Chyuan Tsai, Chih-Han Lin

Probabilistic Aftershock Occurrence Model Based on the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Data...... 11985 Byunghyun Choi, Tatsuya Itoi, Tsuyoshi Takada

The Worldwide Economic Impact of Historic Earthquakes ...... 11992 J. E. Daniell, Bijan Khazai, Friedemann Wenzel, Armand Vervaeck

Experimental Study on 3-Dimensional Reinforced Concrete Core Wall for Super High Rise Buildings...... 12002 Tsunehisa Matsuura, Toshio Matsumoto, Kazushi Shimazaki

Plastic Hinges Modification Factors for Damaged RC Columns...... 12012 Marco Di Ludovico, Maria Polese, Marco Gaetani D'Aragona, Andrea Prota

The Lower Tagus Valley Fault Zone: Overview, New Insights and Future Challenges ...... 12022 Glenda Besana-Ostman, Susana Vilanova, Ana Falcao-Flor, Sandra Heleno, Helder Ferreira, E. S. Nemser, Joao Narciso, A. Domingues, Patricia Pinheiro, J. F. B. D. Fonseca

Earthquake Report – A Worldwide Earthquake and Volcano Real-time Reporting Platform ...... 12031 J. E. Daniell, Armand Vervaeck

Reduction in High-Frequency Component of Foundation Input Motion Caused by Spatial Variation of Earthquake Ground Motion ...... 12041 Shodo Akita, Satoru Miyazaki, Yoshikatsu Imazuka, Koshiro En, Y. Miyamoto

Experimental Study on Steel Structural Frame Connected by Beam-Column Joints by Nonlinear Elastic Hysteresis Hinge ...... 12051 Akihiko Obata, Tetsuya Nishida, Jun Kobayashi, Naofumi Teramoto

Usability of Tsunami Pra Based on Accidents of Fukushima Dai-Ichi NPP Under 2011 Tohoku Tsunami...... 12061 Katsumi Ebisawa, Hideharu Sugino, Yoko Iwabuchi, Masahide Nishio

Inelastic Seismic Demand Mapping of the Regions Using Energy Balance Formulation...... 12071 Ahmet Anil Dindar, Cem Yalcin, Ercan Yüksel, Hasan Ozkaynak, Oral Buyukozturk

Dynamic Laboratory Investigation for Soil Seismic Response...... 12081 Cristian Neagu, Cristian Arion

Evaluation of P-Δ Dynamic Effects in Steel Frames with Eccentric Braced System by Second Order Dynamic Analysis...... 12089 Karen Khanlari, Ehsan Naderzadeh, Behnam Adhami

NEES/E-Defense Base-Isolation Tests: Effectiveness of Friction Pendulum and Lead-Rubber Bearings Systems...... 12097 Tomohiro Sasaki, Eiji Sato, Keri L. Ryan, Taichiro Okazaki, S. A. Mahin, Koichi Kajiwara

Reconsidering Urban Planning in Spain after the Lorca Earthquake (11th May 2011)...... 12107 Antonio Aretxabala, Cristina Sanz

Calculation Techniques to Acquire Displacement from Seismic Acceleration Records...... 12117 Yoshitaka Murono, Hiroki Motoyama

Quantifying the Epistemic Uncertainty in Ground-motion Maps ...... 12125 Roxane Foulser-Piggott, P. J. Stafford, Washington Y. Ochieng

A New Seismic Design Method for Railway Structures Considering Total Cost...... 12135 Kimitoshi Sakai, Yoshitaka Murono, Sumio Sawada

Experimental Studies on Side Columns of a RC Frame with Soft 1st Story Designed on the Assumption of Different Failure Modes ...... 12143 Naofumi Teramoto, Akihiko Obata, Hideto Kanno, Tetsuya Nishida, Jun Kobayashi

Experimental Study on Shear Resistance of Steel Beams and SC Column Joints Constructed by Simplified Method ...... 12151 Atsunori Kitano, Yasuaki Goto, Koshiro Nishimura

Urban Regeneration: A Tool for Urban Seismic Risk Reduction in City Core Areas of Kathmandu ...... 12159 Surya Bhakta Sangachhe, Surya Narayan Shrestha, Bhubaneswari Parajuli, K. S. Oli, Amod Mani Dixit

Site Amplification Evaluation in the Case of Non-Horizontal and Nonlinear Stratification...... 12169 Yoshinori Furumoto, A. Miyazawa, Masata Sugito

Effect of Polypropylene Fiber Reinforced Concrete for Enhancing the Seismic Performance of Bridge Columns ...... 12178 Tomohiro Sasaki, Richelle Zafra, Kazuhiko Kawashima

Experimental Evaluation of Transverse Reinforcement Configurations of Earthquake – Resistant R/C Shear Walls...... 12187 I. A. Tegos, K. T. Psarras, Dimitrios Kalkinis, Ilias Papadopoulos, Nikos Legbelos

Reduced Expression for Timber Structure with Flexible Horizontal Diaphragm and Seismic Response Evaluation Method...... 12197 Yoshihiro Yamazaki, Kazuhiko Kasai, Hiroyasu Sakata

The Performance of Post-byzantine Churches During the Kozani-1995 Earthquake – Numerical Investigation of Their Dynamic and Earthquake Behavior...... 12207 George Manos, Vasilios Soulis, Nikos Karamitsios

Vulnerability Assessment of Building Stock at Historic City of Pune , India. with Reference to Pounding Hazard...... 12217 Vasudha Gokhale, Deepa Joshi

VOLUME 16

An Analytical Idealization of Longitudinal Bar Pull-out Effect for Seismic Response Analysis of Bridges...... 12224 Tomohiro Sasaki, Kazuhiko Kawashima, Koichi Kajiwara

Soil Liquefaction due to Long Duration Earthquakes with Low Acceleration ...... 12233 Jun Izawa, Yoshitaka Murono, Kazuya Tanoue

ShakeMap Implementation for Pyrenees in France-spain Border: Regional Adaptation and Earthquake Rapid Response Process ...... 12241 Didier Bertil, Jordi Roviró, Jose-Antonio Jara, Teresa Susagna, Eduard Nus, Xavier Goula, Bastien Colas, G. Dumont, Luis Cabañas, R. Antón, Marie Calvet

The Role of Local Site Conditions in the Seismic Assessment of Historical Monuments...... 12251 Julijana Cvetanovska, Vlatko Sesov, Igor Gjorgjiev, Kemal Edip

Seismic Performance Assessment of Open Ground Storey Buildings ...... 12261 Tushar K. Padhy, A. Meher Prasad, Devdas Menon, P. Robin Davis

Collaborative Optimization Design of Bridge System Using Two Decomposition Methods Considering Aseismic Requirements ...... 12269 Lianfa Wang, Aiping Tang

Seismic Analyses of Concrete Gravity Dam with 3D Full Dam Model ...... 12278 Haibo Wang, Deyu Li, Huichen Yang

Earthquake Education, Learning and Training for Risk Reduction in Romania. Case Study of a Special Platform and Facility...... 12288 Vasile Meita, Daniela Dobre, Emil-Sever Georgescu, Cristian Paul Stamatiade, Luminita Valceanu

Seismic Performance of Base Isolated Nuclear Power Plants under Real & Simulated Long-Period Seismic Excitations ...... 12296 Ahmer Ali, Dookie Kim, Yinfeng Dong, Sung Gook Cho

Restoration Processes of Utility Lifelines in the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster, 2011...... 12306 Nobuoto Nojima

Influence of Incident Angles of Earthquakes on Dynamic Responses of Base Isolated Building with Mass Asymmetries in the Superstructure...... 12316 Van Tu Nguyen, Dookie Kim, Sung Gook Cho

Characteristics of Steel Plate Shear Walls with Infill Plates Strengthened by GFRP Laminates: Experimental Investigation...... 12325 Masoud Khazaei-Poul, Fariborz Nateghi-Alahi

Seismic Risk Assessment for the City of Girona, Spain ...... 12335 Janira Irizarry, Albert Macau, Sara Figueras, Xavier Goula, Nieves Lantada, Silvia Vendrell, Lluis G. Pujades, Antoni Blázquez

Performance - Based Design of Soil – Foundation – Structure Systems ...... 12345 Dimitris Pitilakis, Anna Karatzetzou

Simplified Evaluation Methods for Impedance and Foundation Input Motion of Embedded Foundation...... 12352 Masafumi Mori, Nobuo Fukuwa, Jun Tobita, Tsuguyoshi Suzuki

Numerical Study of Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Behavior of Soil-Pile-Structure System under Strong Input Motion...... 12362 Youhao Zhou, Kohji Tokimatsu, Hiroko Suzuki, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Yasushi Nukui

Assessment of Seismic Hazard in the Middle East and Caucasus: EMME (Earthquake Model of Middle East) Project...... 12371 Mustafa Erdik, Karin Sesetyan, Mine B. Demircioglu, Cuneyt Tuzun, Domenico Giardini, Levent Gulen, D. Sinan Akkar, Mehdi Zare

Seismic Vulnerability of RC Buildings Considering SSI and Aging Effects...... 12381 S. D. Fotopoulou, S. T. Karapetrou, K. D. Pitilakis

Experimental Behavior and Modeling of Wall-Diaphragm Connections for Older Masonry Buildings...... 12391 T. J. Lin, James M. Lafave

A New Approach to Modeling Post-Earthquake Shelter Demand: Integrating Social Vulnerability in Systemic Seismic Vulnerability Analysis...... 12401 Bijan Khazai, J. E. Daniell, Paolo Franchin, Francesco Cavalieri, Bjorn Vangelsten, Iunio Iervolino, Simona Esposito

An In-situ Experimental Study on Buried Pipelines with Internal Pressure Subject to a Simulated Reverse-slip Fault Movement...... 12411 H. Li, N. Xue, X. Li, Z. Li

Seismic Hazard Assessment in India...... 12421 B. Ghosh, J. W. Pappin, M. M. L. So, K. M. O. Hicyilmaz

Application of the Pushover Method to the Warth Bridge...... 12431 Vivier Aurélie, Sekkat Dayae, Montens Serge

Experimental Study on the Behaviour of Cylindrical Steel Tanks Under Moderate Earthquakes and Rockburst- induced Ground Motions...... 12441 D. Burkacki, Robert Jankowski, Tomasz Falborski

Influence of Cracked Inertia and Moment-curvature Curve Idealization on Pushover Analysis ...... 12449 Vivier Aurélie, Sekkat Dayae, Montens Serge

Analytical Investigations of Beam-Column Connections in Precast Buildings under Seismic Loads ...... 12458 Roberta Apostolska, Golubka Necevska-Cvetanovska, J. Bojadziev, M. Fischinger, T. Isakovic, M. Kramar

Seismic Risk Assessment for the Prioritization of High Seismic Risk Provinces in Turkey ...... 12466 Mine B. Demircioglu, Karin Sesetyan, Mustafa Erdik

Shaking Table Experimental Study on the Base Isolation System Made of Polymer Bearings ...... 12476 Tomasz Falborski, Robert Jankowski

Modeling Inelastic Shear Response of RC Walls ...... 12484 M. Fischinger, K. Rejec, T. Isakovic

Formulation of a Direct Displacement-based Design Procedure for Steel Eccentrically Braced Frame Structures ...... 12494 Timothy J. Sullivan

Building Damage vs. Territorial Casualty Patterns during the Vrancea (Romania) Earthquakes of 1940 and 1977...... 12504 Emil-Sever Georgescu, Antonios Pomonis

Inversion of Equivalent Linear Soil Parameters During the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, Japan...... 12514 F. De Martin, H. Kawase, Luis Fabian Bonilla, Shinichi Matsushima

Seismodynamics of an Underground Pipeline...... 12521 M. Sh. Israilov

Near-field Spectral Displacements from Observed and Synthetic Data: An Attempt at Merging Two Complementary Approaches...... 12527 Carlo Cauzzi, L. A. Dalguer

Cyclic Response of Dowel Connections in Precast Structures...... 12537 M. Fischinger, B. Zoubek, M. Kramar, T. Isakovic

Corner Beam-Column Joints Seismic Retrofitting with High Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Jacketing ...... 12547 C. Beschi, Paolo Riva, A. Meda

Seismic Risk Assessment in the Middle East EMME (Earthquake Model of Middle East) Project...... 12557 Mustafa Erdik, Karin Sesetyan, Mine B. Demircioglu, Cuneyt Tuzun, Domenico Giardini, Babak Mansouri, Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Hanan Al-Nimry, Nino Tseretelli, Gohar Hovhannisyan, Christis Z. Chrysostomou, Ramy El-Khoury, R. Helou

Validating IM-based Methods for Probabilistic Seismic Performance Assessment with Higher-level Non- conditional Simulation ...... 12567 P. Franchin, Francesco Cavalieri, P. E. Pinto

Evaluation of the Liquefaction Potential by In-situ Tests and Laboratory Experiments in Complex Geological Conditions...... 12577 Vlatko Sesov, Kemal Edip, Julijana Cvetanovska

Non-linear 3D FEM Pounding Analysis of a Bridge Structure to Multi-Component Spatially Varying Ground Motions ...... 12584 K. Bi, H. Hao, W. Ren

Experimental Investigation of Infill Walls Strengthened By Cementitious Matrix-Fabric Compsites...... 12594 C. Özkan, M. S. Ökten, Mustafa Gencoglu, K. Güler

Source Process of the 2011 Tohoku Great Earthquake and Following Triggered Events Inferred from Strong- motion Records ...... 12601 Yoshiaki Shiba

Seismic Response Analysis of a Concrete Filled Steel Tubular (CFST) Arch Bridge ...... 12611 K. Bi, H. Hao, W. Ren

Seismic strengthening of historical stone masonry structures in Bosnia Herzegovina...... 12621 M. Hrasnica, S. Medic

Estimation of Probability Distribution of the Residual Displacement of Bilinear SDOF Systems After Earthquake Ground Motions...... 12629 J. Iyama

Use of Regression Analysis for the Construction of Empirical Fragility Curves...... 12636 Ioanna Ioannou, Tiziana Rossetto, Damian N. Grant

Deformation Capacity of Structural Masonry: A Review of Theoretical Research ...... 12646 Amir Hosein Salmanpour, Nebojsa Mojsilovic, Joseph Schwartz

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Temple Traditional Building Reinforced by Restoring Force due to Column Rocking ...... 12656 Tatsuru Suda, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kyosuke Mukaibou, Yasuhiko Tasiro

Methodology for Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of RC Building Structures...... 12664 Golubka Necevska-Cvetanovska, Roberta Apostolska

Behavior of RC Structures Under Tsunami Triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake ...... 12672 Satoru Ishiyama, C. H. Cuadra

Assessment of Direct Displacement –Based Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Frames...... 12682 B. Massena, B. Massena, Hervé Degée

Large Deformation Analysis of Waterfront Structure Port of Kobe during Hyogo-Ken Nanbu Earthquake by using 3D Nonlinear Parallel FEM...... 12692 J. Tanjung, M. Kawamura

Identification of Damage Location using a Novel Substructure-Based Frequency Response Function Approach with an Imote2.NET-Based Wireless System ...... 12700 T. H. Lin, S. L. Hung, C. S. Huang, T. K. Lin

The Effect of Rocking Excitation on the Dynamic Behaviour of a Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Building with Base Isolation ...... 12710 Marco Domaneschi, Luca Martinelli, F. Perotti

Effect of Three-Dimensional Configuration of a Ground-Structure System on the Elastic Wave Propagation ...... 12720 Shoichi Nakai, H. Nakagawa

Estimating Reservoir Induced Seismicity RIS Potential. Case Study - Kozjak Dam ...... 12730 Dragi Dojchinovski, Tatjana Olumceva, Biserka Dimiskovska, Lazo Pekevski, Wang Guoxin

Topography Site Effects on Numerical and Experimental Data...... 12737 V. B. Zaalishvili, D. A. Melkov, I. L. Gabeeva

Energy Dissipation of RC Interior Beam-column Connection Confined by Lateral Reinforcements, Axial Force, and Column Longitudinal Reinforcements ...... 12744 Seitaro Tajiri, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Haruhiko Suwada, Fumio Kusuhara, Hitoshi Shiohara

Simulation Analysis of Earthquake Response of Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant to the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake ...... 12754 Kiyoshi Hirotani, Yoshihiro Ogata, Hiroshi Otake, Jun IIda

Seismic Risk Assessment of Multi-Storey Precast Structures ...... 12763 M. Fischinger, M. Kramar, T. Isakovic

Dynamic Properties of Fiber Reinforced Clay...... 12773 Behzad Amir-Faryar, M. Sherif Aggour

Displacement-Based Design of Essential Facilities ...... 12780 Gerardo Diaz, Amador Téran-Gilmore, Carlos Reyes

Full Scale Experimental Investigation on Seismic Structural Walls ...... 12790 Marco Preti, Ezio Giuriani

Analysis of the Concentration of TV News Coverage to the Specific Municipalities on the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake ...... 12799 Muneyoshi Numada, Kimiro Meguro

Allied Performance of Hospital Lifelines and Emergency Actions during East Japan Earthquake ...... 12809 Y. Takeda, S. Takada, M. B. Javanbarg

Parametric Investigation of the Effect of Ground Motion Characteristics on the Response of a Seismically Isolated Structure...... 12819 N. Bagir, G. Yazici

Stiffness-Based Sizing of Bracing Systems for Tall and Slender Buildings ...... 12827 Guillermo Coeto, Amador Téran-Gilmore

Numerical Study of Relationship Between Landslide Geometry and Run-out Distance of Landslide Mass...... 12837 Muneyoshi Numada, Kazuo Konagai

Development of Remote Building Damage Assessment System During Large-scale Earthquake Disaster...... 12845 Makoto Fujiu, Miho Ohara, Kimiro Meguro

The European Building Stock Inventory: Creating and Validating a Uniform Database for Earthquake Risk Modelling...... 12853 Robin Spence, Roxane Foulser-Piggott, Antonios Pomonis, Helen Crowley, Philippe Guéguen, Angelo Masi, Leonardo Chiauzzi, G. Zuccaro, F. Cacace, Can Zülfikar, M. Markus, D. Schaefer, Maria Luísa Sousa, Andreas J. Kappos

Basis for Acceleration-Based Conceptual Design of Low-Height Base-Isolated Systems ...... 12863 Oscar Zuñiga, Amador Téran-Gilmore

Seismic Hazards in Ukraine, Investigation Experience and Earthquake Engineering Development Tasks ...... 12873 Iu. Nemchynov, P. Kryvosheyev, A. Khavkin, N. Maryenkov, K. Babik, V. Dorofyeyev, K. V. Yegupov, A. Murashko, I. Zolotaryov, V. Kukunayev, N. Ilyashenko

Experimental Study on Structural Performance of Precast CES Shear Walls...... 12881 Tomoya Matsui, Suguru Suzuki, Hiroshi Kuramoto

Finite Element Analysis of the Seismic Performance of a Historical Masonary Cistern ...... 12891 C. Ustundag, H. Sesigur, Feridun Cili, G. Yazici

Shaking Table Test of Two-Story Masonry House Model Retrofitted by PP-band Mesh ...... 12898 Kimiro Meguro, Sathiparan Navaratnaraj, Kotaro Sakurai, Muneyoshi Numada

Experimental Evaluation of the Ultimate Capacity of External RC Beam-Column Joints...... 12907 Angelo Masi, G. Santarsiero, D. Nigro

Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment for Pacific Island Countries ...... 12917 P. Bazzurro, I. Gomez, J. Park, D. Duggan

Dynamic Behavior of Masonry Houses Retrofitted by Bamboo Band Meshes ...... 12927 Kimiro Meguro, Rajendra Soti, Sathiparan Navaratnaraj, Muneyoshi Numada

Vulnerability Assessment and Seismic Risk Reduction Strategies of Hospitals in Basilicata Region (Italy)...... 12935 Angelo Masi, G. Santarsiero, Leonardo Chiauzzi

Comparative Vulnerability Assessment of Retrofit Techniques for Pre-Code RC Structures ...... 12945 A. M. Mwafy, S. El-Kholy

Development of Promotion Systems for PP-Band Retrofitting of Non-Engineered Masonry Houses ...... 12955 Kimiro Meguro, Naoki Sorimachi, Muneyoshi Numada

Design Procedure of Seismic Structures with Assigned Category of Plasticity Taking Into Account the Requirements of European Standards (EN 1998-1) ...... 12964 Iu. Nemchynov, A. Khavkin, N. Maryenkov, K. Babik

Application of the H/V Spectral Ratios for Earthquake Ground Motions and Microtremors at K-NET sites in Tohoku Region, Japan to Delineate Soil Nonlinearity ...... 12972 F. Nagashima, H. Kawase, Shinichi Matsushima, Francisco J. Sánchez-Sesma, Takashi Hayakawa, Toshimi Satoh, M. Oshima

A New Uplift Foundation Analysis Model to Simulate Dynamic Nonlinear Soil-Structure-Interaction...... 12982 F. Zhou, M. Mori, Nobuo Fukuwa

Liquefaction Analysis of Sandy Ground Due to Tsunami ...... 12992 Y. Okumura, R. Kato, F. Oka

Shaking Table Tests on 1/4 Scaled Shapeless Stone Masonry Houses with and without Retrofit by Polypropylene Band Meshes ...... 12999 Kimiro Meguro, Sathiparan Navaratnaraj, Kotaro Sakurai, Muneyoshi Numada

Assessment of Seismic Risk of Areas with Diverse Site Development with Account of Influence Development of Local Factors and Ways of it Reduction...... 13009 Sh. A. Khakimov, B. S. Nurtaev

Structural Performance of Reinforced Concrete Roof Exterior Beam Column Joint with Headed Bars ...... 13016 Akira Tasai, K. Kusunoki, T. Kiyohara, T. Adachi

Long Term Recovery from the 3.11 East Japan Earthquake Disaster: Evaluating Resettlement Projects after Tsunami Disasters ...... 13025 Norio Maki

Bi-axial Bending Behavior of RHS-columns Including Post-buckling and Deterioration Range ...... 13033 T. Ishida, S. Yamada, Y. Shimada

VOLUME 17

Seismic Risk Scenarios in a Cross-border Zone of the Pyrenees ...... 13039 Daniel Monfort, Caterina Negulescu, Agathe Roullé, Bastien Colas, Nieves Lantada, J. A. Valcárcel, J. Rodriguez, Lluis G. Pujades, Alex H. Barbat, Janira Irizarry, Teresa Susagna, Albert Macau, Sara Figueras, Xavier Goula

Multichannel Singular Spectral Analysis of Strong Ground Data Record of Chi-Chi Earthquake...... 13049 Javed Iqbal, Emmanuel Chaljub, Philippe Guéguen, Pierre-Yves Bard

Deriving SS and S1 Parameters from PGA Maps...... 13059 Zygmunt Lubkowski, B. Aluisi

Framework for the Derivation of Fragility Curves for Deficient Buildings Using EC8 Damage Levels and Risk Mitigation for Cyprus...... 13065 N. C. Kyriakides, Christis Z. Chrysostomou

Seismic Performance of Gas Distribution Pipelines Renovated by Hose Lining Method ...... 13075 Y. Seko, M. Masaki, T. Sakanoue, Hideki Motohashi

Vulnerability Curves for RC Substandard Buildings ...... 13085 N. C. Kyriakides, K. Pilakoutas, S. Ahmad

Soil-structure Interaction Simulations of 2D & 3D Block Model with Spectral Element Methods...... 13095 Javed Iqbal, Emmanuel Chaljub, Philippe Guéguen, Pierre-Yves Bard

Semi-active Control of a Fluid Viscous Damper for Vibration Mitigation...... 13104 F. Oliveira, P. Morais, A. Suleman

Structure of Web-Based Victims Master Database of the Life Rebuilding Process -A Study of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 ...... 13114 Munenari Inoguchi, Keiko Tamura, Reo Kimura, Takashi Furuya, Haruo Hayashi

Seismic Demands of the Case Study Highway Bridge under Near Fault Pulse-Like Ground Motion ...... 13121 A. Dolati, Touraj Taghikhany, A. R. Rahai

Constant-Damage Yield Strength Spectra...... 13131 H. J. Jiang, X. L. Lu, B. Fu, L. Z. Chen

Exploring the Feasibility of an Early Warning System in a Moderate Seismicity Context: Case Study of Pyrenees...... 13140 S. Auclair, A. Lemoine, Bastien Colas, Xavier Goula, Yolanda Colom, Teresa Susagna, J. A. Jara

Analytical Formulations of Fragility Functions with Applications to Probabilistic Seismic Risk Analysis...... 13150 D. G. Lu, X. H. Yu, M. M. Jia

FRP Strengthening of Seismically Deficient Full-Scale RC Beam-Column Joints ...... 13160 R. Garcia, Y. Jemaa, Y. Helal, K. Pilakoutas, M. Guadagnini

Experimental Measurement of Fundamental Periods of Damaged R.C. Buildings...... 13169 M. Mucciarelli, M. Vona, R. Ditommaso, M. R. Gallipoli

Lesson Learned From 2009 Sumatera Earthquake Housing Reconstruction...... 13175 S. Maarif, S. Pranoto, Fauzan, Salman Karimi

Socio-Economic Resilience of the L’Aquila Community in the Aftermath of the 2009 Earthquake...... 13185 A. Rossi, C. Menna, D. Asprone, F. Jalayer, Gaetano Manfredi

The Seismic Performance of Unreinforced Stone Masonry Buildings During the 2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence...... 13195 I. Senaldi, Guido Magenes, Jason M. Ingham

Seismic Damage-Cracking Analysis of Concrete Dams Affected by Alkali-Aggregate Reaction ...... 13205 J. W. Pan, F. Jin, Y. J. Xu, C. H. Zhang, Y. T. Feng

Earthquake Engineering Design Practice in Norway: Implementation of Eurocode 8...... 13214 A. Rønnquist, S. Remseth, Conrad Lindholm

Experimentally Supported Modelling of an Existing Masonry Building by Measuring Ambient and Forced Vibrations...... 13224 J. Snoj, M. Österreicher, Matjaž Dolšek

Probabilistic Analysis of Macroseismic Fields: Iceland Case Study...... 13234 Renata Rotondi, C. Brambilla, E. Varini, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson

Remote Sensing, Laser Scanner Survey and GIS Integrated Method for Assessment and Preservation of Historic Centers: The Example of Arsita ...... 13242 Elena Candigliota, Francesco Immordino, Lorenzo Moretti, Maurizio Indirli, Dante Abate, Graziano Furini, Samuele Pierattini, Augusto Screpanti, Matteo Angelini, Teresa Gambatesa, Chiara Massaia, Antonio Formisano, Gilda Florio, Roberta Fonti, Anna Marzo

Displacement Based Assessment for Precast Concrete Structures: Application to a Three Story Plane Frame ...... 13251 Andrea Belleri, M. Torquati, Paolo Riva

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of the Old Casbah of Mostaganem City – Algeria-...... 13261 Mounir Naili, Z. Maaraf

A Novel Approach for the Assessment of Ecological and Social Sustainability of a RC Building Accounting for Seismic Risk...... 13269 C. Menna, D. Asprone, F. Jalayer, Andrea Prota, Gaetano Manfredi

Seismic Hazard Assessment and Design Requirements for Beirut, Lebanon...... 13279 Maria Cristina Arango, Zygmunt Lubkowski

Field Experiment on a Damping Characteristic of Actual Container Cranes...... 13289 Eiji Kohama, M. Takenobu, Takahiro Sugano, Yosuke Ohya

Dynamic Behaviour of Reinforced Soils and Deep Foundations. Theoretical Analysis and Experiments...... 13297 J. Soubestre, Claude Boutin, Stéphane Hans, M. Dietz, Luiza Dihoru, Erdin Ibraim, Colin A. Taylor

Methodological Strategies for Seismic Vulnerability Evaluation ...... 13306 M. B. Romero, A. P. Giuliano, A. C. Zaragoza

Stochastic Simulation of Ground Motion Using Analytical Phase Spectrum...... 13316 X. D. Sun, X. X. Tao

Study on High Frequency Cut-off Characteristics of Ground Motions for Intra-Slab Earthquakes Occurred in Southwest Japan ...... 13325 Masato Tsurugi, Takao Kagawa, Kojiro Irikura

Criteria for Evaluating the Effect of Displacement History and Span-to-Depth Ratio on the Risk of Collapse of R/C Columns...... 13335 B. Simpson, A. B. Matamoros

Comparative Study on Seismic Performance of Conventional RC Coupling Beams and Hybrid Energy Dissipative Coupling Beams used for RC Shear Walls ...... 13343 Hyung-Joon Kim, Kyung-Suk Choi, Sang-Hoon Oh, Chang-Hoon Kang

In-Situ Test of a Precast Pier of an Elevated Viaduct in Mexico City...... 13350 David Murià-Vila, A. R. Sánchez-Ramírez, C. H. Huerta-Carpizo, L. R. Fernández-Sola

Structural Analysis of Typical Confined Masonry Structure ...... 13359 Made Suarjana, Dyah Kusumastuti, K. S. Pribadi, Rildova, T. H. Lie

Use of Shape Memory Alloys with Laminated Rubber Bearings in Seismic Isolation of Multi-Span Continuous Moderate to Strong Seismic Zones ...... 13368 M. Shahria Alam, A. Rahman Bhuiyan

Experimental Evaluation of New Technique for Seismic Retrofitting of External RC Beam-Column Joint with Non Seismic Detailing...... 13378 J. Shafaei, A. Hosseini, Mohammad Sadegh Marefat, Ali Arzeytoon

Characteristics of Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Buildings Damaged During 2010 Chile Earthquake ...... 13388 R. Jünemann, M. A. Hube, J. C. De La Llera, E. Kausel

Effect of Height of Buildings and Arrangement of Braces on RC Buildings Retrofitted with Steel Knee Braces Based on Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA)...... 13396 Nicka Keipour, Elyar Zafarkhah, Masood Mofid

Exerting Modal Incremental Dynamic Analysis (MIDA) in Surveying Seismic Behavior of Structures Equipped by Self-Centering Viscoelastic Damper...... 13406 Elyar Zafarkhah, Nicka Keipour, Masood Mofid

An Experimental Study on the Effect of Opening on Confined Masonry Wall under Cyclic Lateral Loading...... 13413 Made Suarjana, D. Kusumastut, K. S. Pribadi, Rildova

Exploring Barriers to the Integrated Design and Production of Resilient Buildings in Israel...... 13423 M. Sever, Y. Garb, D. Pearlmutter

Earthquake Design Practice of Traditional Norwegian Buildings According to Eurocode 8...... 13431 A. Rønnquist, T. Karlson, S. Remseth

Challenges of Active Seismic Control of Cable-stayed Bridge: A Case Study ...... 13441 A. K Dutta, Anjan Dutta, Sajal Kanti Deb

Nature of Nonlinear-Inelastic Phenomena in Nano-Sized Medium Under Intensive Impacts ...... 13451 V. B. Zaalishvili, D. A. Melkov

Seismic Experiments and SAP2000 Analytical Study on the Aseismic Footing of Precision Machinery in Hi-tech Factories ...... 13459 Jyh-Chau Wang, Yung-Fen Lin, Ming-Jen Hsieh, Chin-Lien Tsai, George C Yao, Pin-Hong Chen, Keng-Chang Kuo, Wei-Ting Chen

Seismic Performance of Thin-bed Layered Masonry Walls Made of Clay Blocks and Comprising a Door Opening ...... 13468 Hervé Degée, L. Lascar, L. Vasseur

Testing of Confined Masonry Walls with Different Connection Details...... 13478 Vladimir Sigmund, Dj. Matosevic

Evaluation of the Building Code Application in Mexico City ...... 13486 Eduardo Reinoso, Miguel A. Jaimes, M. A. Torres

Lift-up and Base Isolation as a Retrofit Technique for R.C. Existing Building...... 13495 Bruno Briseghella, Tobia Zordan, Alessandra Romano, Lamberto Zambianchi, Gianluigi Simone, Tao Liu

Seismic Response Control of Bridges Using UPSS Combined with Energy Dissipation Devices...... 13505 Akira Igarashi, H. Shiraishi, Y. Adachi, H. Uno, T. Sato

Seismic Fragility Assessment of a Multi-span Continuous Highway Bridge Isolated by Shape Memory Alloy Restrainer and Lead Rubber Bearing...... 13514 A. Rahman Bhuiyan, M. Shahria Alam

A Proposal for Seismic Design of Geosynthetic Reinforced Steep Slopes...... 13524 C. S. Vieira, M. L. Lopes, L. M. Caldeira

Shake Table Study of Soil Structure Interaction Effects in Surface and Embedded Foundations...... 13534 Naghdali Hosseinzadeh, Mohammad Reza Davoodi, Ebrahim Rayat Roknabadi

Strength and Stiffness Parameters of Isolation Systems for Bridges with Irregular Pier Heights ...... 13544 J. M. Jara, M. Jara, B. A. Olmos, D. Villanueva

Fuzzy Logic in Engineering Seismology Problems ...... 13554 V. B. Zaalishvili, A. B. Lolaev, B. A. Dzeboev

Post-earthquake Functionality of Critical Facilities: A Hospital Case Study ...... 13562 S. Youance, Marie-José Nollet, Ghyslaine McClure

Combined Fragility Surface Analysis of Earthquake and Scour Hazards for Bridge ...... 13572 Zhiqiang Wang, Wei Song, Tiantian Li

3D Numerical Simulation of the Site-city Interaction During the 22 February 2011 MW 6.2 Christchurch Earthquake...... 13578 R. Guidotti, I. Mazzieri, Marco Stupazzini, P. Dagna

Temporal Variation and Reproduction of Microseism H/V Spectral Features in the Osaka Sedimentary Basin with an Irregular-Shaped Interface ...... 13588 Hirotoshi Uebayashi, Hidenori Kawabe, Katsuhiro Kamae

Simulation of Spectral-acceleration Correlated and Response-Spectrum-Compatible Ground Motion Accelerograms...... 13598 L. D’Amico, Irmela Zentner, P. Cacciola

Seismic Protection of Railway Bridges with Special Sliding Materials...... 13608 Mauro Sartori

Modeling of Phase Spectrum and Simulation of Nonstationary Earthquake Ground Motions...... 13617 Jie Li, Yong-Bo Peng

Seismic Protection of Railway Bridges with Sliding Pendulum and High Friction Special Sliding Materials ...... 13627 Mauro Sartori

Source Parameters of the 2011, Mw 5.2 Lorca Earthquake (Spain) ...... 13635 J. A. López-Comino, F. Mancilla, J. Morales, D. Stich

High Resolution Tsunami Simulation in Urban Areas Using Detailed City Model and Three Dimensional Fluid Analysis Methods...... 13641 K. Fujita, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Muneo Hori, M. L. L. Wijerathne, S. Tanaka

Comparative Study of the European and American Seismic Safety Assessment Procedures for Existing Steel Buildings...... 13650 M. Araújo, J. M. Castro, Xavier Romão, R. Delgado

Test of Rectangular Confined Concrete Columns for Strength and Ductility ...... 13660 E. R. Thorhallsson, P. V. Bjarnason

Socioeconomic Vulnerability and Seismic Risk...... 13668 S. M. Valenzuela, M. B. Romero, A. Scognamillo

International Guideline for Seismic Design of Low-Rise Confined Masonry Buildings in Regions of High Seismic Risk...... 13677 Svetlana Brzev, Roberto Meli

Precast Structures with Adaptable Restraints ...... 13686 B. Dal Lago, A. Dal Lago

Compilation and Critical Review of GMPEs for the GEM-PEER Global GMPEs Project ...... 13696 John Douglas, F. Cotton, C. Di Alessandro, D. M. Boore, N. A. Abrahamson, D. Sinan Akkar

Testing of R/C Frames with Masonry Infill of Various Strength ...... 13706 J. Zovkic, Vladimir Sigmund, I. Guljaš

Seismic Protection of the Basarab Overpass in Bucharest ...... 13716 Mauro Sartori

Integrated Design of Damper Placement and Parameters for Passive Control of Randomly Base-Excited Structures ...... 13726 Yong-Bo Peng, Jie Li, Roger Ghanem

Classification of Buildings of Oran City (Algeria) Based on Their Seismic Vulnerability ...... 13736 Abbas Senouci, M. A. Taibi, D. Nedjar, A. Ramdane, Pierre-Yves Bard, Mohamed Naboussi Farsi, Elise Beck, Stéphane Cartier

Large-scale Cyclic Loading Test on a Multi-Spiral Stirrup Bridge Pier Constructed by Automated Method...... 13743 H. H. Hung, P. H. Wang, Y. L. Yin, J. C. Wang, K. C. Chang

Liquefaction Characteristic of Intermediate Soil Including Gravel...... 13753 Tadashi Hara, Hirofumi Toyota, Susumu Takada, Kouichi Nakamura

The Hazard Component of the GEM Modeller's Toolkit: A Framework for the Preparation and Analysis of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard (PSHA) Input Tools...... 13763 G. A. Weatherill, Marco Pagani, Damiano Monelli

Selection of a Global Set of GMPEs for the GEM-PEER Global GMPEs Project ...... 13773 J. P. Stewart, John Douglas, C. Di Alessandro, Yousef Bozorgnia, N. A. Abrahamson, D. M. Boore, Kenneth W. Campbell, Elise Delavaud, Mustafa Erdik, P. J. Stafford

Holistic Evaluation of the Seismic Risk in Barcelona by Using Indicators...... 13782 M. L. Carreño, Omar Cardona, Alex H. Barbat

Experimental Study of Masonry Infilled R/C Frames with Opening...... 13792 Vladimir Sigmund, D. Penava

Comparison of the Total Uncertainty Associated with Alternative Approaches to Site Response Analysis...... 13802 A. Lessi-Cheimarios, S. Kontoe, P. J. Stafford

Establishment of New Low-Cost and High-Resolution Real-Time Continuous Strong Motion Observation Network by CEORKA ...... 13812 T. Akazawa, M. Araki, Sumio Sawada, Y. Hayashi, Muneo Horike

Modelling of the Dissipative Behaviour of Partial-Strength Beam-to-Column Steel Connections ...... 13821 H. Augusto, C. Rebelo, L. Simões Da Silva, J. M. Castro

A Shake Table Test of Typical Mediterranean Reinforced Concrete Structures ...... 13831 L. Morillas, Amadeo Benavent-Climent, David Escolano-Margarit

Distributed Data Bases, Data Communication and Access, Distributed Testing and PsD Transnational Access Test Campaigns Within the Series Project ...... 13840 Anna Bosi, Fabio Taucer, Pierre Pegon

VOLUME 18

Design of Steel Frames with Buckling Restrained Braces ...... 13850 Melina Bosco, Edoardo M. Marino, Pier Paolo Rossi

Analytical Study on Seismic Performance of RC Frames with Concrete Block Wall ...... 13860 H. Sun, Takashi Kashiwazaki, H. Noguchi

Response Values of Earthquake Waves and Structural Assessment of Cultural Heritage...... 13868 Mizuo Inukai

Application of Fractal Theory on Bridge Health Monitoring System...... 13878 A. Tzu-Kang Lin, E. Chih-Shiuan Lin, B. Rih-Teng Wu, C. Kuo-Chun Chang, D. Yu-Chi Sung

Some Results of Theoretical and Experimental Studies of the Seismic Isolated Regional Bank "Sberbank" Building with Rubber Bearing Supports in Irkutsk City, Siberia, Russia...... 13888 Bubis A. Alexander, Yun Y. Andrey

Study on Partial Collapse of a Five Story Reinforced Concrete Building during the 2010 Chile Earthquake ...... 13894 M. A. Hube, P. Vizcaíno, D. Lopez-Garcia, J. C. De La Llera

Topographic Amplification from Recorded Earthquake Data and Numerical Simulations ...... 13904 Carlo Cauzzi, Donat Fäh, V. Pessina, Ezio Faccioli, Chiara Smerzini

Buckling Instability of Web Plastifying Dampers: Analytical and Numerical Approach ...... 13914 Elena Oliver-Saiz, Amadeo Benavent-Climent, Ana Luisa Ramírez-Márquez

Seismic Microzonation of Vladikavkaz City: Historical Review and Modern Techniques ...... 13924 V. B. Zaalishvili, D. A. Melkov, O. G. Burdzieva, B. V. Dzeranov, I. L. Gabeeva, A. S. Kanukov, V. D. Shepelev, A. F. Gabaraev

Predicting Displacement Demand of Multi-storey Asymmetric Buildings by Nonlinear Static Analysis and Corrective Eccentricities...... 13934 Melina Bosco, G. Ferrara, A. Ghersi, Edoardo M. Marino, Pier Paolo Rossi

On Damping Created by the Heterogeneity of the Mechanical Properties in RC Frame Seismic Analysis ...... 13944 Pierre Jehel, R. Cottereau

Ground Motion Selection for the Integration of Site Response in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analyses...... 13954 M. Papaspiliou, S. Kontoe

Modeling Surface Deformations and Hinging Regions in Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns...... 13962 Z. F. Alemdar, A. B. Matamoros, J. Browning

Developing Force-deformation Characteristics of Brick Masonry Spandrels in Historic Buildings...... 13972 Katrin Beyer, A. Dazio

Assessment of the Performance of Tuned Liquid Dampers for Vibration Mitigation in Structures...... 13980 M. J. Falcão Silva, Alfredo Campos Costa, L. M. C. Guerreiro

Engineering Ground Motion Selection Based on Displacement-spectrum Compatibility ...... 13990 Chiara Smerzini, R. Paolucci, C. Galasso, Iunio Iervolino

Seismic Risk Assessment of Italian Seaports Using GIS Technology: The Ports of the Calabria Region...... 14000 F. Bozzoni, C. G. Lai

Dissemination of Information on Hazards and Risks: The Icelandic Experience...... 14010 Solveig Thorvaldsdóttir, Asthildur Elva Bernhardsdottir, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson, Gaetano Zonno

3D Numerical Simulations in Complex Near-field Geological Configurations During the MW 6.3 L’Aquila Earthquake...... 14020 Chiara Smerzini, Manuela Villani, Ezio Faccioli, R. Paolucci

A Disaster-Management Lacuna: People with Disabilities...... 14030 R. Sever

Earthquake Vulnerability Assessment of Buildings for Catastrophic Risk Analysis in Urban Areas ...... 14040 L. E. Yamin, A. I. Hurtado, Alex H. Barbat, G. A. Bernal, Omar Cardona

Study on Damping Effect of CFST Frame – Core Wall Structure with Different Dampers ...... 14050 Fengming Ren, Yun Zhou, Hongwey Wang, Yi Wu

Experimental Analysis of the Lateral Resistance of a Shear Critical Reinforced Concrete Frame...... 14057 A. B. Acevedo, R. L. Bonett-Diaz, O. Carmona

Shaking Table Tests on Rigid Soil Container with Absorbing Boundaries ...... 14067 D. Lombardi, Subhamoy Bhattacharya

Lorca Earthquake May 11 2011: A Comparison Between Disaster Figures and Risk Assessment Outcomes...... 14075 J. A. Valcárcel, G. A. Bernal, M. G. Mora

Frequency Content Indicators of Strong Ground Motions ...... 14085 F. Pavel, Dan Lungu

Vulnerability Curves for Low-rise Shear Wall Buildings Based on Observed Data ...... 14095 B. Bessason, J. Sólnes, J. Ö. Bjarnason, A. Guðmundsson, S. Steedman

Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of Peruvian Earthen Churches by Means of Numerical Modelling ...... 14105 C. Fonseca Ferreira, Dina D'Ayala

Component-based Probabilistic Methodology for the Vulnerability Assessment of RC Frames Retrofitted with Dissipative Braces...... 14115 F. Freddi, L. Ragni, Enrico Tubaldi, Andrea Dall'Asta

Comparison of Different Computer Programs to Predict the Seismic Performance of SPEAR Building by Means of Pushover Analysis...... 14125 A. Belejo, Rita Bento, Carlos Bhatt

Ductility, Interstory and Displacement of Steel Buildings with Perimeter and Spatial Moment Frames...... 14135 Alfredo Reyes-Salazar, J. O. Rivera-Leyva, A. Haldar, D. De Leon-Escobedo, Dagoberto López-López

A Methodology for Measuring the Quality of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Predictions in the SIGMA Project Framework...... 14145 B. Bosco, J. M. Thiry, Maria Rota, A. Penna, Guido Magenes, G. Senfaute, C. Martin

A Comparison Between American and European Codes on the Nonlinear Static Analysis of RC Buildings ...... 14155 Carlos Bhatt, Rita Bento

Comparison of the Seismic Fragility of Common Mexican Simple-Supported Highway Bridges...... 14164 M. C. Gómez-Soberón, M. Jara-Díaz, J. Álvarez-Sereno

Comprehensive Damage Analysis of Buildings Affected by the 2008 South Iceland Earthquake ...... 14174 B. Bessason, J. Sólnes, J. Ö. Bjarnason, A. Guðmundsson, S. Steedman

Elements of 2012 IBC / ASCE 7-10 Nonstructural Seismic Provisions: Bridging the Implementation Gap...... 14184 J. A. Gatscher, R. E. Bachman

Accuracy of Combination Rules for MDOF and SDOF Systems...... 14194 Alfredo Reyes-Salazar, J. L. Rivera-Salas, F. Valenzuela-Beltrán, E. Bojórquez, A. López-Barraza

Shaking Table Tests of a RC Frame Structure Equipped with Hysteretic Dampers ...... 14204 David Escolano-Margarit, Amadeo Benavent-Climent, L. Morillas

Performance of a Multi-Story Isolated Building Subjected to Bidirectional Excitations in Protection of Critical Equipments from Earthquake Hazard ...... 14213 Gokhan Ozdemir, U. Akyuz

Seismic Loss Estimation Including Environmental Losses...... 14223 Danny Arroyo, Amador Téran-Gilmore, Mario G. Ordaz

A New Earthquake Resistant Abutment As Means to Reduce the Seismic Demand of a Railway Bridge ...... 14233 S. A. Mitoulis, M. D. Titirla, I. A. Tegos

The Role of Timber Roof Structures in the Seismic Response of Traditional Buildings ...... 14243 M. A. Parisi, C. Chesi, C. Tardini

A New Testing Capability for Seismic Resistance Assessment of Structures Damaged due to a Fire...... 14253 H. Mostafei

Long-Wave Runup on a Plane Beach Behind a Conical Island ...... 14262 Themistoklis S. Stefanakis, Frédéric Dias, Nicolas Vayatis, Serge Guillas

New Integrated 2G3 Response Modification Method for Seismic Upgrading of New and Existing Bridges...... 14271 D. N. Ristic, J. D. Ristic

Raising Earthquake Awareness in Kathmandu Valley: A Comparative Analysis of Achievements during 1999-2009...... 14281 N. Upreti, Amod Mani Dixit, Surya Narayan Shrestha

Over 100 Years of Seismic Observation at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ...... 14290 L. Alcántara, D. Almora, C. Pérez, M. A. Torres, M. A. Macías, L. Ramirez-Guzman, C. Valdés, J. Pérez

Shaking Table Test and Numerical Analysis on a Shear Wall High-Rise Structure with Huge Podium...... 14300 Qiyun Zhu, Xilin Lu, Huanjun Jiang, Bin Zhao

The Tribute to the Former Romanian Aseismic Design Codes. Retrofitting or Demolition?...... 14308 Daniel Stoica

A Spectrum-compatibility Method for Deriving Earthquake-induced Displacements of Unstable Slopes ...... 14318 F. Bozzano, C. Esposito, S. Martino, A. Prestininzi, G. Scarascia, Guido Martini, Dario Rinaldis

Shaking Table Test and Pushover Analysis on a Scaled Masonry Building...... 14328 C. Spyrakos, A. Francioso

Fractional Derivatives: An Alternative Approach to Model Seismic Wave Attenuation and Amplification ...... 14337 L. Lenti, J. F. Nicolas, Luis Fabian Bonilla, J. F. Semblat, S. Martino, A. Rovelli

A Two-Ring Energy Dissipating Device with Similar Behaviors in Tension and Compression to Create Buckling Resistant Braces...... 14347 M. Hosseini, Y. Mirzaaghaee, B. Ebadi Tabrizi

LEMA_DES Equivalent Signals Derived from the Accelerometric Records of the European Database ...... 14355 L. Lenti, S. Martino, Dario Rinaldis

Fragility Functions for a Pervasive Unique Form of Construction in a Region with Very High Potential for Social Losses ...... 14364 B. D. Carey, R. P. Clarke

Seismic Protection of Structures Through an Innovative Steel-based Self-centering Hysteretic Device: Numerical Analysis and Tests...... 14374 Aurelio Braconi, Francesco Morelli, Walter Salvatore

An Upgrade of the Italian Catalogue of Earthquake-induced Ground Failures CEDIT...... 14384 S. Martino, A. Prestininzi, R. W. Romeo

Structural Damage Identification Based on Continuous Ant Colony Optimization for Cantilever-type Structures ...... 14393 M. Daei, S. H. Mirmohammadi

GEM-PEER Global GMPEs Project Guidance for Including Near-Fault Effects in Ground Motion Prediction Models...... 14401 J. W. Baker, Yousef Bozorgnia, C. Di Alessandro, Brian Chiou, Mustafa Erdik, P. G. Somerville, W. Silva

Numerical Modeling of Nonlinear Dynamic Shear Strains in Heterogeneous Soils by 1D-3C Finite Element SWAP_3C...... 14411 F. Bozzano, S. Martino, A. C. Giacomi, L. Lenti, Guido Martini, M. P. Santisi D’Avila

Influence of Brace Over-strength Distributions on the Seismic Response of Steel Braced Frames...... 14421 A. Zona, Andrea Dall'Asta, L. Ragni

Sliding Fragility of Restrained and Unrestrained Block-Type Nonstructural Components ...... 14431 T. Mahdi, A. Mahdi

Depolarization and Modified Conversions of Seismic Waves by Site-City Effects : A Theoretical Model...... 14440 L. Schwan, Claude Boutin

Loading Protocols Employed in Evaluation of Seismic Behavior of Steel Beams in Weak-beam Moment Frames...... 14450 Yu Jiao, Shoichi Kishiki, S. Yamada

Distribution of Peak and Spectral Frequencies in Lisbon. Application of Geological and Geotechnical Data ...... 14460 Paula Teves-Costa, I. M. Almeida, I. N. Rodrigues

Characterization of Lisbon Old Buildings...... 14470 A. Simões, M. Lopes, Rita Bento, Antonio Sousa Gago

Punching Shear in Waffle Slab, Seismic Design ...... 14480 E. Arellano-Méndez, O. M. González-Cuevas

GEM - PEER Global Ground Motion Prediction Equations Project: An Overview ...... 14490 C. Di Alessandro, Yousef Bozorgnia , N. A. Abrahamson, D. Sinan Akkar, Mustafa Erdik

Characterization of Old Masonry Walls: Flat-Jack Method...... 14500 A. Simões, Antonio Sousa Gago, M. Lopes, Rita Bento

Efficient Application of Rocking Motion in Design of Steel Structures ...... 14510 M. Ghasem Vetr, A. Riahi Nouri, Afshin Kalantari

Numerical Modeling and Seismic Assessment of Columns Reinforced by Smooth Rebars...... 14518 M. Arabpanahan, Mohammad Sadegh Marefat, Mohammad Khanmohammadi, E. Norouzzadeh Tochaei

How to Promote Self-Centering Behavior of Buildings Having a System of Buckling-Restrained Braces and Flexible Gravitational Frames ...... 14529 Amador Téran-Gilmore, Jorge Ruiz-Garcia

Seismic Vulnerability of Old Masonry ‘Gaioleiro’ Buildings in Lisbon ...... 14539 A. Simões, Rita Bento, Antonio Sousa Gago, M. Lopes

Damping Factors for Seismic Design of Structures with Energy Hysteretic Dampers, Located in the Valley of Mexico...... 14549 Tomás Castillo Cruz, Sonia E. Ruiz

Prediction of Nonlinear Behavior of Steel Coupling Beams under Seismic Loads Based on Experimental Results ...... 14559 E. Norouzzadeh Tochaei, Mohammad Khanmohammadi, M. Arabpanahan

Calculation of Response Spectrum Directly from Bedrock to Free Field using Equivalent Linear Method...... 14569 H. L. Xing, T. Jiang, S. T. Xue, C. Z. Geng

Investigation of the Evidence of Inhibition of Very Strong Ground Motion...... 14578 L. Al Atik, N. A. Abrahamson

Groundwater Level Evaluation for River Flood Control Levees and its Effect on Seismic Performance ...... 14588 D. Y. Kwak, S. J. Brandenberg, J. P. Stewart, A. Mikami

The Comparative Analysis of Methods for Calculation of Buildings with Rubber Bearings...... 14596 Andrey Y. Yun, Alexander A. Bubis

Fractional Chaotic Oscillators ...... 14605 R. Magaña, A. R. Hermosillo, M. Pérez

Modeling Damage-Based Degradations in Stiffness and Strength in the Post-Peak Behaviour in Seismic Progressive Collapse of Reinforced Concrete Structures ...... 14615 Silvena S. Reshotkina, David T. Lau

Prioritization of Highway Bridges for Seismic Retrofitting Using Multi Criteria Decision Making...... 14625 T. A. Majid, A. Yousefi

Proposal of Isolated Basis for Low-Rise Buildings...... 14632 Oliver Ubando Franco, Manuel E. Ruiz Sandoval Hernández

NEES/E-Defense Base-Isolation Tests: Interaction of Horizontal and Vertical Response...... 14640 Keri L. Ryan, N. D. Dao, E. Sato, T. Sasaki, T. Okazaki

Soil Periods for Center of Puebla City, Mexico...... 14650 Hugo Ferrer-Toledo, Julio Rojas-Palacios, Araceli Aguilar-Mora, Francisco Chávez-García, Julio C. Cuenca-Sánchez

VOLUME 19

Dynamic Stability of Elastomeric Bearings at Large Displacement ...... 14660 A. Masroor, J. Sanchez, G. Mosqueda, Keri L. Ryan

Force Demands on Circular Piles Subjected to the Passage of Seismic Waves ...... 14670 B. A. Olmos, J. M. Jar, M. Jara

Modeling of Cyclic Shear-flexure Interaction in Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls...... 14680 K. Kolozvari, Thien Tran, J. W. Wallace, Kutay Orakcal

Nonstationary Frequency Content of Ground Motions From the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake in Japan...... 14690 Y. F. Dong, D. K. Kim, S. G. Cho

Probabilistic Site Characterization Based on Bayesian Inversion of Ambient Vibration Array Recordings in SW British Columbia, Canada...... 14700 Sheri Molnar, Carlos E. Ventura, W. D. Liam Finn, Madhi Taiebat, S. E. Dosso, J. F. Cassidy

Sensitivity of the Nonlinear Seismic Response of a Short RC Bridge to Numerical Modeling...... 14710 L. Lou, A. Zerva

An Empirical Evaluation of Long-Period Earthquake Motion for Building Design ...... 14720 I. Okawa, Toshimi Satoh, T. Sato, T. Nishikawa

Seismic Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Building Damaged by Tucacas Earthquake, Venezuela...... 14730 A. J. Malaver, D. R. Rodríguez

Revisiting the SDI and ECCS Methods for In-plane Shear Flexibility of Metal Roof Deck Diaphragms Using 3D Non-linear Finite Element Analysis...... 14740 F. Bakhti, Robert Tremblay, Colin A. Rogers

Ground Subsidence Influence on the Seismic Response of Soil Deposits in Aguascalientes City, Mexico...... 14750 E. Botero, M. Romo, A. Ossa, V. Giraldo, L. Sierra

Motion Perception in the Tall Buildings of Buenos Aires City Caused By the Great Chilean Seismic Event and its Kinematic ...... 14759 Juan S. Carmona, Nora C. Sabbione

Multiple Cyclic Loading Response of Loose Air-Pluviated Fraser River Sand ...... 14768 S. Sriskandakumar, Dharma Wijewickreme, P. M. Byrne

New Direction Based (Fundamental) Periods of RC Frames Using Genetic Algorithms...... 14778 M. Hadzima-Nyarko, D. Moric, H. Draganic, E. K. Nyarko

Impacts of Earthquake Hazard Uncertainties on Probabilistic Portfolio Loss Risk Assessment ...... 14788 G. L. Molas, H. Aslani, Nilesh Shome, C. M. Cabrera, Shahram Taghavi, Jason Bryngelson

Effect of Isolation Systems on a Steel Box Girder Bridge in Tabriz...... 14798 M. A. Jamali Golzar, M. Azharian, M. A. Jamali Golzar

Comparative Analysis of Economic and Human Casualty Seismic Risk for South American Andean Capital Cities ...... 14805 P. Vaziri, M. L. Zoback, T. H. P. Tabucchi, C. M. Cabrera

Evaluation of Analysis Methods in Predicting Limit States for Performance-Based Seismic Design ...... 14815 Lauren K. Fedak, Rigoberto Burgueño, Pedro F. Silva

Performance of Eccentrically Braced Framed Buildings in the Christchurch Earthquake Series of 2010/2011...... 14825 G. C. Clifton, H. Nashid, G Ferguson, M Hodgson, C Seal, Michel Bruneau, Gregory A. Macrae, S Gardiner

P-Delta Mass Rig System for Shake Table Tests of Slender Cantilever Columns ...... 14835 Arash Sangtarashha, Pedro F. Silva, Rigoberto Burgueño

Seismic Performance and Modeling of Post-Tensioned, Precast Concrete Shear Walls...... 14845 A. C. Tanyeri, J. P. Moehle, Takuya Nagae

Comparison of Optimization Methods for Retrofit Placement in a Non-code Conforming Reinforce-concrete Structure...... 14855 K. Duerr, Solomon Tesfamariam

Discussing Vulnerability, Capacity and Resilience of the Community in the Face of Earthquakes at a Microscale...... 14865 B. Sungay, E. Cakti, Mustafa Erdik

Infill Precast Panels as Retrofit System of Reinforced Concrete Frames ...... 14873 L. R. Terec, Carol Enyedi

Model for the Determination of Seismic Interaction Between Tunnel and Underground Station...... 14882 E. Botero, E. Ovando, A. Ossa, V. Giraldo, L. Sierra

Development of Fragility Functions for Seismic Damage Assessment Using Kernel Smoothing Methods...... 14892 H. Noh, A. S. Kiremidjian

ShakeMap Atlas 2.0: An Improved Suite of Recent Historical Earthquake ShakeMaps for Global Hazard Analyses and Loss Model Calibration ...... 14902 D. García, R. T. Mah, K. L. Johnson, Michael Hearne, K. D. Marano, K. W. Lin, D . J. Wald, C. B. Worden, Emily So

Optimum Design of Triple Friction Pendulum Bearing Subjected by Near-Field Ground Motions...... 14912 H. Moeindarbari, Touraj Taghikhany

Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for Pacific Island Countries...... 14922 Y. Rong, J. Park, D. Duggan, M. Mahdyiar, P. Bazzurro

Optimization of High Strength Fiber Reinforced Concrete with Durability Characteristics for Seismic Applications...... 14932 B. B. Bishaw, L. F. Ibarra

A Finite Strip Formulation for Nonlinear Free Vibration of Plates...... 14942 S. Hashemi, E. Jaberzadeh

Reconstructing Schools in Post-Earthquake Haiti...... 14952 D. J. Carson, E. Oldershaw, S. Copp, K. Cryer

A Site Response Map of the Continental U.S...... 14962 H. Magistrale, Y. Rong, W. Silva, E. M. Thompson

Simulation of Nonlinear Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls...... 14972 C. E. Magna, S. K. Kunnath

Impact of Seismic Retrofit and Presence of Terra Cotta Masonry Walls on the Dynamic Properties of a Hospital Building in Montréal, Canada...... 14982 A. Asgarian, Ghyslaine McClure

Influence of Desiccation Cracking on the Liquefaction Potential of Thickened Tailing Deposits ...... 14992 G. Barrios, E. Sáez, C. Ledezma

Bias and Variability in Site Response: Analysis of Residuals at 100 KiK-net Stations ...... 15003 J. Kaklamanos, Brendon A Bradley, E. M. Thompson, L. G. Baise

Seismic Response of a Pile-supported Excavation on Santiago Gravel...... 15013 G. Pardo, E. Sáez, C. Ledezma

Effectiveness of Geotextile-Lined Pipeline Trenches Subjected to Relative Lateral Seismic Fault Ground Displacements...... 15023 M. Monroy, Dharma Wijewickreme, Doug Honegger

Application of Single-Station Sigma Ground Motion Prediction Equations in Practice...... 15033 N. A. Abrahamson, J. C. Hollenback

Exploring the Gap Damper Concept to Control Seismic Isolation Displacement Demands ...... 15042 H. Zargar, Keri L. Ryan, Taylor Rawlinson, J. D. Marshall

Numerical Simulation and Design of FrictionDamped damped Steel Frame Structures ...... 15052 J. D. Morales Ramirez, L. Tirca

Improving PAGER’s Real-time Earthquake Casualty and Loss Estimation Toolkit: Challenges ...... 15062 K. S. Jaiswal, D . J. Wald

Seismic Design Criteria for Adobe Buildings Reinforced with Geogrids...... 15072 Daniel Torrealva

Performance of Structural Members in Seismic Retrofitted Frames with Viscous Dampers ...... 15078 J. K. Whittle, M. S. Williams, Anthony Blakeborough

Analysis and Repair of an Earthquake-Damaged High-rise Building in Santiago, Chile...... 15088 J. Sherstobitoff, P. Cajiao, Perry Adebar

The Effects of Earthquake Source Complexities on Far-field Source Spectra...... 15098 Benedikt Halldorsson, A. S. Papageorgiou

Example Applications of a Stochastic Ground Motion Simulation Methodology in Structural Engineering ...... 15108 S. Rezaeian, Nicolas Luco

Structural Response of Buildings on Mountain Slopes Subjected to Earth Pressure Under Seismic Conditions...... 15118 J. F. Rave-Arango, C. A. Blandón-Uribe

2014 Update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps ...... 15128 M. D. Petersen, C. S. Mueller, K. M. Haller, M. Moschetti, S. C. Harmsen, E. H. Field, K. S. Rukstales, Y. Zeng, D. M. Perkins, P. Powers, S. Rezaeian, Nicolas Luco, A. Olsen, R. Williams, A. D. Frankel, O. S. Boyd

Dynamic Testing of Post-tensioned Rocking Walls ...... 15136 K. M. Twigden, R. S. Henry, Q. T. Ma

Assessment of Various Modeling Parameters and Their Influence on Seismic Behavior of Braced Steel Frame Structures ...... 15146 M. A. Shayanfar, R. Zare Bidokib, B. Farhadi, S. M. A. Shahabi

Hybrid Simulation of the Seismic Response of Squat Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls...... 15154 C. A. Whyte, Bozidar Stojadinovic

Self-Centering Precast Concrete Dual-Shell Steel Columns...... 15164 Gabriele Guerrin, José I. Restrepo, Milena Massari, Athanassios Vervelidis

Site Effects in Parametric Ground Motion Models for the GEM-PEER Global GMPEs Project...... 15174 J. P. Stewart, E. Seyhan, D. M. Boore, Kenneth W. Campbell, Mustafa Erdik, W. J. Silva, C. Di Alessandro, Yousef Bozorgnia

Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Concepcion During the 2010, Maule Earthquake...... 15184 B. Westenenk, J. C. De La Llera, R. Juunemann, M. A. Hube, J. J. Besa

Dynamic Stability of Artificially Sensitive Clay Slopes By Centrifuge Modeling...... 15194 D. S. Park, B. L. Kutter

Seismic Response of Columns in Horizontally Curved Bridges...... 15203 M. J. Levi, D. H. Sander, I. G. Buckle

Uniform Response Spectrum Method for Seismic Travelling Responses Analysis of Long-span Arch Bridges...... 15212 M. Lou, Y. Tang

Seismic Response Characteristics of Earth and Rockfill Dams ...... 15221 L. Yu, X. Kong, B. Xu

Experimental Study of the Variation of the Damping and Natural Period of a Full Scale Steel Frame ...... 15230 M. Ramírez-Centeno, Danny Arroyo, J. J. Guerrero.

Safety Margin Ratio-Based Design of Isolation Gap Size for Base-isolated Structures...... 15239 T. Nakazawa, Shoichi Kishiki, Z. Qu, A. Wada

A New Hysteresis Model Based on an Integral Type Deformation-History for Elastomeric Seismic Isolation Bearings ...... 15248 Hiroto Kato, T. Mori, N. Murota, S. Suzuki, M. Kikuchi

ICEARRAY II: A New Multidisciplinary Strong-motion Array in North Iceland ...... 15258 Benedikt Halldorsson, S. Jónsson, A. S. Papageorgiou, R. A. Green, I. Kalogeras, H. Avery, Símon Ólafsson, S. Remseth, Carlos Sousa Oliveira, O. Polat, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson

Response Spectrum Analysis of the Floorslab Isolating and Energy Dissipating Structural System...... 15268 Qiaoling Xian, Fulin Zhou, Yaojian Long

Energy Based Earthquake Load and Resistance Design ...... 15275 A. Surahman

NGA-West2: A Comprehensive Research Program to Update Ground Motion Prediction Equations for Shallow Crustal Earthquakes in Active Tectonic Regions ...... 15285 Yousef Bozorgnia, N. A. Abrahamson, Kenneth W. Campbell, Badie Rowshandel, T. Shantz

Evaluation on Deformability of Reinforced Concrete Columns with Wing Walls ...... 15291 Toshimi Kabeyasawa, Y. S. Kim, M. Sato, H. Hyunseong, Toshikazu Kabeyasawa, Hiroshi Fukuyama

Structural Damage Detection by Multi-objective Intelligent Algorithm ...... 15301 Y. W. Wang, Q. Ma, W. Li

Tsunami Load Evaluation Based on Field Investigations of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ...... 15307 T. Asai, Y. Nakano, T. Tateno, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Koji Fujima, Takahiro Sugano, Y. Haga, T. Okada

A Study on Multi-level Control System for Unseating Failure Prevention of Concrete Girder Bridges during Earthquake...... 15317 G. Sun, H. Li, Z. Yang

Flexure-Shear Coupling Fiber Model for the Nonlinear Analysis of Rectangular Hollow Section R/C Piers ...... 15326 N. Li, Z. X. Li, L. L. Xie

Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Buildings by Damage Spectrum Method ...... 15334 K. Tajima, N. Shirai, A. Nishio, K. Imai

Damage Survey on Reinforced Concrete School Buildings in Fukushima after the 2011 East Japan Earthquake...... 15344 T. Kabeyasawa, K. Kusunoki, Akira Tasai, T. Ichinose, Daisuke Kato

Economic Assessment of Seismic Retrofitting of Non-Engineered Buildings - Case Study from India ...... 15354 Kumar Amit, Bose Pratima Rani

Experimental Verification on Flexural Drift Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Wall with Limited Confinement...... 15364 S. Takahashi, T. Ichinose, N. Izumi, Yasushi Sanada, S. Matsubara, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Haruhiko Suwada

New Replaceable Coupling Beams for Shear Wall Structures...... 15374 Yun Chen, Xilin Lu

Simulation of Old Reinforced Concrete Column Collapse by Pseudo-dynamic Test Method ...... 15384 Takaya Nakamura, Manabu Yoshimura

Aluminium Shear Yielding Damper (Al-SYD) as an Energy Dissipation Device in Truss Moment Frames (TMFs) ...... 15394 Ankit Sachan, Durgesh C. Rai

Seismic Performance of RC Frame Retrofitted by Epoxy Injection Technique Tested on Shaking Table ...... 15404 Yuanmiao Zhang, Jiangtao Yu, Zhoudao Lu, Lei Tao, Hui Sun

Post-Earthquake Damage Evaluation for Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Various Collapse Mechanism ...... 15414 Masaki Maeda, Kota Miura

Nonlinear Hysteresis Model Taking Into Account S-shaped Hysteresis Loop and Its Standard Parameters...... 15424 Y. Nogami, Yoshitaka Murono, H. Morikawa

Damage Survey on Reinforced Concrete School Buildings in Miyagi after the 2011 East Japan Earthquake ...... 15432 Masaki Maeda, Kanako Takahashi, Hamood Al-Washali, Akira Tasai, Hitoshi Shiohara, Kazuhiro Kitayama, Susumu Kono, Tetsuya Nishida

Analytical Estimation of Seismic Response of a Typical R/C Building Damaged by the 2009 West Sumatra Earthquake in Indonesia...... 15442 H. Choi, Y. Nakano, Yasushi Sanada, Hiroshi Kuramoto, T. Tomonaga, Maidiawati, Y. Hayati, J. Tanjung

Experimental Study on Beam-column Joint of Soft-first-story in RC Building...... 15452 S. Halim, T. Kawai, G. Kotani, S. Takahashi, T. Ichinose, T. Ogawa, Masaomi Teshigawara, H. Fukushima, T. Kabeyasawa, Haruhiko Suwada

Seismic Design Strategy of Cable Stayed Bridges Subjected to Strong Ground Motions...... 15462 Xinzhi Duan, Yan Xu, Leying Jia, Ying Lin

VOLUME 20

Study on Evaluation of Seismic Pounding Behavior of Adjacent Traditional Wooden Houses...... 15472 M. Sugino, Noriko Takiyama, Y. Onish, Y. Hayashi, H. Takahashi

Structural Behavior of Process Steel Towers Submitted to Seismic Actions...... 15482 Carlos Cortés Salas, H. Sánchez Sánchez

Experimental and Analytical Study of Unbonded and Bonded Scrap Tire Rubber Pad As Base Isolation Device...... 15492 Huma Kanta Mishra, Akira Igarashi, Hiroshi Matsushima, Aiko Furukawa

A Study on Structural Performance of Steel Foundation - Wooden Column Connection for Temporary Houses ...... 15502 W. Kambe, T. Ito

Earthquake Simulation Tests on a 1:5 Scale 10- Story RC Residential Building Model ...... 15512 H. S. Lee, S. J. Hwang, K. B. Lee, C. B. Kang, S. H. Lee, Sang-Hoon Oh

Calculation of Initial Stiffness of Semirigid Connections with Consideration of Rotational Constraint on Angle from Beam Contact Surface ...... 15522 X. G. Lin, K. Asada

Amplitude Dependent Dynamic Characteristics of a Damaged 9-story Building During the 2011 off the Pacific Coast Tohoku Earthquake ...... 15530 Masato Motosaka, Tsoggerel Tsamba, Kazuya Mitsuji, Toshihide Kashima

Blind Fault Configuration in Osaka, Japan Based on 2D Gravity Inversion...... 15540 N. Inoue, N. Kitada, K. Takemura

Development of Shear-key Consisted of Steel Disk and Anchor Bolt for Seismic Retrofitting ...... 15545 Yuya Takase, T. Ikeda, Y. Yagisawa, Toshimi Satoh, K. Imai, A. Onaka, H. Itadani, T. Abe, M. Kubota

Fundamental Study on Simple Quantitative Approach of Damping Performance for Semi-active Damper...... 15554 T. Hiwatashi, Hideo Fujitani

Collapse Prevention of Infill-brick Wall of RC Frames with FRP Stitching Technology...... 15564 K. Kobayash, K. Inoue, Baris Binici

Application of Rockfill Dynamical Characteristic Statistic Curve in Mid-small Scale Concrete Face Dam Dynamic Analysis...... 15574 Yu Feng Jia, Shi Chun Chi

ANN-cum-Fuzzy Control of Seismic Response using MR Dampers...... 15583 Diptesh Das, Tushar Kanti Datta, Alok Madan

Plastic Limit-State Design of Frame Structures Based on the Strong-Column Weak-Beam Failure Mechanism...... 15592 Jiulin Bai, Jinping Ou

Seismic Evaluation of URM Buildings with Flexible Diaphragms. Proposal of a Simplified “ENT” Method ...... 15602 I. Giongo, M. Piazza, A. Rizzardi, C. Rodegher, R. Tomasi

Seismic Assessment and Strengthening Design of Masonry Wall with Arch Opening...... 15612 Chung-Hsien Shih, Chen-Yu Nien, Ja-Shian Chang

The Dynamic Shear Modulus and the Damping Ratio of Deep-seabed Marine Silty Clay...... 15622 Tian Sun, Guo-Xing Chen, En-Quan Zhou

Floating Type Isolation System Using Earthquake Early Warning ...... 15631 K. Minagawa, S. Fujita, G. Tanaka, H. Simosaka

Simulations of Damage on Architectural Structures Due to Unexpectedly Great Earthquakes...... 15640 Y. Nagano, R. Numata, N. Ohno, T. Sato, M. Hashimoto

Cumulative Damage Evaluation based on Energy Balance Equation...... 15649 K. Minagawa, S. Fujita

Damage to Houses in Urayasu Due to Liquefaction by the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake ...... 15657 Susumu Yasuda, Keisuke Ishikawa, Naoki Ozawa

Nonlinear Dynamic Response of RC Buildings with Different Base-Isolation Systems Subjected to Near-Fault Earthquakes ...... 15666 F. Mazza, M. Mazza, A. Vulcano

Seismic Response of Isolated Nuclear Power Plant Considering Nonlinear Restoring Force Characteristics of Rubber Bearings...... 15676 S. Fujita, K. Minagawa, A. Yamaguchi, T. Takata, K. Kurisaka

Simulations of Damage on Architectural Structures Due to an Unexpected Tsunami Disaster ...... 15685 R. Numata, Y. Nagano, N. Ohno, T. Sato, A. Anjyu

Feasibility Study of Response Controlled Structure with Eccentric Core and Damper Tube System...... 15695 Naoki Kano, Haruhiko Kurino, J. Tagami, T. Kaneko

Reduction of Static and Dynamic Shear Strength Due to the Weathering of Mudstones...... 15705 Susumu Yasuda, S. Yokota, H. Nakamura, K. Inou

Determination of Joint Stiffness of a Three Story Steel Frame by Finite Element Model Updating...... 15713 M. Mahdavi, Mohammad Reza Davoodi, A. Mostafavian

Comparing the Disaster Information Gathering Behavior and Post-Disaster Actions of Japanese and Foreigners in the Kanto Area After the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake...... 15723 A. Kawasaki, K. Meguro, M. Henry

Analysis on a Crossing-Fault Buried Segmented Pipeline with Flexible Joint Behaviors from Experimental Tests ...... 15732 C. W. Huang, K. W. Chou, G. Y. Liu, L. L. Chung, C. H. Yeh, T. J. Lin, H. Y. Hung

Deformed Shapes of Structures Equipped with Viscous Dampers...... 15742 A. Lago, Timothy J. Sullivan, Gian Michele Calvi

Dynamic Characteristics of Traditional Adobe-quincha Buildings in Peru...... 15752 C. H. Cuadra, T. Saito, Carlos Zavala

Ground Motion of Arbitrary Inclusion and a Crack in Half Space under Incident SH-waves...... 15761 Z. L. Yang, H. N. Xu, Y. Yang

Remarkable Liquefaction-induced Damages Along Tokyo Bay During During the 2011 Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake in Japan...... 15770 Susumu Yasuda, Keisuke Ishikawa, Shungo Hagiya

Damage Scenario and its Reduction for Nishi-Chiba Campus, Chiba University due to Tokai, Tonankai, Nankai Earthquake and the Capital, Tokyo Inland Earthquake...... 15779 Xiang Wen, Takahashi Toru, Katada Masaki

Damage Identification Technique based on the Spectral Element Method using High-Frequency Excitation...... 15789 T. Matsuo, A. Furukawa, K. Nishikawa

Lifeline System Earthquake Damage in Yushu, Qinghai Earthquake (ML=7.1, 14th, April, 2010) ...... 15799 A. P. Tang, Y. J. Liu, K. T. Liu, A. P. Zhao

A Study on Characteristics of Ground Motion during the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake...... 15807 Hiroshi Dohi, K. Yoshida, S. Matsuda, M. Kawano

Influence of Low-cycle Fatigue and Corrosion Phenomena on the Structural Behaviour of Steel Reinforcing Bars ...... 15815 S. Caprili, Walter Salvatore, F. Braga, R. Gigliotti, A. Braconi

Study on Evaluation Method of Non-engineered Constructions in Earthquake Prone Countries ...... 15825 Akihiko Tasaka, Akira Tasai, Koichi Kusunoki

Shaking Table Model Test of a Super High-Rise Building with CFT Frame and Core Wall...... 15835 X. W. Yin, H. J. Jiang, W. S. Lu, X. L. Lu

Inverse Multiquadric (IMQ) Function As Radial Basis Function for Plane Dynamic Analysis Using Dual Reciprocity Boundary Element Method ...... 15842 S. Hamzehei Javaran, Naser Khaji

An Innovative Idea for Controlling the Seismic Response of Structures Based on the Use of Inertia Forces...... 15852 M. Hosseini, M. Karimiyan, Salman Karimiyan

Investigation of Mechanisms Causing Ground Motion and Tsunami Due to the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake at Nuclear Power Plant Sites ...... 15861 Hideharu Sugino, Yoko Iwabuchi, Katsumi Ebisawa, Makoto Nemoto, Mariko Korenaga

Site Response Estimation at Granada City (Southern Spain) Based on Deep Earthquake Records...... 15871 Gerardo Alguacil, Francisco Vidal, Mercedes Feriche

A Study on the Behavior of Seismically Engineered Ceiling Systems of Large Open Structures Subjected to Earthquake Excitations ...... 15879 Morimasa Watakabe, Shinsuke Inai, Taku Ishioka, Shinichi IIzuka, Shigemitsu Takai, Motoi Kanagawa

Development of Emergent Alarm System using the Earthquake Early Warning by Japan Meteorological Agency...... 15889 K. Masaki, Susumu Kurahashi, T. Ochiai

Nonlinear Seismic Response of Structural Systems Having Vertical Irregularities Due to Discontinuities in Columns...... 15897 N. Kara, Zekai Celep

Experimental Investigation on Seismic Resistance Recycled Concrete in Filled Steel Columns - Taguchi’s Approach ...... 15905 N. S. Kumar, Sameera Simha

Effect of Diagonal Modes on Response Spectrum Analysis...... 15914 T. Naga Manikanta, O. R. Jaiswal

A Comparison of Closed-form and Finite-Element Solutions for the Free Vibration Analysis of a Sloping-frame...... 15923 Davoud Nezamolmolki, Ahmad Aftabi Sani

Seismic Performance of Dhajji Dewari...... 15933 K. M. O. Hicyilmaz, T. Wilcock, C. Izatt, J. Da-Silva, R. Langenbach

Rotational Ground Motion Effects from Body Waves Decomposition at a Site...... 15943 Z. Zembaty

Dense Seismic and GPS Observation around the Nagaoka Plain Western Margin Fault Zone...... 15953 Yoshihiro Sawada, Shunji Sasaki, Shutaro Sekine, Shintaro Abe, Yoshihiro Tazawa

Effect of Strong Vertical Excitation on the Seismic Performance of RC Bridge Columns...... 15959 H. Matsuzaki, Y. Kumagai, K. Kawashima

Numerical and Experimental Analysis of a Passive Multilayer Friction Damper for Seismic Energy Dissipation...... 15969 A. I. Stefancu, M. Budescu, F. Paulet-Crainiceanu, L. M. C. Guerreiro

Analysis and Simulation of Strong Motion Records from Different Sites and Structure Based on HHT...... 15977 Qingjun Chen, Yongsheng Yang

Low-Cost Retrofitting Solutions for RC Frames Using Masonry Infill Panels...... 15987 Ana Luisa Ramírez-Márquez, Amadeo Benavent-Climent, Elena Oliver-Saiz, Santiago Pujol

Seismic Behavior of Column-supported and Innovative Fixed-base Cooling Towers with Ring Beam...... 15995 Ali Naghshineh, Erfan Alavi, Mohammad Reza Rezaee

A Simple Computational Tool for the Verification of Concrete Walls Reinforced by Embedded Steel Profiles...... 16002 T. Bogdan, Hervé Degée, André Plumier, C. Campian

3D Nonlinear Modeling of Buried Continuous Pipeline Subjected to Ground Compression...... 16012 Vasudeo Chaudhari, Venkata Dilip Kumar, Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla

The Non-uniform Random Seismic Response Analysis of Long-span Bridge Structure Based on Pseudo-excitation Method...... 16022 T. Zhang, Q. J. Chen, Z. H. Chen, Y. S. Yang

Aseismic Performance of an Arc Shaped Spring Damper for Strengthening at Corner of Structure ...... 16032 Taichi Matsuoka, Michi Kudo, Yasuo Okazaki

Seismic Damage of Mechanical Structures by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake...... 16040 S. Fujita, I. Nakamura, O. Furuya, T. Watanabe, K. Minagawa, M. Morishita, T. Kamada, Y. Takahashi

Experimental Study on the Outrigger Damping System for High-Rise Building ...... 16050 P. Tan, C. J. Fang, W. R. Tu, F. L. Zhou, Y. Wang, M. Jiang

Current State of Retrofitting Buildings by Seismic Isolation in Japan ...... 16057 Yoe Masuzawa, Yoshiaki Hisada

A Study on Earthquake-resistant Reinforcement Using Ground Solidification Body for Underground Structure...... 16063 K. Urano, T. Nishimura, Y. Adachi, M. Kawamura

Adapting DDBD for the Design of Frame-Wall Structures with Hybrid-Rocking Joints...... 16071 A. R. Roldán Abellán, Timothy J. Sullivan, Stefano Pampanin

Analytical Modeling of FRP-Reinforced Shear Walls Including Intermediate Crack Debonding Mechanisms ...... 16081 C. A. Cruz-Noguez, David T. Lau, E. Sherwood

Synergy and Outreach Within the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA). Case Study of ECBR - Romania...... 16090 Emil-Sever Georgescu

An Experimental Study on Full-scaled Steel - Wooden Hybrid Shear Walls...... 16098 L. Li

Third Generation Tsunami Scenario Matrix for the Portuguese Tsunami Early Warning System...... 16105 L. M. Matias, M. A. Baptista, R. Omira, A. Annunziato, G. Franchello, Fernando Carrilho

Influence of the 1999 Chi-chi Earthquake on the Cultural Heritage Conservation System in Taiwan ...... 16115 Chen-Yu Nien, Yu-Chun Lin

Testing and Anchor System Performance of RC Shear Walls Repaired and Strengthened with Externally Bonded FRP Sheets...... 16125 C. A. Cruz-Noguez, David T. Lau, E. Sherwood

Prediction of Fracture of Steel Moment Connection by Cyclic Loading with Various Deformation Amplitude...... 16135 Keiichiro Suita, Yoshiki Manabe, Kouhei Takatsuka, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Takaaki Tsukada

Improving Seismic Safety in Venezuelan Schools...... 16145 O. A. López, Angelo Marinilli, Gustavo Coronel, R. Bonilla, J. Domínguez, R. Vielma

Seismic Performance of Optimally Passive-Controlled Nonlinear Asymmetric Structures...... 16155 J. J. Aguirre, J. L. Almazán

Development of a Simultaneous Safety Conformation System for Impaired Persons at the Time of Earthquake Occurrence ...... 16165 F. Miura

Seismic Hazard Analysis and Development of Ground Motion Parameters for Makkah Region in Saudi Arabia...... 16173 A. Osman

Behaviour and Design of Innovative Hybrid Coupled Shear Walls for Steel Buildings in Seismic Areas...... 16183 A. Zona, Graziano Leoni, Andrea Dall'Asta, C. Braham, T. Bogdan, Hervé Degée

Study on Deformation Capacity of R/C Bearing Walls with Rectangular Cross-section Based on Experimental Database ...... 16193 Masanori Tani, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Susumu Kono

Seismic Fragility Assessment of Transmission Towers via Performance-based Analysis...... 16203 Liyu Xie, Jue Tang, Hesheng Tang, Qiang Xie, Songtao Xue

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment: An Elementary School Case Study in Barreiro, Portugal ...... 16213 C. F. Oliveira, P. Estrela

Defining a Consistent Strategy to Model Groundmotion Parameters for the GEM-PEER Global GMPEs Project ...... 16223 Sinan Akkar, John Douglas, C. Di Alessandro, Kenneth W. Campbell, P. G. Somerville, F. Cotton, W. Silva, J. Baker

Influence of the Soil–Structure Interaction on the Fundamental Period of Large Dynamic Machine Foundation...... 16233 Jingbo Liu, Wenhui Wang, Xiaobo Zhang, Dongdong Zhao

Outline of Japanese Guideline for Influence of the Embedment Length and the Edges on Tensile Resistance of Post-installed Bonded Anchor...... 16240 Katsuhiko Nakano, Yasuhiro Matsuzaki, Tomoaki Sugiyama

Experimental-numerical Analyses of the Seismic Behaviour of Cross-laminated Wall Systems...... 16250 I. Gavric, Giovanni Rinaldin, Claudio Amadio, M. Fragiacomo, Ario Ceccotti

Experimental Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of Hospital Sprinkler Systems ...... 16260 Keng-Chang Kuo, Z. Y. Lin, H. W. Chiang, P. Y. Lin, F. R. Lin, Juin-Fu Chai

Shake Table Tests: Seismic Performance of Anchors Connecting Suspended Nonstructural Components to Concrete...... 16270 P. Mahrenholtz, T. C. Hutchinson, Rolf Eligehausen, Jan Hofmann

Seismic Amplification in Presence of Topography and Their Consequences for Ground Motion Predictions and Seismic Code for Building: The Case of Italy...... 16280 Marco Massa, Sara Lovati, S. Barani

VOLUME 21

Determination of Shear Wave Velocity Structure using Array Method; Case Study of a Site in Tonkabon City...... 16290 Mehran Esfahanaizadeh, Mohammad Reza Davoodi, Ebrahim Haghshenas

The Research on Storey Rigidity Ratio Control of Masonry Structure with Framework at the Bottom ...... 16299 Jingbo Liu, Xiaobo Zhang

Experimental Study on Seismic Performance of Equipment with Vibration Isolation Devices...... 16306 Fan-Ru Lin, Jenn-Shin Hwang, Min-Fu Chen, Shiang-Jung Wang, Jenn-Shin Hwang, Jing-Wen Jeng

Modelling Inherent Damping for Rocking Systems: Results of Large-Scale Shake Table Testing ...... 16316 L. Wieb, Constantin Christopoulos, Robert Tremblay, Martin Leclerc

Rehabilitation of Existing Structures Using Optimal Viscous Damper Placement in the Seismic and Soil Conditions of Romania ...... 16326 A. Gh. Pricopie, D. Cretu

Non Linear Global Numerical Modeling of Pile Group under Seismic Loading ...... 16336 Fadi Hage Chehade, Marwan Sadek, Douaa Bachir

Underwater Shake Table Test for Seismic Response of Caisson Type Seawall with Sloped Seabed...... 16344 Yosuke Ohya, Eiji Kohama, H. Takahashi, T. Ise, M. Yoshida

Experimental Study of Seismic Qualification of Incabinet Equipment in NPP ...... 16351 Fan-Ru Lin, Juin-Fu Chai, Zih-Yu Lai , K. C. Chang, W. I. Liao, Pai-Fang Chou, Chin-Cheng Huang

Seismic Assessment of Retrofitted RC Structures Using Traditional and New Repair Techniques...... 16361 M. El-Assaly, S. El-Kholy, M. Gomaa, O. Mokhtar

Seismic Performance of Dual Steel Concentrically Braced Frames ...... 16371 A. T. Da Silva, C. Rebelo, L. S. Da Silva, M. D’Aniello, Raffaele Landolfo, L. Lima

A Three-tier Procedure for the Seismic Evaluation of School Buildings in Eastern Canada...... 16381 Marie-José Nollet, Mohammed Mestar, Jean Proulx, Ghyslaine McClure, Helene Tisher

Seismic Retrofitting Water and Wastewater Facilities in Metropolis ...... 16391 Hossein Kazem, Homayoon Khadem

Development of Hybrid Floor Isolation System with Semi-active Control...... 16401 Y. Shi, Ryuta Enokida, E. Sato, M. Nakashima

Construction and Waveform Testing of the Crustal and Basin Structure Models for Southwest Japan ...... 16409 Anatoly Petukhin, K. Miyakoshi, Takao Kagawa, Kazuki Koketsu, H. Miyake, T. Masuda

Spatial Quantification of Lifeline System Interdependencies...... 16419 J. Wu, Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio, M. Villagrán

Study on Loess Liquefaction Potential Evaluation Based on Physical Indexes and the Depth Limit...... 16429 Lanmin Wang, Qian Wang, Zhongxia Yuan, Nai Wang

Design Optimization of Steel - Concrete Composite Structures with Requirements on Progressive Collapse Resistance ...... 16437 G. S. Papavasileiou, D. C. Charmpis

Study on the Site Effects on Ground Motion during the Wenchun Ms8.0 Earthquake, China ...... 16445 Lanmin Wang, Zhijian Wu, Tuo Chen

Approach for National Scale Earthquake Risk Assessment: Case Study from Nepal ...... 16455 Amit Kumar, N. Arambepola, Reinhard Mechler, Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler

Performance based Displacement Limits for Reinforced Columns under Flexure ...... 16465 Ahmet Yakut, Taylan Solmaz

Empirical Equations for the Predicting Duration of Earthquake Ground Motion in Iranian Plateau...... 16475 Mojdeh Zargaran, A. Ansari

Nonlinear Seismic Response of Medium-to-High Rise R.C. Framed Buildings Located in a Near-Fault Area...... 16482 F. Mazza, M. Mazza, G. Viscomi

Displacement-Based Design of Hysteretic Dissipative Braces for the Seismic Retrofitting of R.C. Framed Buildings...... 16492 F. Mazza, M. Mazza, A. Vulcano

Accurate Application and Higher-order Solutions of the SAC/FEMA Probabilistic Format for Performance Assessment...... 16502 Dimitrios Vamvatsikos

A Performance Modeling Strategy based on Multifiber Beams to Estimate Crack Openings in Concrete Structures ...... 16512 A. Medjahed, M. Matallah, S. Ghezali, M. Djafour, A. Loukili

Reduced Length Buckling Restrained Brace Using Steel Plates As Restraining Segment...... 16520 S. Ali Razavi, S. R. Mirghaderi, A. Hosseini, M. E. Shemshadian

Seismic Behavior of Chevron-Braced RC Framed Buildings...... 16530 E. A. Godínez-Domínguez, Arturo Tena-Colunga, Luis E. Pérez-Rocha

Numerical and Physical Modeling of Slope Stabilization with Large Diameter Shafts ...... 16540 Ali Guney Ozcebe, C. G. Lai, Vincenzo Fioravante, D. Giretti, Chiara Prearo

Investigation on the Damage Cause of the Bridge Rubber Bearings in the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake...... 16550 T. Kitahara, Yukihide Kajita, Y. Kitane

Study on Constraint Condition for Spectral Inversion Technique...... 16555 T. Kanno, J. Takeda

Comparative Study Between Centralized and Decentralized LQR Controls of a Building–Elevator System ...... 16563 M. Yoshida, Masayuki Kohiyama, M. Takahashi

Hybrid Structural Control Based on the Combination of Tuned Mass Damper and Variable Slip-force Level Damper ...... 16573 P. Xiang, Akira Nishitani

Energy Dissipation of RC Interior Beam-Column Connections and Hysteresis Model...... 16583 H. J. Hwang, H. G. Park, T. S. Eom

Investigation of Shaking Characteristics of ET Excitation Functions Using Effective Number of Cycles of Motion ...... 16590 M. Mashayekhi, H. E. Estekanchi

An Experimental Study on Connection Joints of Composite Mixed Structures Consisting of Existing R/C Buildings Retrofitted with Exterior Steel Frames...... 16600 R. Mitomi, K. Takahashi, T. Ito, W. Kambe, K. Fujii

Generation of Non-Stationary Ground Motions for Probabilistic Seismic Risk Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants ...... 16610 D. K. Kim, S. G. Cho, Y. F. Dong

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment Based on Vibration Data at the City-scale...... 16620 C. Michel, Philippe Guéguen

A Method to Determine the Appropriate GMPEs for a Selected Seismic Prone Region...... 16627 Ö. Kale, D. Sinan Akkar

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant: A Retrospective Evaluation...... 16637 Panagiotis Carydis, Antonios Pomonis, K. Goda

Bi-Directional Experimental Hybrid Simulations of Elastomeric Isolation Bearings for Validation of Hysteretic Modeling...... 16647 Y. Murakoshi, Akira Igarashi, J. Dang, T. Ito

Seismic Response Comparisons between RC Precast Structures with Dissipation Devices on Beam-Column Connections ...... 16657 S. Santagati, D. Bellotti, Davide Bolognini, Emanuele Brunesi

Development of Seismic Hazard Zoning Map for Iran, Based on New Seismic Source Determination...... 16667 M. Zaré

Numerical Simulations of the Behavior of Tuned Liquid Dampers Subjected to Seismic Actions...... 16676 M. J. Falcão Silva, Alfredo Campos Costa, L. M. C. Guerreiro

Seismic Assessment of a 15-Story Building Damaged in the Chile Earthquake of February 27th 2010 ...... 16686 Mohsen Kohrangi, Timothy J. Sullivan, Gian Michele Calvi

Assessment of the Performance of Rectangular Shaped Tuned Liquid Dampers for Vibration Mitigation in a Building Without Seismic Design...... 16696 M. J. Falcão Silva, Alfredo Campos Costa, L. M. C. Guerreiro

Seismic Isolation of Continuous Bridges Through Curved Surface Sliders Combined with Shock Transmission Units ...... 16706 Maria Gabriella Castellano, Gian Paolo Colato, Samuele Infanti, R. Borella

Report on Retrofit Procedure of School Buildings in Islamic Republic of Iran...... 16714 Alireza Mahdizadeh, Morteza Raissi, J. Borzouie

Financial Analysis of Retrofitting Projects and Its Role in Decision Making ...... 16723 J. Borzouie, Mohammad Yekrangnia, Alireza Mahdizadeh, Hamed Seyri, Morteza Raissi

New Approach to Seismic Rehabilitation of Masonry School Buildings...... 16733 Alireza Mahdizadeh, J. Borzouie, M. Raessi

Formulation and Validation of a Macro-element for the Equivalent Frame Modelling of Internal Walls in Pombalino Buildings ...... 16743 H. A. Meireles, Rita Bento, Serena Cattari, Sérgio Lagomarsino

Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of Pombalino Buildings by Fragility Curves...... 16753 H. A. Meireles, Rita Bento, Serena Cattari, Sérgio Lagomarsino

Cyclic Response of R/C Jacketed Columns Including Modelling of the Interface Behaviour...... 16763 G. E. Thermou, V. K. Papanikolaou, Andreas J. Kappos

On the Vibration Mechanism of Historical Menar-Jonban Monument in Iran ...... 16773 Naghdali Hosseinzadeh, Mina Hosseinzadeh

Assessment of the Performance of Circular Shaped Tuned Liquid Dampers on the Behavior of an Existing Building...... 16783 M. J. Falcão Silva, Alfredo Campos Costa, P. Coelho, L. M. C. Guerreiro

Experimental Investigation of Inertial Force Control for Substructure Shake Table Tests ...... 16793 M. Stehman, Narutoshi Nakata

Reflection on the Seismic Vulnerability Associated to Common RC Buildings in Nepal...... 16803 H. Chaulagain, Hugo Rodrigues, Enrico Spacone, Humberto Varum

Earthen Construction: Structural Vulnerabilities and Retrofit Solutions for Seismic Actions ...... 16813 C. F. Oliveira, Humberto Varum, J. Vargas

Examination of Integrated Velocity Model of Shallow and Deep Structure in Fujisawa City in Japan ...... 16822 S. Senna, Y. Inagaki, H. Matsuyama, Hiroyuki Fujiwara

Improved Estimation of Collapse Risk for Structures in Seismic Regions...... 16832 L. Eads, E. Miranda, H. Krawinkler, D. G. Lignos

On the Seismic Design History and Analysis of the Desjararstifla Dam in Iceland...... 16842 Fjola Gudrun Sigtryggsdottir, Jonas Thor Snaebjoernsson, P. R. Palmason

Demand Surge Following Earthquakes ...... 16852 A. H. Olsen

Jakarta’s First Seismic-Isolated Building a 25 Story Tower...... 16858 S. M. Hussain, M. H. Alhamaydeh, N. E. Aly

Trends in the Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Structures, Comparison of Two Current Methods ...... 16868 H. Castellanos, A. Gustavo Ayala

Strong Ground Motion Attenuation Relations for Chilean Subduction Zone Interface Earthquakes ...... 16878 V. Contreras, R. Boroschek

A Displacement-Based Multi-Level Seismic Design Method for Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures ...... 16888 J. F. Barradas, A. Gustavo Ayala

Design Formula for Rehabilitated Angle Steel Member Using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Plates...... 16898 Hiroyuki Tamai, Akeo Hattori, Yoshiyuki Ozawa, Tokuji Haitani, Takao Takamatsu

Earthquake Damage Potential of Bridges Subjected to Flood and Seismic Hazards ...... 16907 S. T. Song, W. H. Huang, Y. L. Tan

Study on Sliding Base Isolation System Utilizing High Viscous Liquid with Large Damping Effects ...... 16917 T. Ito, Atsuhiko Shintani, C. Nakagawa

The Investigation of High-cycle Loading from the Perspective of Seismology...... 16927 R. Kliukas, M. K. Leonavicius, G. Petraitis, R. Stonkus

Experimental Determination of the Natural Frequencies of a Full Scale Double Layer Grid with Ball Joint System...... 16935 Seyedamin Mostafavian, Mohammad Reza Davoodi, Javad Vaseghi Amiri, Siroos Gholampoor

Pushover Analysis for Unreinforced Masonry Buildings subjected to Torsion – Comparison of Numerical and Analytical Calculations ...... 16944 Yves Mondet, Bernard Braun, Katrin Schmahl, Pierino Lestuzzi

Implementing Conditional Hazard for Earthquake Engineering Practice: The Italian Example...... 16954 E. Chioccarelli, Simona Esposito, Iunio Iervolino

REXEL 3.3: Closing the Loop of Computer Aided Record Selection ...... 16964 Iunio Iervolino, C. Galasso, E. Chioccarelli

Estimates of Spectral Acceleration Amplification of Observation Stations in the Iwate-Miyagi and Niigata Regions, Japan...... 16974 Rami Ibrahim, Kazuki Koketsu, Hiroe Miyake, Hongjun Si

Seismic Robustness Assessment of Code Compliant Steel Moment Resisting Frame Under Seismic Triggered Sequences of Events...... 16984 Filipe L. A. Ribeiro, Luís C. Neves, André R. Barbosa

Evaluation of Pile Stress Based on Response Displacement Method Considering Earth Pressure and Sidewall Friction Acting on Embedded Footing - Case of Dry Sand Layer on Liquefied Soil - ...... 16994 Shuji Tamura, Takenori Hida

Baseline Adjustment Scheme for Near- and Far-fault Records...... 17004 Rajesh Rupakhety, Sigurður Unnar Sigurðsson, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson

Nonlinear Analysis of a Reinforced Concrete Mock-Up Under Seismic Loading...... 17014 B. Richard, F. Ragueneau

Time-Dependent Seismic Reliability of Damage-Cumulating Non-Evolutionary Bilinear Systems...... 17024 Iunio Iervolino, E. Chioccarelli, M. Giorgio

Spatial Steel Structures with Passive Seismic Protection...... 17034 O. Prodan, N. Chira, I. Ladar, P. Alexa

Full Scale Testing of Unreinforced Masonry Walls with Openings...... 17044 F. Parisi, N. Augenti, Andrea Prota, Gaetano Manfredi

MADA: Online Experimental Database for Mechanical Modelling of Existing Masonry Assemblages...... 17054 N. Augenti, F. Parisi, E. Acconcia

Experimental Data Analysis for Mechanical Modelling of Existing Brick Masonry Structures ...... 17060 F. Parisi, N. Augenti

Impact of Coupled Axial-flexure-shear Modeling on Seismic Demand of High Rise Walls ...... 17070 Tahir Mehmood, Pennung Warnitchai

Shear-moment Interaction of Earthquake Resistance Confined Masonry Walls...... 17079 J. J. Perez-Gavilan, A. Manzano

Physics-based Broadband Ground-motion Simulations: Rupture Dynamics Combined with Seismic Scattering and Heterogeneous Earth Crust...... 17089 P. M. Mai, L. A. Dalguer

Experimental Cyclic Response of Ductile Partially-encased Composite Members...... 17099 Christian Málaga-Chuquitaype, Ahmed Y. Elghazouli, X. Ban

VOLUME 22

Study of Structural Control in Coupled Buildings ...... 17108 Manuel Ruiz Sandoval, L. B. Ugarte, Billie F. Spencer

Real-Time Post-Earthquake Performance Evaluation and Damage Detection for Buildings...... 17118 Farzad Naeim

Proposal of Hysteresis Model and Damage Evaluation Method of Steel Beams Subjected to Inelastic Cyclic Loading...... 17127 K. Mori, T. Ito

Static and Dynamic Loading Test on Base Foundation in a Reinforced Concrete School Building...... 17137 T. Kabeyasawa, Y. Hosokawa, Y. Kim

Combined Compression and Bending Behavior of Built-Up Columns Using High-Strength Steel ...... 17147 X. Lin, K. Hayashi, M. Nakashima, T. Okazaki, Y. L. Chung

Moment-Curvature Analysis of R/C Jacketed Rectangular Sections Including Interface Slip Under Cyclic Loading ...... 17153 V. K. Papanikolaou, G. E. Thermou, Andreas J. Kappos

Experimental Characterization and Modeling of Energy Dissipation in Reinforced Concrete Beams Subjected to Cyclic Loading ...... 17163 R. Crambuer, B. Richard, N. Ile, F. Ragueneau

Experimental Study on Seismic Performance of Precast Reinforced Concrete Core Walls...... 17173 Tadaharu Nakachi, R. Tokunaga

Analytical Study of Seismic Progressive Collapse in One-Story Steel Building...... 17181 Fariborz Nateghi Alahi, N. Parsaeifard

Abutment Reactions and Higher Modes of Transverse Vibration of Continuous Bridges...... 17190 Gaetano Della Corte, R. De Risi

Structural Vulnerability of Nepalese Pagoda Temples ...... 17200 M. Shakya, Humberto Varum, R. Vicente, A. Costa

Experimental Simulation of Seismic Response of Masonry Walls...... 17210 Matija Gams, Miha Tomaževic

Shock Vibration Control of Structures using Fluid Viscous Dampers...... 17218 D. I. Narkhede, Ravi Sinha

Seismic Approach Design Comparison Between IBC and Italian DM2008 ...... 17228 L. Zanaica, F. Caobianco

A Combination of the IDA-based Bayesian Probability Network and the Response Surface Method in System Reliability Assessment of Steel Frames ...... 17237 Seyed-Ehsan Fereshtehnejad, Mehdi Banazadeh

Reconstruction and Seismic Strengthening of the Blown Up Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Mostar...... 17247 V. Shendova, Z. Bozinovski, M. A. Garevski, B. Stojanoski, E. Gjorgjievska

Seismic Strengthening of the Parliament Building of Republic of Macedonia: Necessity, Solution and Construction...... 17257 Z. Bozinovski, V. Shendova, G. Necevska Cvetnovska, Roberta Apostolska, E. Gjorgjievska, G. Jekic

Seismic Damage Index for Classification of Structural Damage – Closing the Loop...... 17267 Ravi Sinha, S. R. Shiradhonkar

2012 Update of the Campbell-Bozorgnia NGA Ground Motion Prediction Equations: A Progress Report...... 17277 Kenneth W. Campbell, Yousef Bozorgnia

Adaptation of Energy Principles in Seismic Design of Turkish RC Frame Structures. Part I: Input Energy Spectrum...... 17285 A. Okur, Murat Altug Erberik

Innovative Bridge Information System (BIS) Applied in Structural Categorization and Advanced Seismic Upgrading of Existing Bridges in R. Macedonia...... 17295 D. N. Ristic, V. Micov, Marija Vitanova

Comparison of the NGA-W1 Vertical-to-Horizontal Spectral Acceleration Ratio Prediction Equations with Turkish Strong Ground Motion Database...... 17305 Z. Gulerce, B. Kargioglu, E. Akyuz

Seismic Analysis of the Roman Temple of Évora, Portugal ...... 17315 D. V. Oliveira, G. Grecchi, A. McCall, J. Noh, E. Speer, M. Tohidi

Assessment of a Type of Post-tensioned Masonry Walls System for Dwelling Construction in Seismic Prone Areas ...... 17325 A. Orduña, C. Tula, R. Licea

Improvement of the Earthquake Resistance of Incrementally Launched Concrete Bridges ...... 17333 S. D. Tegou, I. A. Tegos

An Innovative Earthquake Resistant System with Concrete Walls for Bridges ...... 17343 S. D. Tegou, I. A. Tegos

Seismic Evaluation of Pile Foundation Systems Subjected to Rocking...... 17353 Pedro F. Silva, Majid T. Manzari

Energy Dissipation Design with Viscous Dampers in High-Rise Buildings ...... 17363 Jianxing Chen, Lianjin Bao

Use of Cumulative Absolute Velocity (CAV) in Damage Assessment ...... 17370 Kenneth W. Campbell, Yousef Bozorgnia

Failure Mode Control and Displacement Based Design of Dissipative Truss Moment Frames: Seismic Performance Evaluation...... 17380 Alessandra Longo, Rosario Montuori, Vincenzo Piluso

Damage Localization of Output-Only Systems by DLV Method...... 17390 Yen-Po Wang, Yi-Ting Lin, Gang Huang

Seismic Hazard Above the South America Subduction Zone in Southern Peru...... 17398 Ivan Wong, Mark Dober, Silvio Pezzopane, Patricia Thomas, Fabia Terra

Some Recent Developments of Post-Earthquake Restoration and Pre-Earthquake Preparation ...... 17408 R. C. Lo, Y. Wang

Seismic Evaluation of Concrete Wall Buildings...... 17419 B. E. Kehoe, A. K. Tureyen

Improvement of the Dynamic Response of a Concrete Bridge using Special Bearings and Passive Control Devices ...... 17429 Al. G. Ercusi, D. I. Cretu, I. R. Racanel, T. Labis Cretu

Experimental Damage Detection in Planar Frames ...... 17437 Manuel Ruiz Sandoval, R. Moreno

Numerical and Experimental Study on Seismic Behavior of Base-isolated Nuclear Power Plant ...... 17447 Fei Wang, Tao Wang, Lutong Ding

An Earthquake Risk Management Master Plan for Mumbai: Risk Assessment and its Mitigation ...... 17455 Ravi Sinha, A. Goyal, R. M. Shinde, M. Meena

Microtremor Array Survey in Active Fold Area Niigata Japan – Using SPAC and V-method...... 17464 Masayuki Yoshimi, Takumi Hayashida, Takashi Sugiyama

Seismic Performance Assessment of Industrial Structures in Turkey Using the Fragility Curves ...... 17474 Baki Ozturk, H. Eren Sahin, Caner Yildiz

Comparison of Eurocode 8 and Turkish Earthquake Code 2007 for Residential RC Buildings in Cyprus...... 17481 I. Safkan

Study on Nonlinear Static Analysis of R/C Frames Retrofitted with Steel Plate Shear Wall...... 17490 A. R. Shokrzadeh, M. Miri

Seismic Evaluation of Multi-Panel Steel Concentrically Braced Frames ...... 17500 A. Imanpour, Robert Tremblay, Ali Davaran

Spatial Correlation of Acceleration Spectral Ordinates from European Data ...... 17510 Simona Esposito, Iunio Iervolino

Seismic Risk Analysis of Lifelines: Preliminary Results for the Case-Study of L’Aquila ENEL Rete Gas...... 17519 Simona Esposito, Iunio Iervolino, Francesco Silvestri, A. D’Onofrio, A. Santo, Francesco Cavalieri, P. Franchin

Assessment of Structures Subjected to Multiple Earthquakes...... 17529 Luigi Di Sarno, A. S. Elnashai

Seismic Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies (SERIES)...... 17539 Michael N. Fardis

Seismic Evaluation of an Eight Story Building with Self-Centering Steel Moment Resisting Frames and Flange Friction Devices...... 17549 Pedro Rojas, Diana Suárez, James Ricles, Richard Sause

Collapse Analysis of the Basilica di Santa Maria di Collemaggio, L’Aquila, Italy, 2009...... 17559 Vincenzo Arcidiacono, Gian Paolo Cimellaro, John A. Ochsendorf

Calculation Methods for Inter-Story Drifts of Building Structures ...... 17569 Jing Zhou, Guobin Bu, Kangning Li

The Research of Lithospheric Plates Tectonics of the Earth on the Base of Data of Seismostations, GPS Systems, the Solutions of Problems of Elasticity Theory and the Earthquakes Prediction ...... 17576 Lenser Aghalovyan

Design and Optimization of Base Isolated Masonry Buildings ...... 17585 Paolo Clemente, Franco Bontempi, Antonio Boccamazzo

A New Method for Assessing the Seismic Risk Index of Urban Fabrics ...... 17595 Meghdad Hajibabaee, Kambod Amini Hosseini, Mohammad Reza Ghayamghamian

Variability of Synthetic Waveforms Caused by the Selection of Small Earthquake in Stochastic Green’s Function Method...... 17603 Atsushi Wakai, Atsushi Nozu

A Study on Seismicity of Eastern Alborz from October, 2009 to Jaunary, 2010 Based on Local Network...... 17609 Hosseyn Hamzehloo, Mohsen Farokhi, Gholam Javan, Malihe Houshmand

Seismic Hazard Maps of Iran...... 17618 Hosseyn Hamzehloo, Ali Alikhanzadeh, Mohsen Rahmani, Anooshiravan Ansari

Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Buildings with Reinforced Concrete Floor Slabs: The Schools D. João De Castro and Sá Da Bandeira - Portugal...... 17626 Antonio Sousa Gago, Jorge Miguel Proença, Miguel Villar

Seismic Assessment Methods for Concrete Gravity Dams ...... 17635 Luca Furgani, Stefania Imperatore, Camillo Nuti

Fracture-energy Scaling in Dynamic Models of Past Earthquakes As a Constraint for Physics-based Ground- motion Simulations...... 17645 Mathieu Causse, L. A. Dalguer, Martin Mai

Recent Advances in Dynamic Identification and Response Simulation of Hybrid Base Isolation Systems ...... 17655 Athanasios A. Markou, Anastasia Athanasiou, Giuseppe Oliveto

Nonstationary Stochastic Simulation of Strong Ground-Motion Time Histories: Application to the Japanese Database ...... 17665 Aurore Laurendeau, F. Cotton, Luis Fabian Bonilla

Pressure Profiles Exerted by Grain-like Material on the Silo Walls in Accelerated Conditions ...... 17675 Tomaso Trombetti, Stefano Silvestri, Giada Gasparini, Dora Foti, Salvador Ivorra Chorro

Force Reduction Factors for Building Structures Equipped with Added Viscous Dampers...... 17685 Stefano Silvestri, Luca Landi, Giada Gasparini, Michele Palermo, Tomaso Trombetti

Period Shifting Effect on the Corner Displacement Magnification of One-Storey Asymmetric Systems...... 17695 Tomaso Trombetti, Michele Palermo, Stefano Silvestri, Giada Gasparini

First-Storey Isolation Concept for Multi-Performance Seismic Design of Steel Buildings...... 17705 Ilaria Ricci, Giada Gasparini, Stefano Silvestri, Stefano Gagliardi, Tomaso Trombetti, Michele Palermo

Seismic Design of Moment Resisting Frame Structures Equipped with Viscous Dampers...... 17715 Michele Palermo, Stefano Silvestri, Giada Gasparini, Tomaso Trombetti, Luca Landi

Log Piling Method to Mitigate Liquefaction Damage...... 17725 Atsunori Numata, Hiroshi Motoyama, Hikaru Kubo, Masaho Yoshida

Evaluation of Soil Heterogeneity Effects on the Coherency Function of Seismic Motions...... 17731 Bilal Laib, Nasser Laouami, Abdennasser Slimani

Estimate of Fundamental Period of Reinforced Concrete Buildings: Code Provisions Vs. Experimental Measures in Victoria and Vancouver (BC, Canada)...... 17741 Leonardo Chiauzzi, Angelo Masi, Marco Mucciarelli, J. F. Cassidy, K. Kutyn, J. Traber, Carlos E. Ventura, Felix Yao

Analytical Study of Connection Detailing Role in Seismic Behaviour of SMRF: Case of Unequal Beam Depth...... 17751 Peyman Shademanheidari, Roohollah Ahmady, Hossein Kayhani, Pouya Shademanheidari, B. H. Hashemi

Seismic Performance of Existing Residential Buildings...... 17761 Mary Saldivar, Lucas Garino Libardi, Gustavo Navarta Navarro

Structural Evaluation Method for Self-made Houses in High Seismic Hazard Regions...... 17771 Mary Saldivar, Osvaldo Albarracín

Uniform Annual Failure Rate Spectra for Friction Pendulum Isolated Structures ...... 17781 J. Luz Rivera-Salas, Sonia E. Ruiz, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar

Earthquake Disaster Simulation in Immersive 3D Environment ...... 17790 Ravi Sinha, Ashish Sapre, Atul Patil, Ankur Singhvi, Mukund Sathe, Vivek Rathi

Binomial Logistic Regression Model for Probabilistic Assessment of Failure of Reinforced Concrete Beam Column Joints Subjected to Seismic Action ...... 17799 Nilanjan Mitra

Training Teachers on Disaster Risk Reduction in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities...... 17809 Yasamin O. Izadkhah, Mahmood Hosseini, V. Heshmati

An Investigation on the Pre- and Post- Repair Vibrational Characteristics of Two Gymnasiums Damaged Subjected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake...... 17817 Keita Araki, Masaki Wakui, Jun Iyama

Research on the Design Approach of Displacement Restriction Device of Function-variable Seismic Isolation Bearing of Seismic Isolation Bridge...... 17825 Wenliuhan Heisha, Yu Fang, Shuai Wang, Guo-Xiang Wang, Huan Shi

Nonlinear Seismic Response of Concentrically Braced Frames using Finite Element Models...... 17834 Jack English, Jamie Goggins

A Comparison of Analytical Approaches for the Assessment of Seismic Displacements of Geosynthetically Reinforced Geostructures...... 17844 Yiannis Tsompanakis, Prodromos Psarropoulos, Ioanna Tzavara, Varvara Zania

Geohazard Assessment for Onshore Pipelines in Areas with Moderate Or High Seismicity ...... 17851 Prodromos Psarropoulos, Panos Karvelis, A. A. Antoniou

Seismic Upgrade of Exterior RC Beam-to-Column Joints with CFRP Jacketing: Experimental Investigation...... 17861 Carmine Lima, Annalisa Napoli, Roberto Realfonzo, Enzo Martinelli, Ciro Faella, J. G. Ruiz Pinilla

Automatic Definition of Hazard-compatible Accelerograms at Non-rocky Sites ...... 17871 Mirko Corigliano, C. G. Lai, Maria Rota, Andrea Penna

Residual Seismic Resistant Performance of Damaged Braced Steel Frames After Inelastic Behavior...... 17881 Terufumi Inoue, Yusuke Shimoda, T. Ito

Experimental Study on the Buckling Behaviour of Reinforcing Bars in FRP-confined RC Columns...... 17891 Yu-Lei Bai, Jian-Guo Dai, Jin-Guang Teng

The ShakeMap at the Instituto de Meteorologia...... 17901 Célia Marreiros, Fernando Carrilho

Monotonic, Cyclic and Shaking Table Tests on Pinned Beam – Column Connections...... 17909 Ioannis Psycharis, Harris Mouzakis

VOLUME 23

Experimental and Theoretical Assessment of the Seismic Behaviour of a Medium-Rise Hybrid Wood Construction System ...... 17919 Elia Terzi, Andrea Polastri, Ario Ceccotti

Effect of Mechanical Soil Parameters on Fault Rupture Propagation through Granular Soils ...... 17929 Mahda Mortazavi Zanjani, Abbas Soroush, Roya Solhmirzai

Effect of Polypropylene Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites for Enhancing the Seismic Performance of a Full- Scale Bridge Column Based on E-Defense Excitation ...... 17937 Richelle Zafra, Kazuhiko Kawashima, Tomohiro Sasaki, Koichi Kajiwara, Manabu Nakayama

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Masonry Buildings Retrofitted by Pre-Cast RC Walls ...... 17947 Tao Wang, Qisong Miao, Wenfeng Li, Xi Chen, Lutong Ding, Dongdong Ge

Seismic Behavior of High-Rise Concrete Shear-Wall Buildings with Hybrid Coupling Beams ...... 17955 Tao Wang, Xun Guo, Xiongke He, Yufeng Du, Chengshou Duan

Velocity Structure Inversion from H/V Spectral Ratios of Earthquake Data: Application to the Tohoku Region, Japan...... 17963 Ariane Ducellier, Hiroshi Kawase, Shinichi Matsushima

A Study on the Regional Customize of Modern Construction Methods in Urbanizing Developing Countries...... 17970 Ayako Maeshima

Structural Damage Localization in a Suspension Bridge Under Seismic Excitation...... 17977 Marco Domaneschi, Maria Pina Limongelli, Luca Martinelli

Issues Concerning General Torsion in Code Provisions ...... 17987 Dietlinde Kober, Dan Zamfirescu

Ground Sampling and Laboratory Testing on Low Plasticity Clays ...... 17996 Masoud Mohajeri, Mohsen Ghafghazi

Influence of nonlinearity on general torsion...... 18006 Dietlinde Kober, Dan Zamfirescu

Substructural Parameters and Excitation Identification for a High-rise Frame Model Structure ...... 18016 Jia He, Bin Xu, Xiaozhe Zhang

New Developments on Automatic Macroseismic Evaluation Based on Internet Questionnaires at I.M., I. P...... 18024 Paulo Alves, Célia Marreiros, Fernando Carrilho

Seismic Risk Assessment of an Industrial Steel Building Part 1: Modelling and Analysis ...... 18034 Fabio Petruzzelli, Gaetano Della Corte, Iunio Iervolino

Experimental Study on Axial Compression Behavior of RC Columns Under Rapid Loadings...... 18044 Xiang Zeng, Bin Xu, Xiaozhe Zhang

Seismic Risk Assessment of an Industrial Steel Building Part 2: Fragility and Failure Probabilities...... 18050 Fabio Petruzzelli, Iunio Iervolino, Gaetano Della Corte

Interface Debonding Defect of a Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Using PZT Technology ...... 18060 Bing Li, Bin Xu, Xiaozhe Zhang

Non-Linear Behaviour of Steel-Concrete Composite Moment Resisting Frames...... 18066 Claudio Amadio, Maria Rosaria Pecce, Fernando Rossi, Giovanni Rinaldin

On the Magnitude – And Distance Dependency of the Ground-motion Variability: Comparison Between Numerical Simulations and Real Data Analysis ...... 18076 Afifa Imtiaz, Mathieu Causse, F. Cotton

Seismic Performance Assessment of Bridges in Montreal Using Incremental Dynamic Analysis...... 18085 Payam Tehrani, Denis Mitchell

High Attenuation Rate for Shallow, Small Earthquakes in Japan ...... 18095 Hongjun Si, Kazuki Koketsu, Hiroe Miyake, Rami Ibrahim

Marble Devices for the Base Isolation of the Two Bronzes of Riace: a Proposal for the David of Michelangelo ...... 18103 Gerardo De Canio

Performances of Ductile Fuses in Reducing Seismic Demand on Connections of Concentrically Steel Braced Frames ...... 18113 Étienne Desjardins, Frédéric Légeron, Ehsan Ahmed

A Framework to Assess the Impact of Seismic Shocks on Complex Urban Critical Infrastructure Networks...... 18123 Indranil Kongar, Tiziana Rossetto

1-D Stochastic Site Response Analysis of Soil Deposits with Random Parameters ...... 18133 Sahin Caglar Tuna, Selim Altun

Simulation of Ground Motions for the City of Izmir ...... 18142 Sahin Caglar Tuna, Selim Altun

Numerical Simulation on the Elastic-Plastic Wave Propagation in Framed Structures...... 18151 Yuanbo Zhao, Jiayong Tian, Hui Qi

A New Analytical Model for Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints Subjected to Cyclic Loading ...... 18159 Takasuke Saito, Masaru Kikuchi

Parametric Study on Seismic Behaviour of Exterior Reinforced Concrete Flat Plate Column Connection ...... 18169 Abhijeet Kashliwal, Kaustubh Dasgupta

Influence of Soil-Structure Interaction on Seismic Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Integral Bridge Piers ...... 18179 Sreedhar Rao Gentela, Kaustubh Dasgupta

Basic Experimental Study on the Flexural Strength of the Beam Web at Square CFT Column - H Shaped Beam Connection...... 18189 Mao Liu, Masae Kido, Keigo Tsuda

Seismic Retrofitting of Deficient RC Structures with Internal Steel Frames by Using Pseudo Dynamic Testing Procedure ...... 18198 Ramazan Ozcelik, Baris Binici, Ozgur Kurc

PSA-based Seismic Margin Assessment of a NPP with Advanced Passive Safety Features ...... 18208 Manuel Pellissetti, Gerben Dirksen

Assessment of Infill Framed Building Constructed after 2005 Earthquake in Muzzafrabad ...... 18218 Aslam Faqeer Mohammad, Sarosh Hashmat Lodi

Nonlinear Static Analysis of an Infill Framed Reinforced Concrete Building ...... 18228 Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Aslam Faqeer Mohammad

EGF Simulation of High Frequency Ground Motion. A Case Study for Mw=5.0 Central Marmara Fault Earthquake...... 18238 Aydin Mert, Yasin Fahjan, Ali Pinar, Lawrence Hutchings

Panel Zone Detailing Influences on SMRF Cyclic Behaviour Considering Unequal Beam Depth...... 18248 Peyman Shademanheidari, Roohollah Ahmady, Hossein Kayhani, B. H. Hashemi, Pouya Shadmanheidari

Dynamic Behavior of Turbine Foundation Considering Full Interaction Among Facility, Structure and Soil...... 18256 Ming Fang, Tao Wang, Hui Li

Model Scale Shaking Table Tests on Masonry Barrel and Cross Vaults...... 18266 Martin Williams, Alejandra Albuerne, V. Lawson, F. Yip

Constraints on Ground Motion Models for Seismic Hazard Assessment in Active and Stable Regions of Western Iberia...... 18276 Susana Vilanova, J. F. B. D. Fonseca, Carlos Sousa Oliveira

Overview on Current Seismic Hazard Disaggregation Studies for Western Iberia and Consequences for Ground Shaking Scenarios for Lisbon...... 18284 J. F. B. D. Fonseca, Susana Vilanova

Seismic Behavior of RC Buildings with Large Lightly Reinforced Walls...... 18289 Marisa Pecce, Fabio Antonio Bibbò, Francesca Ceroni

Los Angeles Inventory: Implications for Retrofit Policies for Nonductile Concrete Buildings...... 18299 Mary Comerio, Thalia Anagnos

Seismic Design of Cable-stayed Bridges. The South Crossing Bridge in Guayaquil, Ecuador ...... 18308 Gian Michele Calvi, Matteo Moratti, Antonio Villani, Dario Pietra, Rui Pinho

Investigation of Seismic Failure for High Arch Dam with Model Test on Shaking Table...... 18318 Jing Zhou, Xin Feng, Tong Zhu

Study on Shaking Table Test and Simulation Analysis of Graphite Dowel-Socket Structure ...... 18326 Xiangxiong Kong, Tiehua Shi, Shaoge Cheng, Libin Sun, Zhensheng Zhang, Yuqin Hu

Basic Experimental Study on Flexural Strength of Beam Web Connected to Circular CFT Column...... 18333 Guiqiu Shi, Masae Kido, Keigo Tsuda

Determination of Mechanical Properties of the Kathmandu World Heritage Brick Masonry Buildings ...... 18339 Hari Ram Parajuli

Direct Shear Transfer Mechanism Between Concrete and Glued Laminated Timber ...... 18349 Keiichi Katori, Yoshio Matsushita, Koichi Matsuno

Earthquake Resistance of Transmission Steel Towers...... 18356 Yusuke Sato, Tomomi Ishikawa

Numerical Study of Effects of Synclinal Basement Topography on Ground Motion Characteristics...... 18364 J. P. Narayan, Vinay Kumar

3D Numerical Simulation of Basin Effects on the Characteristics of Basin-Transduced Rayleigh Waves...... 18374 J. P. Narayan, Kamal

Development of 3D Staggered Grid Fourth Order Finite Difference Algorithm for Strong Ground Motion...... 18384 J. P. Narayan, Darakhshan Sahar

Base Isolation for the Seismic Protection of Historical Buildings...... 18394 Marco Mezzi, Walter Cecchini, Riccardo Vetturini

Assessment of an Energy-Based Method for Pushover Analyses...... 18404 Marco Mezzi, Enrico Tomassoli

Provisions for Numerical Investigation of Utilizing Simultaneous Performance of Supplementary Concrete on Steel Structure Connections Retrofitting...... 18414 Hamid Reza Vosoughifar, Seyed Kazem Sadat Shokouhi, A. Dolatshah

Performance of Cultural Heritage of Lorca (Spain) During the Two Small Earthquakes of May 11th, 2011...... 18424 Mercedes Feriche, Francisco Vidal, Gerardo Alguacil, Carolina Aranda, J. Pérez-Muelas, Manuel Navarro, A. Lemme

Vulnerability of New Zealand Ports to Natural Hazards ...... 18434 B. Ragued, L. M. Wotherspoon, J. M. Ingham

Influence of Seismic Pounding on Dynamic Response of Skewed Highway Bridges...... 18444 Mohsen Amjadian, Afshin Kalantari

Experimental Evaluation of Seismic Behavior of Quincha Walls from the Historical Centre of Lima – Peru...... 18454 Daniel Torrealva, Erika Vicente

Local Buckling Behavior of All-Steel Buckling Restrained Braces ...... 18462 Hoveidae Nader, Rafezy Behzad

Uncertainty and Spatial Correlation Models for Earthquake Losses ...... 18472 Nilesh Shome, Nirmal Jayaram, Mohsen Rahnama

Nonlinear Cyclic Modeling of Concentrically Braced Frames...... 18482 Gang Li, Larry A. Fahnestock, Hong-Nan Li, Su-Yan Wang

Evaluation of Shear-wave Velocity Profiles from Ambient Vibration Array Recordings in SW British Columbia, Canada...... 18489 Sheri Molnar, Carlos E. Ventura, W. D. Liam Finn, Madhi Taiebat, S. E. Dosso, J. F. Cassidy

Partitioned Time Integration Methods for Hybrid Simulators...... 18499 Oreste S. Bursi, Giuseppe Abbiati, Bin Wu, Guoshan Xu

Acceleration-Based Design of Low-Rise Based-Isolated Buildings...... 18509 Oscar Zuñiga, Guillermo Coeto, Amador Téran-Gilmore, Jose Antonio Alonso

Liquefaction Assessment through Machine Learning Approach ...... 18519 Silvia Garcia, Efraín Ovando-Shelley, Jose Luis Gutierrez, Julio Garcia

Assistance from Unaffected Municipalities in a Disaster – A Case Study: The Great East Japan Earthquake ...... 18529 Hiroko Koumoto, Kishie Shigekawa, Satoshi Tanaka

Shaking Table Test for Evaluation of Human Loss by Furniture during Strong Motion ...... 18537 Toru Takahashi, Shinya Watanabe, Hiroka Nakaizumi, Taiki Saito

Field Investigation and Dynamic Analysis of Damaged Structure on Pile Foundation during the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake ...... 18543 Masatoshi Yamazoe, Joji Sakuta, Kazuya Mitsuji, Masaki Maeda

Countermeasure for Slope Failure by Wooden Pile ...... 18553 Shigeru Miwa, Hirosi Motoyama, Atsunori Numata

Seismic Behavior of New Visco Plastic Device Equipped with Steel Cores and Viscoelastic Solid...... 18562 Abolhasan Banisheikholeslami, Farhad Behnamfar

Structural Dynamics Virtual Laboratory: A Learning Toolkit for Young Engineers and Practicing Professionals ...... 18571 Abhishake Munipala, Venkata Dilip Kumar Pasupuleti, Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla

Study on Response Modification Factor for Stiffened Steel Shear Wall Systems...... 18581 Ali Bakhshi, Jalal Aslani

A Numerical-Substructure-Based Approach for the Synthesis of Substructurability and Exact Synchronisation Controllers...... 18591 Jia-Ying Tu, Jheng-Ying Jiang

A Output-Based Approach for the Control of Dynamically Substructured Systems with Real-Time Finite Element Substructures ...... 18601 Jia-Ying Tu, Jheng-Ying Jiang

25 Years of EQ Preparedness in the Russian Federation ...... 18611 Mark Klyachko, Andrey Ponomarev, Anton Frolov, Enrique Simbort, Daniiar Iusupov

Collapse Performance Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Special Moment Frame Systems Considering Soil– Structure Interaction...... 18618 Farhad Behnamfar, Saeed Hagholahiy

Seismic Reinforcement of Confined Masonry Walls made with Hollow Bricks using Wire Meshes...... 18625 Angel San Bartolome, Daniel Quiun, Krishan Barr, Cesar Pineda

Performance - Based Seismic Strengthening of RC Building Structures...... 18635 Nisrine Makhoul

Self-Restoration Characteristics of Granulated Blast Furnace Slag as an Earthquake Resistant Material...... 18643 Masahiro Wada, Hiroshi Matsuda, Ryohei Ishikura, Yoshinori Shinya

The Methods of Remediation of Existing Underground Structure Against Liquefaction ...... 18653 Vahab Besharat

Application of Shape Memory Alloy to Seismic Design of Multi-column Bridge Bents Using Controlled Rocking Approach ...... 18663 Rouzbeh Davoudi, Mohammad Khanmohammadi, Mehdi Ghassemieh, Sahand Rafiee

Effect of Spectra Scaling on Site Specific Design Earthquake Characteristics Based on 1D Site Response Analysis ...... 18672 Atilla Ansal, Gokce Tonuk, Asli Kurtulus, Barbaros Cetiner

Vertical Elastic Limit Strength of Damaged Low-rise Moment-Resisting Frames After Inelastic Seismic Response ...... 18681 Kazuki Takahashi, Takumi Ito, Kenjiro Mori

Numerical Evaluation of Plastic Region Propagation in Coupled Wall Systems...... 18691 Emre Toprak, F. Gülten Gülay, Ihsan Engin Bal

The GED4GEM Project: Development of a Global Exposure for the Global Earthquake Model Initiative...... 18698 Paolo Gamba, Davide Cavalca, K. S. Jaiswal, Charles Huyck, Helen Crowley

Seismic Risk Assessment of Frame Structures with Stochastic Properties...... 18707 Michalis Fragiadakis, George Stefanou

Generation of Design Basis Earthquake Accelerograms ...... 18716 Amir Abas Fatemi, Abdollah Bagheri, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri, Zahra Tabrizian

A Methodology for the Standardization of Information Processing following the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 ...... 18722 Reo Kimura, Munenari Inoguchi, Keiko Tamura, Takashi Furuya, Haruo Hayashi

Supporting Life Recovery Process with the Management System Based on the Victims Master Database - a study of Crisis Management Following Tokyo Metropolitan Near Field Earthquake Disaster-...... 18730 Keiko Tamura, Munenari Inoguchi, Reo Kimura, Takashi Furuya, Haruo Hayashi

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Seismic Hazard Evaluation of Regular and Vertical Irregular R.C. Buildings in EGYPT, for Different Ground Motion Characteristics...... 18737 Mohamed Elassaly

Experimental and Analytical Study on the Pounding Effect of Bridges with Inclined Decks ...... 18747 Tzu-Ying Lee, Kun-Jun Chung

Development of Free Standing Steel Structure Using Kinematic Friction of Steel-Mortar...... 18756 Ryuta Enokida, Takuya Nagae, Michitaka Inami, Masayoshi Nakashima, Masahiro Ikenaga

Push-out Test of Headed Stud in Composite Girder Using Steel Deck -An Effect of Stud Length of Projecting Part from Steel Deck on Shear Strength ...... 18762 Horita Yoji, Yasuhisa Tagawa, Hayato Asada

Seismic Performance of X-Braces of Steel Equal-leg Angle ...... 18772 Tetsuo Yamashita

Experimental Cyclic Behaviour of Stone Masonry Spandrels ...... 18782 Francesco Graziotti, Guido Magenes, Andrea Penna

Development of LED Display System of Earthquake Ground Motions...... 18792 Osamu Tsujihara, Yuya Shirakase, Hiroyuki Nakashima, Terumasa Okamoto

Static and Dynamic Centrifuge Modeling of Landslide Stabilization with Large-diameter Shafts...... 18802 Vincenzo Fioravante, D. Giretti, Chiara Prearo, C. G. Lai

Development of Easy-to-use Simulation System of Earthquake Induced Urban Spreading Fire with Presentation through 3D Animation ...... 18812 Osamu Tsujihara, Hidemi Gawa, Hirofumi Hayashi

Seismic Retrofitting of School Buildings of Cyprus...... 18821 Christis Z. Chrysostomou, Evaggelia Georgiou, N. C. Kyriakides, Andreas J. Kappos, O. Vasiliou, M. Milis

Bayesian Network Framework for Macro-Scale Seismic Risk Assessment and Decision Making for Bridges...... 18831 Sara Broglio, Helen Crowley, Rui Pinho

Nonlinear Analysis of Offshore Structures under Wave Loadings...... 18841 Shehata E. Abdel Raheem, Elsayed M. Abdel Aal, Aly G. A. Abdel Shafy, Fayez K. Abdel Seed

Study of Reduced Beam Section Connections with Web Opening ...... 18851 Mohammad Taghi Kazemi, Seyed Babak Momenzadeh, Masoud Hoseinzadeh Asl

Determination of Design Earthquakes based on the Dynamic Properties of Structures ...... 18860 Zhen Zhao, Guoxin Wang, Wei Li

Reliability Analysis of the Steel Moment-Resisting frame Equipped with Tuned Mass Damper under Earthquake Excitation...... 18867 Fariborz Nateghi Elahi, Karim Tarbali

An Innovative Response Surface Procedure to Estimate the Seismic Reliability of the Steel Moment-Resisting Structures ...... 18875 Karim Tarbali, Fariborz Nateghi Elahi

Revision of IAEE Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-Engineered Construction ...... 18884 Anand Arya, Teddy Boen, Yuji Ishiyama

Seismic Fragility of Concrete Bridges with Deck Monolithically Connected to the Piers or Supported on Elastomeric Bearings ...... 18891 Georgios Tsionis, Michael N. Fardis

Assessment of the Seismic Behaviour of Unreinforced Traditional Half-timbered Walls ...... 18901 Elisa Poletti, Graça Vasconcelos

Risks: Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptation ...... 18911 Luiz Mendes-Victor, Carmen Diego Gonçalves

The Transformation of Nonlinear Structure Analysis Model From NosaCAD to ABAQUS and PERFORM-3D...... 18920 X. H. Wu, B. Zhang

Comparative Study on Effect of Powder Actuated Nail and Stud Welding on Steel Member...... 18930 Manjae Lee, Go Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Tagawa

Sensibility of Non Linear Time History Analysis of a RC Column Using Large Scale Shaking Table Results as Benchmark ...... 18938 Carlos A. Blandón

Experimental Study on the Seismic Behavior of Masonry Wall-to-floor Connections ...... 18948 S. Moreira, D. V. Oliveira, L. F. Ramos, Paulo B. Lourenço, R. P. Fernandes, J. Guerreiro

Vulnerability Assessment of Building Aggregates: A Macroseimic Approach ...... 18958 Tiago Ferreira, Romeu Vicente, Humberto Varum

Structural Rehabilitation Studies of Masonry Building Heritage Under Near Fault Earthquake: A Case Study ...... 18967 Noemi Graciela Maldonado, Pablo Enrique Martin, Ignacio Maldonado

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of the Old City Centre of Seixal, Portugal ...... 18976 Iago Ferreira, Romeu Vicente, Humberto Varum, A. Costa, T J. A. R. Mendes Da Silva

The Dynamic Effect of Viscous Damping Factor of Yielding Domain on Bridge Pier...... 18984 Yoshihisa Okada, Yoshimi Ogawa, Takahiro Iwatate

Seismic Safety Assessment of a Weir Dam and Appurtenant Structures 3D Static and Dynamic Analyses ...... 18991 Aïssa Mellal, Anton Tzenkov

Seismic Vulnerability of Churches in Faial and Pico Islands, Azores...... 19001 João Magalhães, Romeu Vicente, Tiago Ferreira, Aníbal Costa, Humberto Varum, Sérgio Lagomarsino, Emanuela Curti

A Statistical Analysis of the Response of Tall Buildings to Recorded and Simulated Ground Motions ...... 19009 Nirmal Jayaram, Nilesh Shome

The World Housing Encyclopedia: A Global Resource on Construction Technologies...... 19019 Marjorie Greene, Andrew Charleson

Experimental Calibration of Numerical Models for Short Coupling Beams of a Multi-story Frame Structure ...... 19029 Florea Dinu, Dan Dubina, Cristian Neagu, Cristian Vulcu, Dragos Marcu

Earthquake Design Spectra for Performance-Based Design...... 19039 Mihailo D. Trifunac, M. I. Todorovska

Seismic Risk Management in Areas of High Seismic Hazard and Poor Accessibility ...... 19049 Alpa Sheth, V. Thiruppugazh

Reduction of Seismic Wave Energy of SH Pulse By Nonlinear Soil ...... 19057 Vlado Gicev, Mihailo D. Trifunac, M. I. Todorovska

Potential for Landslide-related Tsunami in the Dover Strait Area (English Channel) Based on Numerical Modeling...... 19067 Jean Roger, Yanni Gunnell, Y. Krien, P. Ray

Report on Progress at the Center for Engineering Strong Motion Data (CESMD) ...... 19074 Hamid Haddadi, Anthony Shakal, Moh Huang, John Parrish, Christopher Stephens, William Savage, W. K. Leith

Tsunami Hazard Mitigation by Coral Reef Protection for the French Caribbean Islands ...... 19081 Jean Roger, Narcisse Zahibo, Bernard Dudon, B. Sedilot, E. Pelinovsky

Introduction of Bogazici Suspension Bridge Structural Health Monitoring System...... 19090 Nurdan Memisoglu Apaydin, A. C. Zülfikar, H. Alcik

Vertical Seismic Response of a Precast Segmental Bridge Superstructure ...... 19097 Myrto Anagnostopoulou, Andre Filiatrault, Amjad J. Aref

How Base Isolation Benefits the Architectural Design of Hospital Buildings ...... 19107 Adriana Guisasola

Seismic Performance of Flange Plate Connections to Built-up Box Columns...... 19116 Ardeshir Deylami, Mohsen Tehranizadeh, Mohammad Gholami

Validation of Cyclic Void Growth Model for Fracture Initiation in the Flange Plate Connection Between Beam and Box Column...... 19126 Mohsen Tehranizadeh, Ardeshir Deylami, Mohammad Gholami, Hamed Moazemi

Experimental Testing and Modeling of Seismically Rehabilitated RC Bridge Piers Using Shape Memory Alloys...... 19135 Moochul Shin, Bassem Andrawes

Seismic Response of Two 20-Story Reinforced Concrete Special Moment Frames Designed with Current Code Provisions ...... 19145 Tea Visnjic, Marios Panagiotou, J. P. Moehle

The Effect of Beam Depth on the Seismic Behavior of Flange Plate Connections Between Steel Beam and Box Column...... 19155 Ardeshir Deylami, Mohsen Tehranizadeh, Mohammad Gholami

Seismic Behavior of Shape Memory Composite Bars in RC Moment Frames...... 19165 Adeel Zafar, Bassem Andrawes

3D Finite Element Modeling to Study the Behavior of Shape Memory Alloy Confined Concrete ...... 19175 Qiwen Chen, Bassem Andrawes

Lessons Learned from Operating an On-site Earthquake Early Warning System...... 19185 Anton Zaicenco, Iain Weir-Jones

Reliability of Acceptance Criteria in Nonlinear Response History Analysis of Tall Buildings ...... 19195 Mohamed Talaat, R. O. Hamburger

Calibration of Nonlinear Response History Analysis Results with Observed Structural Damage in an Apartment Building in Chile...... 19205 Silvia Bolanos-Castro, Damian N. Grant

Vibration Control By a TMD Using a Rotating Inertial Mass...... 19215 Tetsuya Hanzawa, Kazuhiko Isoda

On the Use of a Hyperbolic Model in Calibrating Earthquake Magnitude Distributions ...... 19225 Jui-Pin Wang, Duruo Huang

Duration-dependent Inelastic Response Spectra and Effect of Ground Motion Duration ...... 19230 Avik Samanta, Kusnowidjaja Megawati, T.-C. Pan

Columns in Reinforced Concrete Buildings Impacted by Tsunami Water-Borne Massive Objects ...... 19240 Manoj Madurapperuma, Anil Wijeyewickrema

Guidlines for Creating Disaster Resilient Communities ...... 19250 Chris Poland

Ground Motion Selection and Scaling Approach for Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Frames Against Sideway Collapse...... 19257 Zeinab Bayati, Masoud Soltani Mohammadi

Investigation of Predominant Area of the Directivity Effect for Strong Ground Motions Near Faults...... 19267 Ken Miyakoshi, Toshimitsu Nishimura, Tsutomu Sasatani, Katsuhiro Kamae, Kojiro Irikura

Behavior of Pretensioned Concrete Beams Using Steel-Fiber Reinforced Concrete...... 19277 Hyeong Jae Yoon, Minehiro Nishiyama

Real-time LPI-based Assessment of the Liquefaction Potential of the Incheon Port in Korea ...... 19286 Han-Saem Kim, Nam-Gyu Cho, Choong-Ki Chung

Optimization of Tuned Mass Damper Parameters Using Evolutionary Operation Algorithm...... 19296 Bushra Islam, Raquib Ahsan

Computational Modeling of Concrete with Internal (Steel Spirals) and External (FRP) Confinement ...... 19303 Alireza Khaloo, Armita Mohammadian

Post Elastic Modeling Techniques and Performance Analysis of Cold Formed Steel Structures Subjected to Earthquake Loadings...... 19311 Nouredine Bourahla, Malika Berediaf Bourahla, Brahim El Djouzi, Hiba Meddah, Naouel Allal

Detection of Seismic Dual-Zones with Application to Earthquake Prediction...... 19321 A Bali, M Zare, A Andalib

Effects of Loading Rate on Reinforced Concrete Beams ...... 19330 Min Li, Hongnan Li

Vulnerability of New Zealand Ports to Natural Hazards ...... 19339 Bilel Ragued, Liam M. Wotherspoon, Jason M. Ingham

Prediction of Near-source Ground Motion Exceeding 1g at Low Frequencies (<2Hz) from Mw~6.5 Deterministic Physics-based Dynamic Rupture Simulations...... 19349 L. A. Dalguer, Martin Mai

Emergency Evacuation during a Disaster, Study Case: “Timche Muzaffariyye –Tabriz Bazaar” ...... 19359 Saeed Alighadr, Abdolhossein Fallahi, Junji Kiyono, Nabilashuada Rizqi Fitrasha, Masakatsu Miyajima

Enhancement of the Seismic Performance of AAC Masonry by Means of Flat-Truss Bed-Joint Reinforcement...... 19368 Andrea Penna, Martina Mandirola, Maria Rota, Guido Magenes

Nonlinear Analysis of Pine Flat Dam Including Base Sliding and Separation...... 19378 Manohar Viladkar, A. M. S. Al-Assady

Pounding of Seismically Isolated Reinforced Concrete Buildings Subjected to Near-Fault Ground Motions...... 19387 Deepak Pant, Anil Wijeyewickrema

On Modeling Viscous Damping in Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Base-Isolated Reinforced Concrete Buildings...... 19396 Deepak Pant, Anil Wijeyewickrema

Development of Slitted Steel Shear Walls Capable of Detecting Damage States ...... 19406 Takuya Okamura, Masahiro Kurata, Masayoshi Nakashima

Seismic Performance of Semi-continuous Steel Frames with Nonlinear Viscous Dampers...... 19413 Claudio Amadio, Vanessa Bertoni, Lorenzo Macorini

Effect of Beam-to-Column Connection Details on Deformation Capacity of Cyclic Loading...... 19423 Kouhei Takatsuka, Keiichiro Suita, Yoshiki Manabe, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Takaaki Tsukada

Discrete Model for Dynamic Structure-Soil-Structure Interaction...... 19433 Hesham S Aldaikh, Nicholas A. Alexander, Erdin Ibraim

Evacuation Behavior and Evacuation Sites in Miyako after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake...... 19442 Eisuke Ikuta, Sachi Ito, Tadashi Doi, Takayoshi Takahashi, Hiroyuki Kitamoto, Yusuke Kawakatsu, Kazuyo Kamita, Mika Omichi, Michio Miyano

Seismic Design and Performance of Two Isolation Systems Used for Reinforced Concrete Bridge Construction...... 19447 Ady Aviram, Andreas Schellenberg, Bozidar Stojadinovic

Characterization and Monitoring of Seismic Performance of Post-Tensioned Steel Modular Structures ...... 19457 Tianxin Zheng, Yong Lu, Asif Usmani, Amar Seeam, David Laurenson

Nonlinear Seismic Analysis on Joint of Concrete-filled Square Steel Tube Column and H-shaped Steel Beam ...... 19465 Shi Yan, Lufeng Shao, Yueguo Zhang, Jinzhi Fu, B. H. Qi, F. X. Liu

Numerical Simulation on Concrete Pouring Process of Self-Compacting Concrete-Filled Steel Tube...... 19475 Baohui Qi, Jinzhi Fu, Shi Yan, F. X. Liu

Seismic Vulnerability of the ‘Palazzo Degli Uffici Statali’ A Public Building Realized in Italy at the Beginning of Last Century ...... 19483 Andrea Acciai, Raffaele Nudo

Seismic Response of Low-Rise Base Isolated Structures...... 19493 Ersin Aydin, Baki Ozturk, Osman Furkan Kilinc

2009 Abruzzo Earthquake Reconstruction Plans: A Multidisciplinary Approach ...... 19503 Samuele Biondi, Valter Fabietti, S. Sigismondo, Ivo Vanzi

Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Diaphragm Flexibility on Out-of-Plane Dynamic Stability of Unreinforced Masonry Walls...... 19513 Osmar Penner, K. J. Elwood

Coimbra Sand – Influence of Non-Plastic Fines in Liquefaction Resistance...... 19523 Francisco Santos Marques, Jaime Alberto Santos, Rui Carrilho Gomes

Fujinuma Dam Performance During 2012 Tohoku Earthquake, Japan and Failure Mechanism by FEM ...... 19533 Abbas Mahdavian, Shiro Takada, Sepand Shabdis

Developing Fragility Curves for Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Tubular Steel Power Transmission Tower Based on Incremental Dynamic Analysis...... 19541 Mehdi Sadeghi, Mahmood Hosseini, Naghmeh Pakdel Lahiji

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A Model for Nonlinear Total Stress Analysis with Consistent Stiffness and Damping Variation ...... 19549 M. Jawad Arefi, Misko Cubrinovski, Brendon A Bradley

Comparison of Recorded and Computed Earthquake Response of Arch Dams...... 19559 Anil K. Chopra, Jinting Wang

Cyclic Behaviour of Precast Concrete Modules with Post-tensioned Unbounded Bars...... 19569 Daniel Bedoya-Ruiz, Diego A. Álvarez, Gilberto Ortíz, J. E. Hurtado, Alberto García Fergusson

Cyclic Behaviour of Prestressed Precast Concrete Walls ...... 19578 Daniel Bedoya-Ruiz, Carlos A. Bermúdez, Diego A. Álvarez, Gilberto Ortíz, Juan V. Escobar Sáenz

Displacement-Based Seismic Analysis of a Mixed Structural System ...... 19586 Jingjuan Li, Erik Lofthus, Adam Slivers, Claudio Osses, Genmiao Chen

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Power Transmission Networks Using Complex-systems Based Methodologies...... 19594 Jessica Buritica, Solomon Tesfamariam, Mauricio Sanchez-Silva

Influence of 1D and 2D Spatial Variability on Site Response Analysis...... 19604 Menzer Pehlivan, Ellen M. Rathje, Robert B. Gilbert

Performance of Port Facilities in Southern Chile During the February 27, Maule Earthquake ...... 19614 Santiago Brunet, Juan Carlos De La Llera

Lumped-Mass Stick Modeling of Building Structures with Mixed Wall-Column Components...... 19624 Yuxin Liu, Richard Chen, Yimin Jiang, Wei Liu

Dynamic Response of Deeply Embedded Shafts ...... 19634 L. E. Pérez, L. E. Manjarrez, M. A. Fernández, D. Maldonado, J. Avilés

Quantifying Building Engineering Demand Parameters in Seismic Events...... 19644 Heshan Dantanarayana, Gregory A. Macrae, Rajesh P. Dhakal, Trevor Zhiqing Yeow, S. R. Uma

Experimental Study on Influence of Arrangement of Main Bars on Stress Transmission in Reinforced Concrete Beam-column Knee Joints ...... 19652 Hisato Hotta, N. Nishizawa

Progress of JST-JICA Project on Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation in Peru...... 19662 Fumio Yamazaki, Shoichi Nakai, Shunichi Koshimura, Taiki Saito, Saburoh Midorikawa, Carlos Zavala, Zenón Aguilar, Miguel Estrada, Tadahiro Kishida, A. Bisbal

A Hybrid Method of Simulating Broadband Ground Motion: A Case Study of the 2006 Pingtung Earthquake, Taiwan ...... 19670 Y. T. Yen, C. T. Cheng, K. S. Shao, P. S. Lin, K. F. Ma, Y. C. Wu, C. W. Chang

Local Governments’ Preparedness State for Chemical Related Disasters Prior to Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on March 11, 2011...... 19678 Faezeh Mahichi, Mahmood Rahimian, Hidekazu Sugihara, Takahisa Enomoto

Dynamic Response Analysis of a Tall RC Chimney Damaged during 2007 Niigata-ken Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake...... 19688 Suhee Kim, Hitoshi Shiohara

Quantitative Damage Criteria of Severely-Damaged Masonry Buildings during the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake Extracted from Microtremor Records...... 19697 Xin Wang, Kazuaki Masaki, Kojiro Irikura, S. Kurahashi

Estimation of Tsunami-Inundated Areas in Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture, After the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake Based on Satellite Images and Numerical Simulation...... 19707 Yoshihisa Maruyama, Ken Kitamura, Fumio Yamazaki

Deviation of Phase Difference and Frequency Dependent Energy Attenuation in Japan...... 19715 Kenichi Nagao, Jun Kanda

Seismic Retrofitting for Non-Seismic Designed Reinforced Concrete Bridges in Low Seismic Zone...... 19725 Virote Boonyapinyo, Prakit Chomchuen

Strengthening of Deteriorated Small-Diameter Sewage Pipes for Increasing their Service-Life and Seismic Resistance ...... 19735 Tomoya Tsunei, Freddy Duran, Junji Kiyono

Cu-Al-Mn Super-elastic Alloy Bars as Dissipative Brace System in Structural Steel Frame...... 19744 Yoshikazu Araki, Kshitij Shrestha, Yuji Koetaka, Nao Maekawa, N. Yoshida, Toshihiro Omori, Yuji Sutou, Ryosuke Kainuma, Kiyohito Ishida

Analytical Study on Passively Controlled 2-Story Wooden Frame by Detailed Frame Model ...... 19751 Kazuhiro Matsuda, Kazuhiko Kasai, Hiroyasu Sakata

Infrastructure Performance Oriented Reliability Assessment Using Weighed Stochastic Petri Net...... 19761 Mahdi Faraji, Junji Kiyono

Experimental Study on Seismic Collapse of Road Embankment Considering Infiltration of Water and Condition of Compaction...... 19767 Akira Murata, Shohei Nakashima, Masakatsu Miyajima, Toshikazu Ikemoto

Predicting Damage of Wooden Houses Considering the Characteristic of Earthquake Response Spectra and the Frequency Characteristic of Wooden House...... 19776 Akira Murata, Masakatsu Miyajima, Toshikazu Ikemoto

Seismic Evaluation and Post-earthquake Safety Assessment of Gravity Dam Based on Numerical Simulation ...... 19784 Alexander Iliev, Kiril Apostolov, Anton Andonov, Stoyan Andreev, Marin Kostov, Georgi Varbanov

Knowledge-based Structural Design System of Steel Deck Slab for Beginners ...... 19794 R. Murata, Sho Masumoto, Asami Sawahara, K. Harada, Minoru Yamanari

Studying the Behaviour of Base Plates with High Degree of Rigidity ...... 19801 Mohamadreza Shafieifar, S. Vahid Khonsari

Seismic Vulnerability of RC Structures: Assessment Before and After FRP Retrofitting (Case Study) ...... 19809 Cedric Desprez, Jacky Mazars, Panagiotis Kotronis

Numerical Modeling and Finite Element Analysis of Steel Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Shear Walls...... 19819 Shirin Esmaeili Niari, Behzad Rafezy, Karim Abedi

Preparation of a Line Source Model for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analyses of Düzce Province, Turkey...... 19829 Selim Cambazoglu, Haluk Akgün, Mustafa Kerem Koçkar

A Physical Modeling Study on the Dynamic Response of Flexible Retaining Walls with Deformable EPS inclusion ...... 19839 Ozgur L. Ertugrul, Aurelian C. Trandafir

Developing and Implementing Emergency Response Plan of a Zonal Hospital in Nepal ...... 19849 Bhubaneswari Parajuli, Ganesh Kumar Jimee, Ramesh Guragain

Spatial Variability of Liquefaction Susceptibility in the Metropolitan Area of Granada (Spain) ...... 19859 Ignacio Valverde-Palacios, Ignacio Valverde-Espinosa, Francisco Vidal

Evaluation of Seismically Induced Ground Settlements in Four Towns Near the City of Granada (Spain)...... 19869 Ignacio Valverde-Palacios, Francisco Vidal, Ignacio Valverde-Espinosa, Maria Martín-Morales

Earthquake Behavior of Concrete-Block Retaining Wall and Effect of Simple Reinforcement Method ...... 19878 Tsutomu Hirade

Assessment of Strength Demands in Moment Resisting Frames ...... 19887 Mukesh Kumar, P. J. Stafford, Ahmed Elghazouli

Effects of Construction Methods on Seismic Behavior of Confined Masonry Walls - An Experimental Study ...... 19897 Sassan Eshghi, Behrang Sarrafi

The Influence of Soil-structure Interaction on Damage Spectra of Passive Energy Dissipating Structures ...... 19905 Weiqing Liu, Hai Wang, Shuguang Wang, Dongsheng Du

Scaling and Selection of Ground Motion Records for Nonlinear Response History Analysis of Structures ...... 19914 Bekir Özer Ay, D. Sinan Akkar

Seismic Behavior Analysis and Isolation Story Optimum Design of Mid-Story Isolation Building ...... 19924 Shuguang Wang, Zhen Sun, Weiqing Liu, Dongsheng Du

Evaluation of Out-of-plane Vibration Characteristics for Walls of Historic Masonry Constructions...... 19934 Noriko Takiyama, Yasuhiro Nambu, Yasuhiro Hayashi, Toshiyuki Tai

Long-term Dynamic Monitoring of Arch Dams. The Case of Cabril Dam, Portugal ...... 19944 Sérgio Oliveira, Margarida Espada, Romano Câmara

Multi-disciplinary Indicators for Evaluating the Seismic Resilience of Urban Areas...... 19954 Enrica Verrucci, Tiziana Rossetto, John Twigg, Beverley Adams

Out-of-Plane Stability of Buckling-Restrained Braces...... 19964 Taichiro Okazaki, Tsuyoshi Hikino, Koichi Kajiwara

Seismic Design of Pile Foundations for Different Ground Conditions...... 19974 A. Phani Teja, A. Murali Krishna, Subhamoy Bhattacharya, Barnali Ghosh

The August 23, 2011 Magnitude 5.8 Virginia Earthquake in the Eastern United States an Engineering Perspective...... 19984 James Beavers, M. R. Eatherton, Ramon Gilsanz, James Ricles, Ying-Cheng Lin

Application of Modal Testing Techniques to a Monitored Building Structure...... 19994 Daniele Losanno, Mariacristina Spizzuoco, Giorgio Serino

Modal Displacement Based Seismic Design of Asymmetric-Plan Structures...... 20004 Philip Wilkinson, Oren Lavan, Avigdor Rutenberg

Study on Seismic Resistance of Concrete Gravity Dam Retrofitted with UHTCC...... 20014 Jianyun Chen, Xuelei Li, Shuli Fan

Creating a Vision for the Future of Eurocode 8...... 20021 Edmund Booth, Zygmunt Lubkowski

The Effects of Site and Soil Conditions to the Earthquake Damage: Oct, 23 2011 Van-Tabanli Earthquake (Mw=7.2)...... 20030 Bilge Siyahi, Kemal Onder Cetin, Berna Unutmaz, Eren Uckan, Hayrullah Karabulut, Bülent Akbas, Yasin Fahjan, E. Altunel

Plasterboard Partitions Seismic Performance Evaluation Via Shake Table Test...... 20040 Crescenzo Petrone, Gennaro Magliulo, Giuseppe Maddaloni, Vittorio Capozzi, Gaetano Manfredi, P. Lopez, R. Talamonti

Shake Table Tests on Plasterboard Continuous Ceilings ...... 20049 G. Magliulo, V. Pentangelo, V. Capozzi, C. Petrone, G. Manfredi, G. Maddaloni, P. Lopez, R. Talamonti

Comparative Evaluation of Seismic Parameters for Near-Fault and Far- Fault Earthquakes...... 20056 Hamid Reza Tavakoli, Hamed Gilani, Gholamreza Abdollahzadeh

Two Degrees of Freedom PID Control for Active Vibration Control of Structures...... 20065 M. Boujary, A. K. Ghorbani-Tanha, Mahmood Rahimian, H. Rahami

Numerical and Experimental Results of Project FUSEIS (Seismic Resistant Composite Steel Frames) ...... 20074 Carlo Castiglioni, A. Drei, Alper Kanyilmaz, Luis Calado, Ioannis Vayas, Benno Hoffmeister, Roberto Gonçalves

Seismic Performance of Bolted Flange Joints in Piping Systems for Oil and Gas Industries ...... 20084 Oreste S. Bursi, Md Shahin Reza, Anil Kumar, Fabrizio Paolacci

A New Approach for the Seismic Isolation Methods for Ancient Statues Displayed in Base Isolated Museums...... 20094 Carlo Castiglioni, Alper Kanyilmaz

Strong Ground Motion by September 30, 2009 Pariaman Earthquake and Damage to Large Scale Buildings...... 20104 Mulyo Harris Pradono, Yozo Goto, Rusnardi P. Rahmat, Akio Hayashi, Kazuhiro Miyatake

Tsunami Evacuation Simulation for Disaster Awareness Education and Mitigation Planning of Banda Aceh ...... 20114 Muzailin Affan, Yozo Goto, Agus Sabti

Influence of Geocell Reinforcement on Damping Properties of Trench with Pipe ...... 20124 Gholamhosein Tavakoli Mehrjardi, Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, Andrew Dawson

Laboratory Tests of Footing Supported on GeotextileReinforced Sand Under Repeated Loading ...... 20132 Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, Andrew Dawson

A Simplified Pseudo-Dynamic Method of Reinforced Retaining-Wall Subjected to Seismic Loads ...... 20139 Seyed Naser Moghaddas Tafreshi, Mohammadyar Rahimi

Investigating Conventional FE Modelling for Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction under Horizontal and Vertical Ground Motions...... 20147 Ali Reza Manafpour, Vahid Moradi

Capacity Design Procedure Evaluation for Buckling Restrained Braced Frames with Incremental Dynamic Analysis...... 20157 Ádám Zsarnóczay, László Gergely Vigh

Analysis of Site Effects, Building Response and Damage Distribution Observed Due the 2011 Lorca, Spain, Earthquake...... 20167 Manuel Navarro, Antonio García-Jerez, Francisco Alcalá, Francisco Vidal, Carolina Aranda, Takahisa Enomoto

A Statistical Analysis of Completeness of Earthquake Data around Dehradun city and its Implications for Seismicity Evaluation ...... 20177 Sushil Gupta, Surendra Kumar, Hans Raj Wason, Ranjit Das

A Database Integration Approach to Support Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Seismic Retrofit of Buildings...... 20185 Satwant Rihal, Hisham Assal

Dynamic Analysis of Structures Using Neural Networks ...... 20195 Alireza Lavaei, Alireza Lohrasbi

Performance Based Design of a New Hospital Building in California, U.S...... 20204 Wei Huang, Peter Behnam, John Gavan, Jordan Terry, Judsen Williams

Evaluation of Seismic Performances of Flexible Chevron Braced Frames with Fibre-Reinforced Natural Rubber Dampers...... 20212 Olivier Gauron, Olivier Girard, Patrick Paultre, Jean Proulx

The Role of Model Calibration in Seismic Fe Analysis: The Case Study of an Old Reinforced Concrete Structure by Using Ambient Noise Modal Analysis...... 20222 Marco De Biasio, Stephane Grange, Frederic Dufour

Post-earthquake Numerical Assessment and Reinforcement of St James Church, New Zealand ...... 20229 Ana Araújo, Paulo B. Lourenço, D. V. Oliveira, João Leite

Mechanical Models for the Vulnerability Assessment of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings...... 20239 Serena Cattari, Sérgio Lagomarsino, Daria Ottonelli

A Methodology for the Seismic Risk Mitigation Based on Mechanical Models: the Case of Reinforced Concrete Schools in Genoa (Italy)...... 20249 Serena Cattari, Daria Ottonelli

Sensing of Lateral Seismic Earth Pressures in Geotechnical Centrifuge Models ...... 20259 Shideh Dashti, Kenneth Gillis, Majid Ghayoomi, Y. M. A. Hashash

Effects of 3D Basin Structure on Long-period Ground Motions in SW British Columbia, Canada, for Large Scenario Earthquakes ...... 20269 Sheri Molnar, J. F. Cassidy, Jiangheng He, Kim Olsen, S. E. Dosso

NLTHA and Pushover Analysis for Steel Frames with Flag-shaped Hysteretic Braces ...... 20280 James McInerney, John Wilson

Moment-Rotation Characterization of Cold-Formed Steel Beams Depending on Cross-Section Slenderness ...... 20290 Deniz Ayhan, B. W. Schafer

Design of Fluid Viscous Dampers for Optimal Life Cycle Cost ...... 20300 Ioannis Gidaris, Alexandros Taflanidis

Field Determination of Linear and Nonlinear Constrained Moduli of Soils Using Large Mobile Shakers ...... 20310 Matthew Leblanc, Kenneth Stokoe, Allen Branco, Richard Lee

Simplified Design Procedures for Post-Tensioned Seismic Resistant Timber Walls...... 20320 Francesco Sarti, Alessandro Palermo, Stefano Pampanin

Performance of Steel Moment Resistant Frame Whit Friction Pendulum System Under Static Nonlinear Analysis...... 20330 Shima Esmailzadeh Toloui, Javad Vaseghi Amiri, Christma Karimi

Parsimonious Modeling of Hysteretic Structural Response Earthquake Engineering ...... 20339 Ioannis Gidaris, Alexandros Taflanidis

Displacement Based Damage Estimation of RC Bare Frame Subjected to Earthquake Loads: A Case Study on 4 Storey Building ...... 20349 Anthugari Vimala, Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar

Bond Slip Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Columns with Deficient Lap Splices ...... 20359 Kutay Orakcal, Sharmin Reza Chowdhury

VOLUME 26

Constitutive Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Panel Behavior under Cyclic Loading...... 20369 Kutay Orakcal, Denizhan Ulugtekin, Leonardo M. Massone

Modification of Free-Field Motions by Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction for Shallow Foundations...... 20379 Bishnu Pandey, W. D. Liam Finn, Carlos E. Ventura

Source Studies of the Ongoing (2010-2011) Sequence of Recent Large Earthquakes in Canterbury ...... 20389 Caroline Holden, John Beavan

Effects of Loading Characteristics on the Performance of Sliding Isolation Devices...... 20398 Giuseppe Lomiento, Noemi Bonessio, Gianmario Benzoni

Integrated Foundation-structure Modelling of a Case Study from the Christchurch 2011 Earthquake...... 20408 Simona Giorgini, Misko Cubrinovski, Stefano Pampanin, Athol James Carr, M. Moghaddasi

Resilient Cities - An Effective Way to Reduce Disasters...... 20418 Julio Kuroiwa, Alberto Delgado

Modeling of Sliding Shear Resistance of Reinforced Masonry Squat Walls ...... 20428 Jose Centeno, Carlos E. Ventura, Svetlana Brzev

Seismic Performance of a Six Storey Reinforced Masonry Building during the Christchurch Earthquake...... 20437 Jose Centeno, Carlos E. Ventura, Jason M. Ingham

Displacement Demands for Performance Based Design of Skewed Bridges ...... 20447 Seku Catacoli, Carlos E. Ventura, W. D. Liam Finn

Seismic Behavior of Floating Houses...... 20456 Chong-Shien Tsai, Hui-Chen Su, Wei-Chong Liao, Y. M. Wang

Statistical Analysis on the Characteristics of Normalized Response Spectra of Ground Motion Records from Wenchuan Earthquake ...... 20465 Y. Q. Yang, J. J. Hu, L. L. Xie, J. W. Dai, H. Y. Yu

Investigation and Preliminary Analysis on Seismic Damage of Structures Subjected to Yushu Ms7.1 Earthquake ...... 20470 Hongfu Chen, Junwu Dai, Baitao Sun, Sining Huang

Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Fruitvale Avenue Railroad Bridge...... 20479 Azadeh Bozorgzadeh, Bo Jensen, Michel Benoit

Effects of the Subsidence on the Changes of Dominant Periods of Soils within Mexico City Valley...... 20489 José Martínez-Gonzalez, Javier Lermo-Samaniego, Francisco J. Sánchez-Sesma, Joel Ángulo-Carrillo, Rubén Valle-Orozco, Jorge Ordoñez-Alfaro, Luis E. Pérez-Rocha

Development of Earthquake Disaster Loss Estimation in China...... 20499 Baitao Sun, Hongfu Chen, Xiangzhao Chen

Contents Sliding Response Spectra ...... 20509 Sheng-Lin Lin, Gregory A. Macrae, Rajesh P. Dhakal, Trevor Zhiqing Yeow

Improving Seismic Performance of Steel Knee Braced Frame Structures...... 20518 Hsieh-Lung Hsu, Chun-Yi Lee

Seismic Responses of Masonry Structures Strengthened with FRP Laminates: A Shaking-table Study ...... 20524 Li-Hua Xu, Si Zhang, Xiao-Bin Hu, Ming-Jie Zhang

Bonded PT Slab-Column Connections With and Without Drop Panel Subjected to Earthquake Loading...... 20533 Unnop Prawatwong, Pennung Warnitchai, Chondro Hidayat Tandian

Short-Period Source Characteristics of a Great Earthquake Doublet in the Central Kurile Islands ...... 20543 Wataru Kawabata, Tsutomu Sasatani, Nobuo Takai, Michiko Shigefuji

Updating the Chiou and Youngs NGA Model: Regionalization of Anelastic Attenuation ...... 20552 Brian Chiou, Robert Youngs

Seismic Response Analysis of Base Isolated RC Building Considering Dynamical Interaction Between Soil and Structure...... 20560 Takahisa Enomoto, Masayuki Ninomiya, Yasushi Miyamoto, Toshio Yamamoto, Manuel Navarro

Damage Identification of a Continuous Beam using Sequential Nonlinear LSE Approach...... 20570 Hongwei Huang, Yisha Sun, Jann N. Yang

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Existing Public and Private Buildings in Kathmandu ...... 20580 Rajani Prajapati, Suman Pradhan, Minesh Tamrakar, Kirti Tiwari, Dev Kumar Maharjan, Hima Shrestha

Early Stage Seismic Damage Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Walls Considering Crack Conditions...... 20590 Susumu Kono, J. Yoshimura, Masanobu Sakashita, Minehiro Nishiyama, Takuya Nagae, Taizo Matsumori, Tomohisa Mukai, Masanori Tani, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Isao Amano

Shaking Table Test and Dynamic Response Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structure ...... 20600 Hao Zhang, Hongnan Li, Bing Shang

Investigation on Practical Use of H/V Spectral Ratio for Microzoning Considering the History of Landform Development...... 20610 Toshio Kuriyama, Naohiro Ueno, Iware Matsuda, Manuel Navarro, Toshio Yamamoto, Takahisa Enomoto

Experimental Study on Seismic Behavior of an Irregular High-rise Building...... 20620 Chunyu Tian, Junjin Liu, Hong Zhang, Jinzhe Cao

Effects of Boundary Columns on the Seismic Behavior of Cantilever Structural Walls...... 20630 Susumu Kono, Kohei Sakamoto, Masanobu Sakashita, Tomohisa Mukai, Masanori Tani, Hiroshi Fukuyama

Probabilistic Evaluation of Seismic Hazard in India: Comparison of Different Methodologies...... 20638 T. G. Sitharam, Sreevalsa Kolathayar

Dynamic Characteristics of a RC Building on Niigata University Campus During the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake and Microtremor Measurements...... 20648 Yukiko Nakamura, Daisuke Kato

A Curves Approximated Multiple-Spring Model Seismic Response Simulation for Square-Section Steel Bridge Piers...... 20655 Ji Dang, Akira Igarashi, Tetsuhiko Aoki

Basic Analysis on Building Damages by Tsunami due to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Using GIS ...... 20665 Kunihiro Amakuni, Naoto Terazono, Toshio Yamamoto, Takahisa Enomoto

Strong-motion Characteristics in Sendai City During the 2011 Tohoku Earthquakes, Japan ...... 20675 Susumu Ohno, Masato Motosaka, Akihiro Shibayama, Kazuya Mitsuji

A Multipurpose Method for Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Areas...... 20685 Mauro Dolce, Giacomo Di Pasquale, Elena Speranza, F. Fumagalli

Investigation on Risk-Targeted Seismic Design Criteria for a High-rise Building in Jakarta-Indonesia...... 20696 I Wayan Sengara

Education Tool in Structural Design by Means of New Concept Engine...... 20706 Sho Masumoto, R. Murata, Asami Sawahara, Kouichi Hrada, Minoru Yamanari

Development of Empirical Earthquake Fatality Model for Indonesia...... 20714 I Wayan Sengara, Made Suarjana, K. S. Pribadi, Indradi Adiputra, Saut Sagala

Evaluation of a Failure Capacity of an Anchor Foundation in the Case of a Seismic Event by Shaking Table Test ...... 20724 Min Kyu Kim, In-Kil Choi

Tsunami Simulation for the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake (Mw9.0), Japan, Using Seismic Inversion Source Model and Fully Nonlinear Tsunami Model ...... 20733 Anatoly Petukhin, Kunikazu Yoshida, Ken Miyakoshi, Kojiro Irikura

Influence of Infill Panels with and Without Openings on the Pounding Effect of RC Structures ...... 20742 Maria Favvata, Christos Karayannis, V. Anagnostopoulou

Wandering of the Modal Parameters in Existing Building: Application to Structural Health Monitoring and Seismic Vulnerability Analysis...... 20752 Philippe Gueguen, Christophe Voisin, Armand Mariscal

Design of Large Dams on Active Fault...... 20761 Fateme Ghasempour Maleky, Abbas Mahdavian

Design of Seism Isolate Bridge in Soft Ground ...... 20767 Dyi-Wei Chang, Ping-Hsun Huang, H. C. Chen, S. Liu, T. Y. Tang, Chin-Kuo Su

A Comparative Study on Seismic Retrofitting Methods for Unreinforced Masonry Brick Walls...... 20776 Reza Amiraslanzadeh, Toshikazu Ikemoto, Masakatsu Miyajima, Abdolhossein Fallahi

A Collaborative Research Program on Performance-Based Design of Innovative Structural Systems for Earthquake Resistance: An Overview ...... 20785 S. C. Goel, Sutat Leelataviwat, Durgesh C. Rai, W. -C. Liao, M. Baradaran Shoraka, M. R. Bayat, Shih-Ho Chao

Strengthening of Stone Walls by Unilateral Applications of Reinforced Concrete ...... 20795 Gennadiy Tonkikh, Oleg Simakov, Oleg Kabancev

DCL Design of Reinforced Concrete Moment Resisting Frames Can be Unsafe...... 20805 André Plumier, Hervé Degée, Phung Ngoc Dung

Equivalent 1-DOF Model for Approximate Multi-Modal Analysis of Soil-Structure Interaction...... 20813 A. Lanzi, J. E. Luco

Characteristics of Strong Ground Motions from the Sanriku-Oki Outer-Rise Earthquakes ...... 20823 Nobuo Takai, Tsutomu Sasatani, Michiko Shigefuji, Y. Okazaki

Seismic Response of Well Foundation with Dynamic Soil Structure Interaction ...... 20833 Indrajit Chowdhury, Jitendra Pratap Singh, Raj Tilak

Seismic Response of Self Supported Stacks - Considering Foundation Compliance...... 20843 Indrajit Chowdhury, Jitendra Pratap Singh, Raj Tilak

Seismic Response of a Curved Bridge with Isolation Bearings ...... 20853 Goutam Ghosh, Anuj Kumar, N. K. Verma, Himanshi Rai

Efficiency of Different Techniques in Seismic Strengthening of RC Beam-Column Joints...... 20860 Mário Coelho, Pedro Fernandes, José Sena-Cruz, Joaquim Barros

Earthquake and Physical and Social Vulnerability Assessment for Settlements: Case Study Avcilar District ...... 20870 Gul Yucel, Gorun Arun

Application of High-order Absorbing Boundary Condition in Dynamic Analysis of Fluid-structure Systems ...... 20879 Ali Samii, Vahid Lotfi

Assessment of the Expected Seismic Damage in the Aggregated Masonry Buildings of the Late XIX Century of Barcelona, Spain ...... 20889 Rosangel Moreno González, Jesús M. Bairán García

A Linear Sampling Method for Inverse Scattering Elastodynamics Problems in the Time Domain ...... 20899 Hadi Dehghan Manshadi, Naser Khaji

Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction of a Building Supported by Piled Raft and Ground Improvement During the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake ...... 20907 Sadatomo Onimaru, Junji Hamada, Naohiro Nakamura, Kiyoshi Yamashita

Seismic Strengthening of Stone Masonry Walls with Polymer Coating...... 20917 Miha Tomaževic, Matija Gams, Thierry Berset

A New Online Intensity Data Point Database for Portugal ...... 20927 Josep Batlló, Fernando Carrilho, Paulo Alves, Jorge Cruz, Mario Locati

Observed and Simulated Ground Motions in the Gubbio Basin, Central Italy During the Mw5.7 1984 Earthquake...... 20936 Jetson Ronald Abraham, Chiara Smerzini

Multihazard and Vulnerability in the Seismic Context of Bucharest Capital City (HERA) ...... 20946 Iuliana Armas, Maria Bostenaru Dan, Alexandru Aldea, Marian Dardala

Influence of Infill Panels on the Seismic Behaviour of a R/C Frame Designed According to Modern Buildings Codes...... 20955 Marianna Ercolino, Paolo Ricci, Gennaro Magliulo, Gerardo Mario Verderame

GI 199 and 2011 Mineral, VA Earthquake Impact to North Anna Nuclear Power Plant ...... 20966 Yong Li, Kamal Manoly

Effects on the Seismic Structural Response Spectra From Numerical Model of Structure and Site Model...... 20974 Xiaoying Sun, Jian Chen

Benefits of Vertically Distributed Isolation Devices for an 8-storey Structure with Complex Geometry...... 20984 Timothy J. Sullivan, Alberto Lago, Gian Michele Calvi

Structural Identification Study of International Bridge Based on Multiple Reference Impact Test...... 20994 Yun Zhou, John Prader, Jeffrey Weider, Franklin Moon, A. Emin Aktan, Wei-Jian Yi

Synchronization of Structure and Neural Oscillator for Active Mass Damper ...... 21004 Junichi Hongu, Daisuke Iba, Morimasa Nakamura, Ichiro Moriwaki

Seismic Response of a Variable Cross-Section Shear Beam Building with Soil-Structure-Interaction ...... 21014 George D. Manolis, Athanasios A. Markou, Petia S. Dineva

Investigation of Induced Seismic Forces at Joints of Classical Columns for Design Purposes...... 21024 Maria-Eleni Dasiou, Ioannis Psycharis, Antigone Vrouva

Role of Masonry in Seismic Strengthening of Newly-Built Pharmaceutical Plant Buildings...... 21034 Durgesh C. Rai, Tripti Pradhan, Sudhir K. Jain, Araz Shawki, K. M. O. Hicyilmaz

th Floatation of Underground Structures during the Mw9.0 Tohoku Earthquake of 11 March 2011 ...... 21044 Siau Chen Chian, K. Tokimatsu

Seismic Vulnerability of Buddhist Monasteries: Evidences from the 2011 Sikkim Earthquake and Dynamic Analyses ...... 21052 Tripti Pradhan, Vaibhav Singhal, Goutam Mondal, Neha Parool, Durgesh C. Rai

Real Time Damage Scenario: Case Study for the L’Aquila Earthquake...... 21062 Emilia Fiorini, Barbara Borzi, Rosamaria Iaccino

2011 Sikkim Earthquake: Effects on Building Stocks and Perspective on Growing Seismic Risk ...... 21072 Durgesh C. Rai, Goutam Mondal, Vaibhav Singhal, Neha Parool, Tripti Pradhan

Wire-rope Bracing System with Central Cylinder, Finite Element Based Application ...... 21082 Nader Fanaie, Saeid Aghajani

Influence of Stiffness Contrast in Non-horizontally Layered Ground on Site Effects ...... 21088 Fátima Gouveia, Rui Carrilho Gomes, Isabel Lopes

Prediction of Initial Column Size for Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings with Intermediate Drift ...... 21098 Sunil Mayengbam, Satyabrata Choudhury

Some Issues Related to the Inelastic Response of Buildings Under Bi-Directional Excitation...... 21108 Ioanna-Kleoniki Fontara, Konstantinos Kostinakis, Asimina Athanatopoulou

Seismic Evaluation of Infilled RC Structures with Nonlinear Static Analysis Procedures...... 21118 Maria Favvata, Maria Naoum, Christos Karayannis

Correlation Between Advanced, Structure-Specific Ground Motion Intensity Measures and Damage Indices...... 21128 Ioanna-Kleoniki Fontara, Asimina Athanatopoulou, Ioannis Avramidis

Evaluation of Properties of Steel Reinforcing Bars for Seismic Design ...... 21138 Durgesh C. Rai, Sudhir K. Jain, Indranil Chakrabarti

Near-source Energy Released of 2003 Bam Earthquake Using Slip-weakening Law ...... 21148 Mohammad Reza Ghayamghamian, Mohammad Sasani

Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis Based on Seismic Wave Inventory ...... 21157 Kohei Tanaka, Tatsuya Itoi, Tsuyoshi Takada

Influence of Masonry Panels on the Life-Cycle Expected Performance Functions of Multi-Story RC Frames ...... 21167 Roberto Perez-Martinez, Luis Esteva

Quantitative Assessment of Socio-economic Performance Measures Accounting for Seismic Damage to Buildings and Functional Interaction with Infrastructural Systems ...... 21177 Francesco Cavalieri, Paolo Franchin, Pierre Gehl, Bijan Khazai

VOLUME 27

Reconstructing the 1755 Tsunami Flood Height in the City of Cadiz and its Application to a Tsunami Risk Assessment for a Similar Scenario...... 21187 Patrick Murphy, Janira Irizarry, Xavier Goula

Introduce of Three Models for Attenuation of Ground Motions Relationship ...... 21197 Qifeng Luo, Ping Liu, Fan Yang

Experimental Investigation of Soil-Pile-Structure Seismic Interaction ...... 21204 Armando Lucio Simonelli, Luigi Di Sarno, Maria Giovanna Durante, Stefania Sica, Subhamoy Bhattacharya, Matt Dietz, Luiza Dihoru, Colin A. Taylor, Roberto Cairo, Andrea Chidichimo, Gianni Dente, George Anoyatis, George Mylonakis, Arezou Modaressi, Luis A. Todo Bom, Amir M. Kaynia

Recent Actions Taken in Austria towards Seismic Risk Assessment and Reduction ...... 21214 Christoph Adam

Frequency Domain Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dam-Reservoir Systems by Wavenumber Approach...... 21223 Vahid Lotfi, Ali Samii

Damage to Steel Educational Facilities in the 2011 East Japan Earthquake: Part 1 Outline of the Reconnaissance and Damage to Major Structural Components...... 21233 Yuka Matsumoto, Satoshi Yamada, Jun Iyama, Tsuyoshi Koyama, Shoichi Kishiki, Yuko Shimada, Hayato Asada, Masahiro Ikenaga

Analytical Solution for a Fluid-Structure Interaction Problem in Comparison with Finite Element Solution...... 21243 Amirhossein Keivani, Ahmad Shooshtari, Ahmad Aftabi Sani

Damage to Steel Educational Facilities in the 2011 East Japan Earthquake: Part 2 Damage to Minor Structural Components and Damage Due to the Tsunami...... 21253 Tsuyoshi Koyama, Jun Iyama, Satoshi Yamada, Yuka Matsumoto, Shoichi Kishiki, Yuko Shimada, Hayato Asada, Masahiro Ikenaga

Confinement Effects and Strain Transfer in Reinforced Concrete Jackets of Different Detailing for the Strengthening of Old-type Concrete Columns ...... 21263 Stefanos Tsakiris, Theodoros Rousakis, Athanasios Karabinis

Methodologies for the Analysis of the Seismic Vulnerability of an Industrial Complex...... 21271 Mário Lopes, Isabel Pais, Carlos Sousa Oliveira, Francisco Mota De Sá

Finite Element Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Columns Seismically Strengthened Through Partial FRP Jacketing...... 21280 Barbara Charalambidi, Theodoros Rousakis, Athanasios Karabinis

Force Transfer Between Existing Concrete Columns with Reinforced Concrete Jackets Subjected to Axial Loading ...... 21290 Dimitra Achillopoulou, Theodoros Rousakis, Athanasios Karabinis

Influence of the Vibro Stone Column Reinforcement on the Seismic Bearing Capacity of a Surface Shallow Footing...... 21300 Bertrand Galy, Marie-José Nollet, Denis Leboeuf, D. Lessard

The Role of Underground Cavities on Ground Motion Amplification...... 21310 Stefania Sica, F. Rotili, Armando Lucio Simonelli, A. Dello Russo

Random Vibration Theory-Based Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis ...... 21320 Nan Deng, Farhang Ostadan

Selection of Near-Fault Pulse Motions for Use in Design...... 21328 Connor Hayden, Jonathan D. Bray, N. A. Abrahamson, Ana Luz Acevedo-Cabrera

Seismic Vulnerability: From Building Evaluation to a Typology Generalization ...... 21338 Paula Lamego, Paulo B. Lourenço, Maria Luísa Sousa

Long-term Structural Monitoring and Damage Detection of High-rise Buildings by use of Fiber Optic Sensors ...... 21347 Jun Tobita, Nobuo Fukuwa, Takao Nishizawa, Kenshiro Imaeda

Structural Performance of SPSWs with Unstiffened Slender, Moderate, and Stocky LYP Steel Infill Plates...... 21355 Tadeh Zirakian, Jian Zhang

Seismic Retrofit of a Cable-Stayed Bridge with Passive Control Techniques: A Comparative Investigation through Non-Linear Dynamic Analyses ...... 21365 Maria D. Martinez-Rodrigo, Andre Filiatrault

Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Perforated Steel Plate Shear Walls ...... 21375 Anjan K. Bhowmick, Gilbert Grondin, Robert Driver

Comparison of Seismic Responses of T Resistant Frame (TRF) with Shear Or Bending Yielding in Link Beams...... 21385 Payam Ashtari, Farzaneh Hamedi, Helia B. Sediq, Irandokht Rasouli

Analysis of Practical Engineering Approaches to Guide the Dual Scaling of Earthquake Ground Motion for Non- linear Time-history Analysis ...... 21395 Juan Enrique Martinez-Rueda

Limit States of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers Confined with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) ...... 21405 Michael Jean, Charles St-Martin, Nathalie Roy, Patrice Rivard, Zabihallah Moradian, Eduardo Carvalho-Jr, Jean Proulx

Seismic Retrofit Design of Central Control Building in an Oil Complex with T–Shaped Concrete Shear Walls from Outside of the Building ...... 21415 Hossein Kazem, Navid Kazem, Hamid Kazem

Soil Shearing During Earthquake Surface Fault Rupture ...... 21423 Nicolas K. Oettle, Jonathan D. Bray

Seismic Response of Curved Highway Bridge with Seismic Isolation and Hybrid Protective Systems ...... 21432 Eric Monzon, Chunli Wei, I. G. Buckle, Ahmad Itani

Shear Wave Velocity Comparisons; Surface Wave, Downhole and SCPT Measurement Methods - A Case History ...... 21442 Michael Lewis, Jose Clemente, Ilmar Weemees, Kenneth Stokoe, Jiabei Yuan, Chagyoung Kim, Y. -C. Lin

Quick Risk Evaluation of Earthquake Losses on Housing ...... 21452 Carlos Zavala, Miguel Estrada, Fernando Lazares, Silvia Alarcon, Jenny Taira, Jorge Morales

Influence of Processing on the Short-period Spectral Ordinates Prediction...... 21461 Manuela Villani, Ezio Faccioli, Carlo Cauzzi

Reduction in Seismic Actions of Bridges by Utilizing the Sidewalks as Restrainers ...... 21470 I. A. Tegos, S. D. Tegou, V. P. Panoskaltsis, Michalis Tsitotas

Comparison of Seismic Behavior of Multi-Storey R/C Buildings with and Without Internal Beams...... 21479 I. A. Tegos, V. P. Panoskaltsis, S. D. Tegou, Michalis Papadopoulos

Rice Sacks Against Earthquakes ...... 21489 Amin Emami, Ekkehard Fehling, Michael Schlimmer

A Proposal for the Seismic Strengthening of Existing Bridges ...... 21498 I. A. Tegos, S. D. Tegou, V. G. Pilitsis

Interaction of Masonry Walls with Slabs and Other Elements in Building Structures - Influence on the Seismic Resistance ...... 21507 Ekkehard Fehling, Jochen Stürz

Preparing Undergraduates for Success Through a Multi-disciplinary, Multi-campus Research Internship Program Focused on Earthquake Resiliency...... 21517 Heidi Faison, S. A. Mahin, Mary Comerio, Matthew Schoettler, Dawn Lehman, Jack Montgomery, B. Martinez, I. Maki, B. Montoya

Comparison of Damage Probabilities of Buildings based on Ground Motion Prediction Models and Recorded Ground Motions for Christchurch Earthquakes ...... 21527 S. R. Uma

Dynamic Response of Liquid Tanks During Near Fault Earthquakes...... 21537 R Sreekala, A. Meher Prasad, K Muthumani, N Lakshmanan, Nagesh R Iyer

Application of Brace Reinforcement System in an Existing Structure ...... 21547 Marco Banfi

Exploring the Implication of Multi-plastic Hinge Design Concept of Structural Walls in Dual Systems...... 21555 Nima Samadzadegan, Mohammad Khan Mohammadi

Application of Seismic Isolation System in an Existing Structure: Importance to Protect Schools ...... 21563 Marco Banfi

Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Structural Engineering Considerations Program (PERRP)...... 21572 Saif Hussain, Ahsan Sheikh

Accumulated Losses from Sequences of Earthquakes: Implications for Risk Modeling ...... 21580 Jim Cousins, Andrew King, M. Kanga

A Way to Measure the Level of Response for Medium to Large Earthquakes and Provide a Disaster Emergency Planning in a Region ...... 21590 Hugón Juárez García, Alonso Gómez Bernal, José R. Martí, Elsa Pelcastre Pérez

Stone-based Smart Aggregates using PZT for Compressive Seismic Stress Monitoring...... 21599 Shuang Hou, Haibin Zhang, Jinping Ou

Experimental and Analytical Evaluation of Composite Action between Steel Girders and Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bridge Decks...... 21609 Chung-Che Chou, Yi Chen

Expectation of Ground Motion in Earthquake Early Warning using real time Monitoring of Wavefield – A Method without Hypocenter and Magnitude – ...... 21617 Mitsuyuki Hoshiba

Canterbury Earthquake Sequence: Detailed Engineering Evaluation of Commercial Buildings ...... 21625 John Hare, Des Bull, Barry Brown, David Brunsdon, Rob Jury, Andrew King, Ian McCohan, Peter Millar, Peter Smith, M. C. Stannard

Small Strain Shear Modulus of High and Low Plasticity Clays and Silts...... 21635 Brian Carlton, Juan Pestana

Three Dimensional Scattering by an Alluvial Valley Embedded in a Fluid-saturated, Poroelastic Layered Half- space for Obliquely Incident Plane P1 Waves...... 21642 Zhenning Ba, J. W. Liang

Development of a Constitutive Model to Describe the Dynamic Response of Soft Submarine Clay Deposits...... 21650 Tawat Anantanavanich, Juan Pestana, Brian Carlton

Multidirectional Site Response Analysis of Submarine Slopes Using the Constitutive Model MSimpleDSS...... 21660 Tawat Anantanavanich, Juan Pestana, Brian Carlton

Empirical Attenuation Relationship for Arias Intensity in Mexico and Their Relation with the Damage Potential ...... 21670 Alonso Gomez-Bernal, Miguel Angel Lecea, Hugon Juárez-Garcia

Estimation of Peak Ground Acceleration From Canister Sliding Displacement Observed at North Anna Nuclear Power Plant During 2011 Virginia Earthquake...... 21680 Tomoyo Taniguchi

Experiment Research of Seismic Failure Model on Soft-Hard Alternant Strata Rock Slope ...... 21688 B. Huang, J. W. Liu, Dao-Sheng Ling, H. Deng

Mechanism of Collapse of Tall Steel Moment Frame Buildings Under Earthquake Excitation...... 21697 Swaminathan Krishnan, Matthew Muto

Towards Creating Earthquake-Safe Communities: Seismic Retrofit of an Adobe School Building in Rural Peru Using Geomesh...... 21707 V. Cedillos, B. Tucker, Marcial Blondet, J. Carpio, J. Quispe, S. Rondon, S. Santa Cruz, M. Bussmann, G. G. Deierlein, E. Miranda, M. Sanchez

Study on the Nonlinear Responses of Concentrically Braced Steel Frame Structure under Diverse Intensities of Earthquake...... 21717 Ziguo Xu, Xiaoyan Cheng, Congzhen Xiao

Seismic Performance Evaluation of a Six Story Inner Frame Supported Masonry Building Based on In-Situ Impact Test...... 21725 Peizhou Zhang, Shuang Hou, Jinping Ou

Development of Earthquake Risk Assessnent System Using GIS for Snow Country...... 21734 Toshihiko Mizuta

Seismic Base Isolation Analysis for the Control of Structural Nonlinear Vibration ...... 21743 Luyu Li, Jinping Ou

Seismic Failure Mode Simulation for Low-Ductile R.C. Frame Structures ...... 21752 Peizhou Zhang, Shuang Hou, Jinping Ou

Collapse Mechanism of Multi-story Masonry Structure with First Soft Story ...... 21762 Xun Guo, Zhihua Zheng, Fu He

Seismic Damage Detection of a Concrete Building Model Using Measurements of Ambient Vibration Tests ...... 21766 Jesús Valdés, Jaime De-La-Colina, Carlos Alberto González

Topographic Effects in Strong Ground Motion...... 21776 Manisha Rai, Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, Alan Yong

Comparisons of Current Seismic Assessment Methods for Non-Seismic Designed Reinforced Concrete Bridges...... 21785 Prakit Chomchuen, Virote Boonyapinyo

Characterization of Nonlinear Site Response Based on Strong Motion Records at K-NET and KiK-net Stations in the East of Japan ...... 21795 Shinako Noguchi, Hiroaki Sato, Tsutomu Sasatani

Seismic Hazard Map Around Taiwan Through a Catalog-based Deterministic Approach ...... 21805 Du Ruo Huang, Jui-Pin Wang

Experimental Evaluation of the Multiple Friction Pendulum System with Several Sliding Interfaces in Reducing the Seismic Responses of Buildings and Equipments ...... 21812 Chong-Shien Tsai, Y. M. Wang, Hui-Chen Su

Infrastructure Interdependency Simulation Using i2Sim in a Study Case...... 21822 Hugón Juárez García, José R. Martí, K. D. Srivastava

Far-field Ground Motion of the Wenchuan M8.0 Earthquake and Influences on a Large Span Bridge...... 21832 Weilin Yang, Shengchu Zhu, Jinchuan Zhang

The Damages of Land Liquefaction by the 3.11 Eastern Japan Great Earthquake Disaster and Public Financial Support in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan ...... 21840 Hirofumi Hori, Hitoshi Nakamura, Takaaki Kato

Failure Mechanism and Seismic Capacity of RC Frames with URM Wall considering its Diagonal Strut ...... 21850 Kiwoong Jin, Ho Choi, Noriyuki Takahashi, Yoshiaki Nakano

Development of a System for Visualization and Management of Information on the Earthquake Performance of Structures ...... 21860 S. A. Mahin, Heidi Faison, Vesna Terzic, James Way

Effects of Aged Wooden Members on Seismic Performance of Old Traditional Wooden Structures ...... 21869 Yu Ooka, Hideaki Tanahashi, Kazuyuki Izuno, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kenzo Toki

Dynamic Response of High-Speed-Moving Vehicle Subjected to Seismic Excitation Considering Passengers' Dynamics ...... 21879 Atsuhiko Shintani, Tomohiro Ito, Chihiro Nakagawa, Yudai Iwasaki

Strong Ground Motion Prediction of Future Large Earthquake from Niavaran Fault in Tehran, Iran by Finite Fault Method...... 21887 Meghdad Samaei, Masakatsu Miyajima, Masato Tsurugi, Abdolhossein Fallahi

Design Spectra for the Reconstruction of Christchurch ...... 21896 Graeme McVerry, Matthew Gerstenberger, David Rhoades, Mark Stirling

Seismic Performance of Large Brick Masonry Bearing Wall Strengthened by Post-Tension ...... 21906 Hassane Ousalem, Yasuyoshi Miyauchi, Masato Yamamoto, H. Kitajima, D. Ono, Katsuhide Murakami, M. Kibayashi

High Acceleration Motions Generated from the 2011 Pacific Coast Off Tohoku, Japan Earthquake...... 21916 Kojiro Irikura, Susumu Kurahashi

Study on Seismic Constraint System of High-Pier Continuous Bridges ...... 21926 X. L. Xu, X. Xu, X. H. Li, Z. J. Li, K. R. Wang, D. Zhou

Survey Study on the Business Recovery Process of the Daily Stores Located on Different Soil Conditions at Tohoku Region by the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake on March 11...... 21936 Hiroshi Ohta, Toshio Adachi, Masamitsu Miyamura, Ryu Niyama

Test Results of Four-Story Reinforced Concrete and Post-Tensioned Concrete Buildings: The 2010 E-Defense Shaking Table Test...... 21946 Takuya Nagae, Kenichi Tahara, Kunio Fukuyama, Taizo Matsumori, Hitoshi Shiohara, Toshimi Kabeyasawa, Susumu Kono, Minehiro Nishiyama, J. P. Moehle, J. W. Wallace, Richard Sause, Wassim M. Ghannoum

New Earthquake Classification Scheme for Mainshocks and Aftershocks in the NGA-West2 Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPEs)...... 21956 Kathryn Wooddell, N. A. Abrahamson

Three-dimensional FEM Analysis Program of Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction for Parallel Computer and Solution Verification ...... 21964 Naoki Onishi

Source Process and Constitutive Relations of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Inferred from Near-Field Strong- Motion Data...... 21974 Kunikazu Yoshida, Anatoly Petukhin, Ken Miyakoshi, Koji Hada, Atsushi Okazaki

A Preliminary Study of Strong Motion Records in the Sapporo Metropolitan Area during the 2010 Central Ishikari Earthquake ...... 21984 Michiko Shigefuji, Tsutomu Sasatani, Nobuo Takai

Considering PZ Seismic Behavior in WUF-B and Cover Plate Connections ...... 21994 Peyman Shademanheidari, Roohollah Ahmady, Hossein Kayhani, Pouya Shademanheidari

VOLUME 28

Experiences of Shelter Response Planning for Earthquake Disasters in Kathmandu Valley ...... 22004 Surya Narayan Shrestha, Amod Mani Dixit, Gopi Krishna Basyal, Suresh Chaudhary

A General Introduction of the Earthquake Early Warning System in Wenchuan, China...... 22013 Tun Wang, Zhen Pan, Tianchang Chen, Jianhua Gu, Jianwen Cui, Jiangang Zhu, Hanshu Peng

A Comprehensive Fuzzy Method in Seismic Disaster Prediction of Urban Rail Transit Girder Bridges Based on Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) ...... 22018 Yongjun Ni, Jinxin Yan, Hao Wu, Hui Jiang

Shear Resistance of Concrete Connections Between Existing RC Frames and Newly-Added PCaPC Frames for Retrofit...... 22026 Yuki Shirai, Ryotaro Kurosawa, Hiroyasu Sakata, Jiang Liang Gao, Masanori Sugiyama, Yasuhiro Matsuzaki

Improving the Seismic Response of Tall Reinforced Concrete Buildings using Buckling Restrained Braces...... 22035 Mircea Vaduva, Lidia Mihaela Marin, Dan Cretu

Earthquake Damage Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Hotel Buildings in Hawaii ...... 22043 Can Simsir, Chukwuma Ekwueme, Gary Hart, Alexis Dumortier

Maximum Response Under Recorded and Principal Components of Ground Motion...... 22053 Athanasios Tsourekas, Asimina Athanatopoulou

Simplified Assessment of Railway Masonry Bridges Seismic Capacity ...... 22063 Giovanni Tecchio, Paolo Zampieri, Francesca Da Porto, Claudio Modena, Andrea Prota, Gaetano Manfredi

Full-scale Shaking Table Tests for Improvement of Functional Maintenance in Medical Facility Against Earthquake...... 22073 Eiji Sato, Hisanobu Sakai, Takahito Inoue, Atsuo Kakehi, Kenichi Kobayashi, Ruka Kosuge, Sachi Furukawa, Masayoshi Nakashima

Estimating the Non-Structural Seismic Vulnerability of Building Categories...... 22083 Karim Farokhnia, K. A. Porter

DisplacementBasedDesign for Transverse Response of RC Bridges: Evaluation of Iterative and Direct Procedures...... 22093 Giovanni Tecchio, Marco Donà, Francesca Da Porto, Federico Carturan, Claudio Modena

Effects of Embedment on Response of Structures on Spread Foundation in Centrifuge Model Tests ...... 22103 Hiroko Suzuki, Kohji Tokimatsu, Y. Tomiyasu, Shuji Tamura, Amane Kuriki

An Experimental Study on Countermeasure for Mitigating Tsunami Effect on Highway Bridge...... 22110 Guangfeng Zhang, Jun-Ichi Hoshikuma, Toshihiro Usui

Full-Scale Seismic Testing of Large-Span Embedded Steel Corrugated Structures ...... 22117 Viacheslav Beliaev, Sergey Privalov, Milhail Privalov, Lev Yakovlev

Approximate Deaggregation Method for Determination of Design Earthquake Magnitudes for Australia ...... 22127 James Dismuke, Timothy Mote

An Overview of the Largest Amplitudes in Recorded Ground Motions...... 22137 John Anderson

Experimental Study of Nonlinear Flexural and Shear Deformations of Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls ...... 22146 Thien Tran, J. W. Wallace

Nonlinear Response Assessment of an Instrumented Building in Acapulco...... 22156 Wilhelm Morales-Avilés, David Murià-Vila, Santiago Loera-Pizarro

Inelastic Torsional Response of Steel Concentrically Braced Frames...... 22166 Rasit Comlek, Bülent Akbas, Jay Shen, Narathip Sutchiewcharn, R. Wen, Onder Umut

Evaluation of Time Delay Margin for Added Damping of SDOF Systems in Real-Time Dynamic Hybrid Testing (RTDHT) Under Seismic Excitation...... 22176 Saffet Ayasun, Baki Ozturk

SPH Simulation of Earthquake-induced Slope Failure...... 22185 Yusuke Ono

Laboratory Study of Effect of the Dry Density on the Liquefaction Stress and Charisitic of the Saturation Compacted Loess ...... 22194 Qian Wang, Lanmin Wang, Haiping Ma, Zhongnan Gao

Applicability of Nonlinear Static Procedures for Seismic Assessment of Concrete Dams...... 22199 Anton Andonov, Alexander Iliev, Stoyan Andreev

Evaluation of the Accuracy of the Multiple Support Response Spectrum (MSRS) Method ...... 22209 Katerina Konakli, Armen Der Kiureghian

Evaluation and Retrofitting of a Concrete Wall Building Placed in Bucharest Using Multistage Rubber Bearings ...... 22219 Vasile-Virgil Oprisoreanu, Dan Zamfirescu

Displacement-Based Seismic Capacity Assessment of Concrete Dams ...... 22229 Anton Andonov, Kiril Apostolov

Development of Seismic Isolation System for Unloaders...... 22239 Robert Haymoz, Yoshimasa Nishiyama, Nobuhiro Niiyama, Keiji Ogata, Takefumi Fujita

Response of Historic Masonry Structures to Tectonic Ground Displacements ...... 22249 Marianna Loli, Ioannis Anastasopoulos, George Gazetas, Serena Cattari, S. Degli Abbati, Sérgio Lagomarsino

Effect of Ground Improvement around Pile Foundation on Seismic Behavior of Pile Structure During Very Large Earthquake...... 22259 Hisatoshi Kashiwa, Takaharu Nakano, Yuji Miyamoto

Engineering and Architectural Solutions for Sustainable and Multi-hazard Management of Urban Seismic Risk in Romania...... 22268 Emil-Sever Georgescu, Mihaela Stela Georgescu

Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Columns with Spandrel Walls Retrofitted Using CES System...... 22274 Juan Jose Castro, Ryo Nomura, Hiroshi Kuramoto, Takashi Taguchi, Takashi Kamiya

Enhancement of Seismic Capacity of Masonry Shear Walls By Use of Reinforced Concrete-Gap-Element and Experimental Study Using Pseudo-Dynamic Substructure-Tests...... 22284 Ekkehard Fehling, Eyad Aldoghaim

The Inefficacy of Seismic Isolation in Bridges with Tall Piers ...... 22294 Stergios Mitoulis

Real-Time Earthquake Damage Assessment in the Romanian-Bulgarian Border Region...... 22304 Emrah Erduran, Dominik Lang, Conrad Lindholm, Dragos Toma-Danila, Stefan Balan, Constantin Ionescu, Alexandru Aldea, Radu Vacareanu, Cristian Neagu

Earthquake Influences During Exploitation of Diversion Tunnel...... 22314 Zlatko Zafirovski, Marijana Lazarevska, Milorad Jovanovski, Darko Moslavac

ICSS (3): Seismic Response to Bidirectional Input Ground Motions...... 22322 Michiaki Sakate, Akira Igarashi, Hayato Ouchi, Takuji Ueda, T. Wada, Tetsuo Matsuda, Hiroshige Uno, Hiroshi Matsuda

ICSS(2): Function and Contribution of Response Modification Devices in Reduction of Seismic Action...... 22331 Tetsuo Matsuda, Akira Igarashi, Hayato Ouchi, Takuji Ueda, F. Wada, Michiaki Sakate, Hiroshige Uno, Hiroshi Matsuda

Bridge Pile-Abutment-Deck Interaction in Laterally Spreading Ground: Lessons from Christchurch...... 22341 Panagiota Tasiopoulou, Eleni Smyrou, Ihsan Engin Bal, George Gazetas

The CEDIM Forensic Earthquake Analysis Group and the Test Case of the 2011 Van Earthquakes ...... 22350 Friedemann Wenzel, J. E. Daniell, Bijan Khazai, Tina Kunz-Plapp

A Theoretical Approach for the Prediction of the Rotational Capacity of Steel Column Base Joints ...... 22360 Massimo Latour, Gianvittorio Rizzano

Reliability Assessment of Urban Water Networks ...... 22370 Michalis Fragiadakis, Dimitrios Vamvatsikos, Symeon Christodoulou

A Simplified Approach for the Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of R.C. Bridges with Simply Supported Deck...... 22380 Andrea Fiore, Mauro Mezzina, Francesco Porco, Domenico Raffaele, Giuseppina Uva

Response of Tall Steel Moment Resisting Frames (SMRF) to Near-fault Pulse-like Ground Motion...... 22390 Rajesh Rupakhety, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson

Experiences on Assessment and Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Masonry Infill in Kathmandu Valley ...... 22397 Minesh Tamrakar, Hima Shrestha, Ramesh Guragain

Calibration of a Combined Site Parameter of VS30 and Bedrock Depth for Ground-Motion Prediction Equations Using Strong-Motion Records from Japan...... 22404 John Zhao, Hua Xu

Seismic Risk Assessment in Bridge Management Systems ...... 22414 Yanchao Yue, Matteo Pozzi, Daniele Zonta, Francesca Bortot, Riccardo Zandonini

ICSS(4): A Design Applied for a Super Long Multi-Span Bridge ...... 22424 Daisuke Tsushima, Akira Igarashi, Hayato Ouchi, Takuji Ueda, Yoshinori Wada, Tetsuo Matsuda

New Prediction Formula of Fourier Spectra Based on Separation Method of Source, Path, and Site Effects Applied to the Observed Data in Japan...... 22434 Kenichi Nakano, Hiroshi Kawase, Shinichi Matsushima

Detailed Scale Ground Motion Maps with Guaranteed Accuracies and Web-GIS Application for the Local Communities ...... 22443 Michiyo Sugai, Haruna Yamda, Sayaka Tomida, Katsuro Ogawa, Yuichiro Nishimura, Susumu Kurahashi

Estimation of the Nonlinearity of the Surface Soil at Tsukidate During the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake...... 22451 Takashi Hayakawa, Toshimi Satoh, Mitsutaka Oshima, Hiroshi Kawase, Shinichi Matsushima, Baoyintu Baoyintu, Fumiaki Nagashima, Kenichi Nakano

Seismic Loss of Functionality in High-Rise and Low-Rise Office Buildings: The 2011 E-Defense Shaking Table Test...... 22460 Mutsuhiro Yoshizawa, Takuya Nagae, Kunio Fukuyama, Takahito Inoue, Koichi Kajiwara, Taiki Saito, Nobuo Fukuwa, Haruyuki Kitamura, Masayoshi Nakashima

Seismic Safety Assessment Program of School Building in Puglia (Italy): Overview and Case Studies ...... 22470 Andrea Fiore, Mauro Mezzina, Francesco Porco, Domenico Raffaele, Giuseppina Uva

ICSS(1):Concept and Fundamental of Seismic Respons...... 22480 Hayato Ouchi, Takuji Ueda, Y. Wada, Akira Igarashi, Tetsuo Matsuda, Michiaki Sakate, Hiroshige Uno, Hiroshi Matsuda

Influence of the Plastic Hinges Non-Linear Behavior on Bridges Seismic Response ...... 22489 Miguel Arriaga E Cunha, L. M. C. Guerreiro, Francisco Virtuoso

Residual Post-Fire Behaviour of Pre-Damaged Confined Concrete...... 22499 Virendra Kumar, Umesh Kumar Sharma, Bhupinder Singh, Pradeep Bhargava

Liquefaction Hazard Maps for Australia ...... 22509 Timothy Mote, James Dismuke

Performance-Based Criteria for Buckling-Restrained Braces Replacement After Severe Earthquakes...... 22518 Ardeshir Deylami, Mohammad Ali Mahdavipour

New Tsunami Disaster Mitigation System Considering Local Conditions of Indian Ocean Rim Regions ...... 22525 Kimiro Meguro, Shunichi Koshimura, Muneyoshi Numada

Numerical Evaluation of Shear Modulus Degradation and Damping Curves of Algerian Soils Using Geophysical Tests ...... 22531 Ramdane Bahar, Lila Saci, Samia Louadj, Eric Vincens

A New Ground Motion Prediction Equation Applicable Up to Mw9 Based on Data From the 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake...... 22541 Nobuyuki Morikawa, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Saburoh Midorikawa

Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on the Dynamic Behavior of Masonry and RC buildings...... 22551 Francesca Ceroni, Stefania Sica, Maria Rosaria Pecce, Angelo Garofano

Experimental Study of Dynamic Characteristics of 63kV & 132 kV Post Insulators with Flexible Conductors...... 22561 Amirhossein Khalvati, Mahmood Hosseini

3D Seismic Simulation of RC Structures Using Damage Mechanics: an Assessment of Merits and Limitations...... 22571 Luís Mendes, Luís Castro, Ema Coelho

Pseudo-dynamic Tests in Centrifugal Field for Structure-foundation-soil Systems...... 22581 Yoshikazu Takahashi, Masako Kodera

Soil Amplification Based on Statistical Analysis of NERIES European Digital Accelerometric Data-base ...... 22591 Xavier Goula, Teresa Susagna, Jordi Roviró, Carlos Sousa Oliveira

A Procedure to Design Girder Bridge Deck Subjected to In-plane Actions ...... 22601 Mauro Mezzina, Fabrizio Palmisano, Domenico Raffaele

Evaluation of a Retrofit Solution Used for Concrete Masonry Walls with Large Openings Using FEM Nonlinear Analysis...... 22611 Mehrtash Motamedi, Habibollah Kakolvand, Mohammad Yekrangnia

Plastic–Damage Analysis of Koyna Dam in Different Damping Mechanisms with Dam–Water Interaction ...... 22620 Omid Omidi, Vahid Lotfi, Somasundaram Valliappan

The Effect of Preloading on the Strength of Jacketed R/C Bridge Piers ...... 22630 V. K. Papanikolaou, Sotiria Stefanidou, Andreas J. Kappos

Experimental Evaluation of the Cyclic Behavior of a Double-Column Bridge Pier with a Short Span Coupling Beam...... 22640 André Monteiro, António Arêde, Nélson Vila-Pouca, Ana Sofia Peixoto, Raimundo Delgado

Seismic Safety Analysis of Concrete Arch Dams Based on Combined Discrete Crack and Plastic–Damage Technique ...... 22650 Omid Omidi, Vahid Lotfi

Damage Ratios and Ground Motion Characteristics During the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake ...... 22660 Hao Wu, Kazuaki Masaki, Kojiro Irikura, Xin Wang

Web-based Quick Estimation System of Strong Ground Motion Maps Using Engineering Geomorphologic Classification Map and Observed Seismic Records...... 22670 Masashi Matsuoka, Naotaka Yamamoto

Comparative Analysis of Seismic Response of Irregular Multi-Span Continuous Bridges ...... 22680 Djordje Ladjinovic, Andrija Raseta, Radomir Folic, Aleksandar Prokic

Numerical Analysis of a Cyclic Pressuremeter Test...... 22688 Ramdane Bahar, Ouarda Belhassani

Development of Damage Function for Seismic Risk Assessment for Semi-Conductor Manufacturing Plant...... 22698 Itsuki Kawakubo, Kei Horie

Preliminary Investigation of the Pile-foundation Buildings Leaned By Damage in the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake ...... 22708 Kazuya Mitsuji, Zhiwei Liu, Susumu Ohno, Masato Motosaka

Dynamic Soil-structure Interaction of High-rise Building with Massive Foundation -Correlation Between Shear Forces of Building and Foundation ...... 22718 Kazuya Mitsuji, Kaoru Fujiwara

Performance-Based Plastic Design (PBPD) of High-Rise Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames ...... 22726 Dipti Ranjan Sahoo, Shih-Ho Chao

Source Characteristics of Large Outer Rise Earthquakes in the Pacific Plate ...... 22736 Tsutomu Sasatani, Nobuo Takai, Michiko Shigefuji, Yuji Miyahara, Wataru Kawabata, Yuka Okazaki

Design of Piles in Liquefiable Soil: A Review of Design Codes and Methodologies ...... 22746 Barnali Ghosh, Juliet Mian, Zygmunt Lubkowski

Homogenization of Earthquake Catalog in Terms of Magnitude using General Orthogonal Regression...... 22756 Ranjit Das, Hans Raj Wason, Mukut Lal Sharma

Health Disturbance of Residents in Houses Tilted Due to Liquefaction during the Great East Japan Earthquake ...... 22766 Masayuki Kohiyama, Chinami Keino

Evaluation of Seismic Behavior of Buckling Restrained Braced Frames as Dual System in Combination with Special Moment Resisting Frames...... 22776 Alireza Mehdipanah, S. Rasoul Mirghaderi, S. Ali Razavi

Tohoku 11-3-11: A Mega-NaTech ...... 22786 Emmanuel Andreadakis, Irene Kostaki, Eleni Kapourani, Efthymis Lekkas

Preparing for a Major Earthquake in Nepal: Achievements and Lessons ...... 22794 Amod Mani Dixit, Surya Narayan Shrestha, Yogeshwar Krishna Parajuli, M. B. Thapa

Issues with the Seismic Design of Mixed MRF Systems...... 22804 Tim Maley, Timothy J. Sullivan, Stefano Pampanin

VOLUME 29

Seismogenic Fault-source Characterization in SE Spain: Implications for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment ...... 22814 Julián García-Mayordomo, Santiago Martín-Alfageme, Raquel Martín-Banda, Juan Miguel Insua-Arévalo, José Jesús Martínez- Díaz, Alberto Jiménez-Díaz, Emilio Rodríguez-Escudero, Martín Jesús Rodríguez-Peces, Luis Cabañas-Rodriguez, Jorge Gaspar- Escribano

Performance-Based Seismic Design of State-of-Practice Multi-Story Cold-Formed Steel Structures: First Phase – Design and Instrumentation Plan ...... 22821 Narutoshi Nakata, B. W. Schafer, Robert Madsen

Pushover Analysis of Steel Frames with Buckling Restrained Braces focusing Slab-Composite Effect ...... 22831 Yasumasa Ohko, Tetsuo Yamashita

Towards a Direct Displacement-Based Loss Assessment Methodology for RC Frame Buildings ...... 22840 David Welch, Timothy J. Sullivan, Gian Michele Calvi

Improvement of a Simplified Method for the Assessment of 3D R.C. Frames...... 22850 Simone Peloso, Alessandro Zanardi, Alberto Pavese

3-D Seismic Response Analysis of a High-Rise Building in Tokyo, Japan, for the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake ...... 22859 Tatsuhiro Arata, Yoshiaki Hisada, Tetsuo Yamashita, Tomohiro Kubo

Pushover Analysis for Performance Based-Seismic Design of RC Frames with Shear Walls...... 22867 Yasin Fahjan, Bilge Doran, Bülent Akbas, Joseph Kubin

Effect of Diaphragm Flexibility on the Dynamic Behaviour of Unreinforced Masonry Walls in Out-of-Plane Bending ...... 22877 Rocco Gabellieri, Pier Paolo Diotallevi, Luca Landi

Calibration of the Numerical Model of a Timber Structure ...... 22887 Simone Peloso, Valeria Fort, Alberto Pavese

On the Effects of Induced Earthquakes Due to Fluid Injection at Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant, Iceland ...... 22896 Benedikt Halldorsson, Símon Ólafsson, Jonas Thor Snaebjoernsson, Sigurður Unnar Sigurðsson, Rajesh Rupakhety, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson

Comparison of Structural Models for Seismic Analysis of Multi-Storey Frame Buildings...... 22906 Djordje Ladjinovic, Andrija Raseta, A. Radujkovic, Radomir Folic, Aleksandar Prokic

Application of JY Series Energy Dispersion and Shock-Absorbing Technique in Super High-Rise Building...... 22914 Jie Gao, Yantao Xue, Z. G. Xu

Developing of a Strategy for Improving Seismic Safety of Schools in Nepal...... 22925 Surya Prasad Acharya, Amod Mani Dixit, Nirakar Joshi, Dhruba Lal Pradhan, Surya Narayan Shrestha, R. C. Kandel

Estimation of Kappa (κ) for a Sedimentary Basin in Greece (EUROSEISTEST) - Correlation to Site Characterisation Parameters ...... 22935 Olga-Joan Ktenidou, F. Cotton, Emmanuel Chaljub, S. Drouet, Nikos Theodoulidis, S. Arnaouti

Implementing School Retrofitting Program in Nepal: Experiences and Lessons Learnt ...... 22945 Jhapper Singh Vishokarma, R. H. Dahal, Surya Prasad Acharya, Ramesh Guragain, Amod Mani Dixit

A Real-Time Stochastic Wave-Type based Model for Prediction of Strong Ground Motion ...... 22955 Amin Zahedi Khameneh, Raimar J. Scherer

Beijing Rail Transit Command Center (Phase II) Energy Dissipation Technology and Dynamic Elastoplastic Analysis...... 22964 Jie Gao, Yantao Xue, Z. G. Xu, C. C. Ren

Implementing Capacity Building of Resource Persons and Teachers for Earthquake Preparedness in Schools in Nepal ...... 22974 Nirakar Joshi, Surya Prasad Acharya, Amod Mani Dixit

Damage Pattern During Sikkim, India Earthquake of September 18, 2011 ...... 22984 M. L. Sharma, B. K. Maheshwari, Yogendra Singh, Amita Sinvhal

Evaluation Method of Seismic Safety of Interior Piping Using Single-Axis Shake-Table Test and Finite Element Analysis...... 22994 Masayuki Osawa, Shinobu Kawaguchi, Yoshihiro Atarashiya, Aoi Nakakomi, K. Kinoshita, Masayuki Kohiyama

A Set of Eurocode 8-Compatible Synthetic Time-Series as Input to Dynamic Analysis...... 23004 Aurore Laurendeau, Mathieu Causse, Philippe Guéguen, Mathieu Perrault, Luis Fabian Bonilla, John Douglas

Seismic Performance of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings: Application to Barcelona, Spain ...... 23014 Jorge Avila-Haro, José Ramón González-Drigo, Y. F. Vargas, Lluis G. Pujades, Alex H. Barbat, Serena Cattari

A Study on People's Awareness of Earthquake Early Warning before and after the 2011off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Japan...... 23024 Miho Ohara, Kimiro Meguro, Atsushi Tanaka

A Novel Method Combined GM (1, N) Model with Site Correction for Seismic Intensity Intensity Rapid Estimation...... 23031 Qian Wang, Zhongyu Wang, Jie Tong, Jihua Fu

Seismic Response and Damage of High-Rise Buildings in Tokyo, Japan, During the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake...... 23041 Yoshiaki Hisada, Tetsuo Yamashita, Masahiro Murakami, Tomohiro Kubo, Tatsuhiro Arata, Jun Shindo, Koji Aizawa

Seismic Activity Rates in the Iberian Peninsula...... 23050 Maria J Crespo, Joaquín Marti, Francisco Martinez

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Corroded Steel Bridge Bearings...... 23060 Xiaohu Fan, Jason McCormick

Finite Element Modeling of HSS-to-HSS Moment Connections...... 23070 Matthew Fadden, Jason McCormick

A Study on Moment Resisting Behavior of Mortise-Tenon Joint with Dowel or Split Wedge...... 23080 Hiroyasu Sakata, Yoshihiro Yamazaki, Yoshimitsu Ohashi

A New Catalogue of Eastern Mediterranean Earthquakes, 2150 BC – 2011 ...... 23090 Zehra Cagnan, Dogan Kalafat

Soil-structure Interaction Effects on the Excitation and Response of a Low-rise Rc Building Subjected to Near- and Far-fault Earthquakes...... 23100 Jonas Thor Snaebjoernsson, Fjola Gudrun Sigtryggsdottir, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson

Generalized Scaling Law for Settlements of Dry Sand Deposit ...... 23110 Tetsuo Tobita, Sandra Escoffier, Jean-Louis Chazelas, Susumu Iai

Characteristics Affecting the Vulnerability of Soft Storey Mechanisms...... 23120 Hossein Agha Beigi, Timothy J. Sullivan, Gian Michele Calvi, Constantin Christopoulos

Evaluation of Earthquake Demands for Concentrically Braced Steel Frame Buildings ...... 23130 Chui-Hsin Chen, S. A. Mahin

Effects of Near-Field Earthquakes on Seismically Isolated Bridges under Bi-Directional Loading...... 23140 Cem Yenidogan, Mustafa Erdik, Michael Constantinou

Identification of Modal Parameters of Ambient Excitation Structures Using Continuous Wavelet Transform ...... 23149 Kushan Wijesundara, Caterina Negulescu, Evelyne Foerster, Daniel Monfort

Modeling of the Shear Behavior of Unreinforced and Strengthened Masonry Walls...... 23158 Orhun Koksal, Oktay Jaferov, Bilge Doran, Cengiz Karakoc

Dynamic Characteristics of Soils Estimated Using Microtremors and Seismic Records in Lima Peru...... 23166 Diana Calderon, Toru Sekiguchi, Shoichi Nakai, Fernando Lazares, Zenón Aguilar

Evaluation of Site Effects in the Greater Bangkok by Microtremor Observations...... 23175 Nakhorn Poovarodom, Nonthakorn Plalinyot

Analytical Study of Steel Ring Connections as Hysteretic Metallic Damper...... 23185 Mehrtash Motamedi, Maryam Hafezi, Mohammad Yekrangnia

Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Risk Mitigation: Case Study of Lifeline Infrastructures...... 23191 M. B. Javanbarg, Shiro Takada, Charles Scawthorn

Seismic Vulnerability of Historic Centres: Identification of Damage Mechanisms Occurred in Arsita (TE) After L’Aquila Earthquake ...... 23201 Antonio Formisano, Gilda Florio, Roberta Fonti, Elena Candigliota, Francesco Immordino, Anna Marzo, Lorenzo Moretti, Maurizio Indirli, Dante Abate, Graziano Furini, Samuele Pierattini, Augusto Screpanti, Matteo Angelini, Teresa Gambatesa, Chiara Massaia

A Three-dimensional Extension of the Ramberg-Osgood Model. Comparison with Other Formulations...... 23211 Pedro Chitas, Jaime Alberto Santos, Isabel Lopes

Experimental Evaluations for Peeling and Shear Strength of Masonry Arch Bridges ...... 23221 Yusuke Kishi, Takeshi Kitahara, Katsuyoshi Nozaka, Kazuyuki Izuno

Aftershock Fragility Curves and Tagging Assessments for a Mainshock-Damaged Building ...... 23230 Meera Raghunandan, Abbie Liel, Hyeuk Ryu, Nicolas Luco, S. Uma

Development of a European Building Inventory Database ...... 23240 Helen Crowley, Sevgi Ozcebe, Robin Spence, Roxane Foulser-Piggott, Mustafa Erdik, Karoline Alten

Energy Dissipation and Equivalent Damping of RC Columns Subjected to Biaxial Bending: An Investigation Based in Experimental Results...... 23250 Hugo Rodrigues, António Arêde, Humberto Varum, Aníbal Costa

Viscously Coupled Shear Walls: Concept, Simplified Analysis, and a Design Procedure ...... 23260 Oren Lavan

Simplified Model for the Non-Linear Behaviour Representation of Reinforced Concrete Columns Under Biaxial Bending ...... 23270 Hugo Rodrigues, António Andrade-Campos, Xavier Romão, António Arêde, Humberto Varum, Aníbal Costa

Performance of Exterior Precast Beam-Column Dowel Connections Under Cyclic Loading...... 23280 R Vidjeapriya, K. P. Jaya

VS of Shallow Crust Structure and Site Effects at L’Aquila (Italy) for the Mw 6.3, 2009 Earthquake...... 23290 Concettina Nunziata, Maria Rosaria Costanzo

Development of a Computer Program for Direct Displacement-Based Design ...... 23300 Timothy J. Sullivan, Flavio Bono, Fabrizio Magni, Gian Michele Calvi

Vulnerability Study of Steel Storage Tanks in a Large Industrial Area of Sicily ...... 23310 Barbara Borzi, Paola Ceresa, Marta Faravelli, Mauro Onida

Site Classification of Newly Deployed Strong Motion Stations in the Eastern Mediterranean...... 23320 Zehra Cagnan, Ozdogan Yilmaz, Tolga Yilmaz

Mismatches in Climatically and Seismically Responsive Global Dominant Building Forms ...... 23329 W. Victoria Lee, Robin Spence

Seismic Retrofitting of RC Frames with RC Infilling ...... 23339 Christis Z. Chrysostomou, N. C. Kyriakides, Panagiotis Kotronis, Martin Poljanšek, Fabio Taucer, P. Roussis, A. Kosmopoulos

Seismic Microzonation in Two Pyrenean Valleys: Val d'Aran and Luchonnais...... 23349 Albert Macau, Sara Figueras, Agathe Roullé, Linda Kingne, Fabian Bellmunt, Carolina Meneses

Full-scale Laboratory Validation of a MEMS-based Technology for Post-earthquake Damage Assessment...... 23357 Davide Trapani, Daniele Zonta, M. Molinari, Nicolas Bertsch, V. Spiering, Juan Santana, T. Sterken, Tom Torfs, Dimitris Bairaktaris, M. Bairaktarisg, S. Camarinopoulos, Stamatia Frondistou-Yannas, Dumitru Ulieru, A. Amditis, M. Bimpas

Effects of Near-Field and Far-Field Earthquakes on Seismic Response of SDOF System Considering Soil Structure Interaction ...... 23366 Mohammad Reza Davoodi, Mani Sadjadi, Pedram Goljahani, Mohsen Kamalian

Fault Rupture Propagation through Level Ground and Sloping Sand Layers...... 23376 Roya Solhmirzaei, Abbas Soroush, Mahda Mortazavi Zanjani

New Criterion for the Liquefaction Resistance Under Strain-Controlled Multi-Directional Cyclic Shear...... 23386 Hiroshi Matsuda, Tran Than Nhan, Ryohei Ishikura, Takafumi Inazawa, Primantyo Hendrawan Andre

Seismic Response of Viaducts Accounting for Soil-Structure Interaction...... 23396 Sandro Carbonari, M. Morici, Francesca Dezi, Graziano Leoni, Camillo Nuti, Francesco Silvestri, Giuseppe Tropeano, Ivo Vanzi

Evaluation of the q Factor of Irregular RC Buildings Designed According to EC8...... 23406 V. Anagnostopoulou, Christos Zeris, Christos Karayannis

FEMA P58: Next-Generation Building Seismic Performance Assessment Methodology...... 23416 R. O. Hamburger, Chris Rojahn, Jon Heintz, Michael Mahoney

Simplified Methods for Evaluating the Uplift of Buildings with Raft Foundation ...... 23426 Mohamed Rachidi, Silvano Erlicher

Direct Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Steel Moment Frames...... 23436 Luís Macedo, José Miguel Castro

In Situ Tests for the Assessment of Seismic Strengthening Historic Brick Masonry Walls with Carbon Fiber Fabric...... 23446 Marjana Lutman, Uroš Bohinc, Matija Gams, Miha Tomaževic

Influence of a Sedimentary Basin Infilling Description on the 2D P-SV Wave Propagation Using Linear and Nonlinear Constitutive Models ...... 23456 Céline Gélis, Luis Fabian Bonilla

Experimental Seismic Investigation of Composite RC - Diagonal Steel Prop Joints...... 23466 Mohammad Kazem Sharbatdar, Ali Kheyroddin, Ebrahim Emami

Seismic and Integrated Risk Assessment and Management with Information Technology Application...... 23474 Nina Frolova, Valery Larionov, S. P. Sushchev, Jean Bonnin

Seismic Resistance Analysis and innovative Earthquake Refit of a 37 Year Old Office Building ...... 23484 Thierry Berset, L. Abächerli, Gregor Schwegler, H. Stempfle, Roland Herter

October 23rd, 2011 Van Earthquake: Preliminary Reconnaissance Report: Structural and Geotechnical Aspects of the Damage...... 23493 Ufuk Yazgan, Beyza Taskin, Pinar Özdemir Çaglayan, Ayfer Erken, Zekai Celep, M. Ertaç Ergüven, Atilla Sezen, Resat Oyguç, Ülgen Mert Tugsal

Seismic Risk Assessment at Urban Level: Example for the Black Sea Region ...... 23503 Nina Frolova, N. S. Malaeva, Valery Larionov, Leonid Kushnir, Oleg Vadachkoriya, Jean Bonnin

The Hazard Component of OpenQuake: The Calculation Engine of the Global Earthquake Model...... 23513 Damiano Monelli, Marco Pagani, G. A. Weatherill, Vitor Silva, Helen Crowley

Analytical Comparison of Deficient R/C Frames Strengthened with HPFRC Jacket and FRP Rods at NSM Method...... 23521 Mohammad Kazem Sharbatdar, Mehri Gholami, Ahmad Kosarian

Mechanical Characterization of Concrete from Existing Buildings with SonReb method...... 23529 Maria Teresa Cristofaro, Angelo D'Ambrisi, Mario De Stefano, Marco Tanganelli, Raffaele Pucinotti

Seismic Vulnerability of Substation with Interaction of Structure and Electrical Equipments ...... 23538 Bo Wen, Zhihao Wang, Ditao Niu

Influence of Earthquakes and Mining Related Surface Vibrations on RC Skip Tower ...... 23543 Tatara Tadeusz, Pachla Filip

Government Insurance Risk Pool: A Lifesaver or Learning to Swim?...... 23553 Gabriela Chavez-Lopez

Overstrength of Shear Links in Eccentric Braces ...... 23558 Gaetano Della Corte, Mario D'Aniello, Raffaele Landolfo

A Macro-element Approach for Modeling the Nonlinear Behaviour of Monumental Buildings Under Static and Seismic Loadings ...... 23568 Ivo Caliò, Francesco Cannizzaro, Bartolomeo Pantò

Probabilistic Study of Peak Floor Acceleration Demands in Nonlinear Structures ...... 23578 Shahram Taghavi, Eduardo Miranda

The Effect of Different Modelling Approach on Seismic Analysis of Steel Concentric Braced Frames ...... 23588 Mario D'Aniello, Giuseppe La Manna Ambrosino, Francesco Portioli, Raffaele Landolfo

Seismic Behavior of Buildings Located on Slopes - An Analytical Study and Some Observations From Sikkim Earthquake of September 18, 2011...... 23598 Yogendra Singh, Phani Gade, Dominik Lang, Emrah Erduran

A Sampling Method for the Probabilistic Seismic Safety Assessment of Buildings...... 23608 Mário Marques, Raimundo Delgado

Effect of Soil Depth on Inelastic Displacement Spectra ...... 23618 Shrabony Adhikary, Yogendra Singh

VOLUME 30

Vibration Attenuation by Periodic Foundations...... 23626 Zhibao Cheng, Zhifei Shi, Hongjun Xiang

Effects of Soil-structure Interaction on Performance-based Assessment of Masonry Buildings ...... 23636 Anna Karatzetzou, Dimitris Pitilakis, Nivine Abbas, Serena Cattari

Experimental Study on Torsional Behaviour of Two-Story Timber Houses with Eccentricity ...... 23646 Kento Suzuki, Hiroyasu Sakata, Yoshihiro Yamazaki

Tsunami Vulnerability Function Development Based on the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake in Japan...... 23656 Manabu Masuda, Chesley Williams, Ali Shahkarami, Farhat Rafique, Jason Bryngelson, Tamiyo Kondo

Identification of Modal Parameters: Radar Measurements and of Ambient Vibrations Measurements ...... 23666 Caterina Negulescu, Daniel Raucoules, Agathe Roullé, Daniel Monfort, Thomas Dewez, Bastien Colas, Guido Luzi, Michele Crosetto, Lluis G. Pujades

Real-Time Hybrid Simulation of Complex Structures using Multi-Actuator Control...... 23676 Brian M. Phillips, Billie F. Spencer-Jr.

Damage Assessment on Building Structures Subjected to the Recent Near-fault Earthquake in Lorca (Spain)...... 23686 Jesus Donaire-Avila, Amadeo Benavent-Climent, Alberto Escobedo, Elena Oliver-Saiz, Ana Luisa Ramírez-Márquez, Mercedes Feriche

A Complete Simplified Framework in Determination of Seismic Racking Response of Shallow Buried Structures ...... 23696 Ali Guney Ozcebe, Kemal Onder Cetin

Analytical Fragility Curves of Confined Masonry Buildings...... 23706 Fariman Ranjbaran, Mahmood Hosseini

An Improved Computational Strategy for Vibration-Proof Structures Equipped with Nano-Enhanced Viscoelastic Devices ...... 23713 Evangelos Ntotsios, Alessandro Palmeri

Seismic Vulnerability of Cylindrical Steel Tanks Using Static and Dynamic Analysis and Fluid Wave Height Control...... 23723 Hossein Kazem, Siavash Mehrpouya

Limit Analysis of Brick Masonry Shear Walls with Openings Under Later Loads by Rigid Block Modeling ...... 23730 Francesco Portioli, Lucrezia Cascini, Raffaele Landolfo, Paolo Foraboschi

Simplified Evaluation of Seismic Behavior of Beam-column Joints in Reinforced Concrete Frames...... 23740 Gian Piero Lignola, Andrea Prota, Gaetano Manfredi

Seismic Evaluation of Tall Buildings: Transparency Using a Building Specific Earthquake Demand and System Capacity Uncertainty Analysis...... 23750 Gary Hart

Site Specific Ground Motion Amplification Study in Sendai Basin for Seismic Design Based on Observation Records During the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake ...... 23758 Tsoggerel Tsamba, Masato Motosaka, Kazuya Mitsuji

The Quarter-wavelength Average Velocity: A Review of Some Past and Recent Application Developments ...... 23768 Valerio Poggi, Benjamin Edwards, Donat Fäh

Characteristics of Seismic Waves Propagation. Can We Accept the “Mexico City Effect” as Responsible for the Collapse of Buildings During Strong Earthquakes?...... 23778 Ion Vlad

Dynamic Response of Wind Turbines taking into account the Rotational Component of Ground Motions...... 23788 Lutz Hermanns, Ligia Elena Quiros, Jorge Gaspar-Escribano, Belen Benito, Miguel Angel Santoyo, Jaime Vega

Site Response Analysis Including Earthquake Input Ground Motion and Soil Dynamic Properties Variability...... 23796 Fernando Lopez-Caballero, Céline Gélis, Julie Régnier, Luis Fabian Bonilla

Cracks Distance and Width in Reinforced Concrete Membranes: Experimental Results from Cyclic Loading Histories...... 23806 Gianluca Ruocci, C. Rospars, Philippe Bisch, Silvano Erlicher, G. Moreau

Performance of Steel Structures During the February 27, 2010, Chile Earthquake...... 23816 Ricardo Herrera, J. F. Beltran

Seismic Performance and Design of Linked Column Frame System (LCF) ...... 23826 Mohammad Malakoutian, Jeffrey W Berman, Peter Dusicka, Arlindo P Lopes

Fluid Viscous Dampers and Flat Surface Sliders for Seismic Isolation of the Bridge over Po River in Piacenza, Italy ...... 23834 Maria Gabriella Castellano, Gian Paolo Colato, Samuele Infanti, Achille Soffiato, Alessandro Contin, Enrico Viviani

Seismic Improvement of Monumental Churches with Domes ...... 23841 Devis Sonda, Marco Cossu, Kit Miyamoto

Experimental Evaluation of Impulsive Energy Damping in Masonry Collapse Mechanisms...... 23851 Luigi Sorrentino, Omar Al Shawa, Luis Domingo Decanini

Wave Propagation Effect on Seismic Response of Cable-stayed Bridge: A Multiple Shake Tables Test ...... 23861 Cheng-Yu Yang, Moe M. S. Cheung, Xin Xu

Upgrading of 5 DOF Seismic Simulation System with the Newest Real-Time Three Variable Digital Control System ...... 23871 Zoran Rakicevic, M. A. Garevski, Nikola Naumovski, Igor Markovski, Roman Golubovski, Dejan Filipovski

Nonlinear Mechanical Model of Seismic Behaviour of Beam-Column Pin Connections ...... 23880 Vittorio Capozzi, Gennaro Magliulo, Gaetano Manfredi

Comparative Study on Seismic Behavior of RC Frame Structure Using Viscous Dampers, Steel Dampers and Viscoelastic Dampers...... 23890 Xilin Lu, Kun Ding, Da-Gen Weng, Kazuhiko Kasai, A. Wada

Seismic Vulnerability and Retrofitting of Municipal Theatre of Lima, Peru...... 23900 Luis Ricardo Proano Tataje, Luiz Quiroz Torres, Carlos Zavala Toledo

2010 E-Defense Four-Story Reinforced Concrete and Post-Tensioned Buildings – Preliminary Comparative Study of Experimental and Analytical Results...... 23909 Zeynep Tuna, Sofia Gavridou, J. W. Wallace, Takuya Nagae, Taizo Matsumori

Comparison of Several Variants of the Response Spectrum Method and Definition of Equivalent Static Loads from the Peak Response Envelopes ...... 23919 Quang Sang Nguyen, Silvano Erlicher, F. Martin

Recent Enhancements to the NEES@UCSB Permanently Instrumented Field Sites...... 23929 Jamison Steidl, Robin Gee, Sandra Seale, Paul Hegarty

A Low Cost Retrofit Scheme for Masonry-Infilled Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Frames...... 23937 Panitan Lukkunaprasit, Jarun Srechai

Performance of Masonry Buildings During the 2011 Lorca Earthquake...... 23947 Lutz Hermanns, Alberto Fraile, Enrique Alarcón, Ramón Álvarez

Earthquake Response of Frames Equiped with EDR Damping Devices ...... 23957 Costas Syrmakezis, Tasos Bizos

Local and Global Response Simulation of a Reinforced Concrete Wall Specimen ...... 23962 Farhad Dashti, Saleh Malekpour, Ali Davaran

Seismic Response of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations ...... 23970 Rallis Kourkoulis, Fani Gelagoti, Amir M. Kaynia

Failure Mechanism of Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls with and Without Confinement...... 23980 David Escolano-Margarit, Anna Klenke, Santiago Pujol, Amadeo Benavent-Climent

Shake Table Test of Nonlinear Structure-Pile Foundation-Soil System ...... 23989 Shunsuke Nishimura, Yoshikazu Takahashi, Yoshitaka Murono, Takayoshi Nishimura, Joji Ejiri

Statistical Damage Survey of the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch Earthquakes ...... 23999 Tao Lai, Arash Nasseri, Fred Turner

Towards a Direct Displacement-based Design Procedure for Cold-formed Steel Frame / Wood Panel Shear Walls...... 24008 Seyed Ali Moayed Alaee, Timothy J. Sullivan, Colin A. Rogers

Seismic Performance of a Typical Existing CoreFrame RC Building with Soil Struct. Interaction ...... 24018 Christos Zeris, Andreas Koutras, George Gazetas

Level 2 Reliability of Simplified Pushover Methods...... 24028 Lutz Hermanns, M. O. González, Enrique Alarcón, Alberto Fraile, Jaime Veja

Seismic Response of Systems Founded on Isolated Footings on Top of Alluvial Basins ...... 24036 Fani Gelagoti, Tarek Abdoun, Rallis Kourkoulis

Assessment and Retrofitting of Old Reinforced Concrete Buildings with an Open Ground Story ...... 24046 Themistocles Antonopoulos, Stavros Anagnostopoulos

Vulnerability Functions for Buildings Due to Liquefaction ...... 24056 Ulises Cazares, Mauro Nino, Eduardo Reinoso

Optimal Design of Passive Control Systems Using Stiffness Modification and Pole Assignment Algorithm ...... 24065 Mehdi Ahmadizadeh, Alireza Zare

An Investigation on DDBD Approach of Near-Fault RC Frame, RC Wall-Frame and Steel Braced RC Frame Systems...... 24075 Saleh Malekpour, Farhad Dashti, H. Ghaffarzadeh

About Permissible Damage Degree and Structural Seismic Safety ...... 24083 Mark Klyachko, Enrique Simbort

Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Core Wall Buildings with and Without Moment Resisting Frames...... 24090 Zeynep Tuna, J. W. Wallace, Tony Yang, J. P. Moehle

Experimental Assessment of the Seismic Response of Three-leaf Stone Masonry Walls, with Due Consideration to Soil–structure Interaction...... 24100 Aikaterini-Anna Manoledaki, Vasileios Drosos, Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Elizabeth Vintzileou, George Gazetas

Performance Evaluation of a Seismically-Isolated Bridge Structure with Adaptive Passive Negative Stiffness ...... 24109 Navid Attary, Michael Symans, Satish Nagarajaiah, Andrei M. Reinhorn, Michael Constantinou, Douglas Taylor, Dharma T. R. Pasala, Apostolos A. Sarlis

Effects of Spatial Variability of Soil Properties on Natural Frequency of Natural Soil Deposits ...... 24119 Reza Jamshidi Chenari, Mohammad Reza Davoodi, Amin Alinezhad Taheri

Seismic Strengthening of Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames by CFRP ...... 24129 Gulseren Erol, H. Faruk Karadogan, Feridun Cili

A Uniform Framework of Seismic Vulnerability Assessment and its Application in Seismic Risk Analysis of European Countries ...... 24139 Tao Lai, Arash Nasseri, Vineet Katiyar, Yuchuan Tang, Jay Guin, Peeranan Towashiraporn

Experimental Investigation of Dynamic Behaviour of Cantilever Retaining Walls ...... 24149 Anna Scotto Di Santolo, Augusto Penna, Aldo Evangelista, Panos Kloukinas, George Mylonakis, Armando Lucio Simonelli, Subhamoy Bhattacharya, Matt Dietz, Luiza Dihoru, Colin A. Taylor

Seismic Performance of Cross-Laminated Timber Panel Buildings with Dissipative Connections...... 24159 Massimo Latour, Gianvittorio Rizzano, Giuseppe Torello

Restraining Bars Buckling by Means of FRP Wrapping: An Analytical Approach ...... 24169 Vincenzo Giamundo, Gian Piero Lignola, Andrea Prota, Gaetano Manfredi

Earthquake-Induced Liquefaction Effects on a Shallow Foundation ...... 24179 Andreia Marques, Paulo Coelho, Ulas Cilingir, Stuart Haigh, Gopal Madabhushi

Effect of Bedrock Depth on Site Classification ...... 24188 Ritu Raj Nath, Ravi Shankar Jakka

Seismic Vulnerability of the Marble Blocks Colonnade of Ancient Forum in the Archaeological Site of Pompeii ...... 24197 Gianluigi De Martino, Vincenzo Giamundo, Gian Piero Lignola

Seismic Fragility of Suspended Ceiling Systems ...... 24207 Alicia Echevarria, A. E. Zaghi, Siavash Soroushian, Manos Maragakis

Seismic Hazards Assessment of North-west of Iran, Ardabil City ...... 24217 Abbas Arjmand Noshahr, Gholamreza Nouri, Mehrdad Azadi Hir

Performance of Tuned Liquid Dampers with Different Tank Geometries for Vibration Control of Structures...... 24227 S. S. Hosseini, A. K. Ghorbani-Tanha, Mahmood Rahimian

Seismic Hazard Mitigation Strategies and Measures of Highway Bridges...... 24236 Phillip Yen

Seismic Reliability Assessment of 5 and 10-Story Buildings Part III...... 24243 Marco Antonio Montiel, Roberto Cíntora, Guillermo Diaz De León, F. L. Silva

Effect of Different Modelling Assumptions on the Seismic Response of RC Structures ...... 24253 Romain Sousa, Tuba Eroglu, Danai Kazantzidou, Mohsen Kohrangi, Luis Sousa, Roberto Nascimbene, Rui Pinho

Evaluation of Residual Drift Demands in Steel Frames Subjected to Narrow-Band Earthquake Ground Motions...... 24263 Eden Bojorquez, Jorge Ruiz-Garcia

Seismic Behavior of T-shape Resistant Frame (TRF) with Different Shapes of Link Beams...... 24273 Payam Ashtari, Irandokht Rasouli, Helia B. Sediq

Seismic Hazard Estimates for the Euro-Mediterranean Region: A Community-based Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment...... 24281 Jochen Woessner, Domenico Giardini

Scaling Bias and Record Selection for Fragility Analysis...... 24291 Mohammad Mehdizadeh, Kevin Mackie, Bryant Nielson

Experimental Investigation of the Behaviour of Interfaces in RC Elements Subjected to Cyclic Actions. Effect of Compressive Stress Normal to the Interface ...... 24301 Vasiliki Palieraki, Christos Zeris, Elizabeth Vintzileou, Ioannis Sfikas

Using Nonlinear Static Procedures for the Seismic Assessment of Irregular RC Buildings...... 24311 R. Sousa, T. Eroglu, D. Kazantzidou, M. Kohrangi, L. Sousa, R. Nascimbene, R. Pinho

Analytical Simplified Procedure for the Evaluation of the RC Buildings...... 24321 Natalino Gattesco, Rita Franceschinis, Fabio Zorzini

New Methodology for the Seismic Design of Large Underground Structures ...... 24331 António Brito, Mário Lopes

Response Spectrum Analysis of Multi-storey Building with Accidental Eccentricity ...... 24341 Giuseppe Muscolino, Claudia Versaci

Seismic Design of Large Underground Structures Application of a New Methodology to Structures with Feasible Layout ...... 24351 António Brito, Mário Lopes

Analyzing the Effect of Moving Resonance on Seismic Response of Structures Using Wavelet Transforms...... 24361 M. R. Eatherton, Pradeep Naga

Seismic Protection of 2nd Penang Crossing Using High Damping Natural Rubber Isolators ...... 24371 Kamarudin Ab-Malek, Hamid Ahmadi, Alan Muhr, Ian Stephens, Julia Gough, Judith Picken, Jun Lee, Mihammad Umar Zulkefli, Ismail Taib

Cyclic Energy Dissipation of Thin-Walled Cold-Formed Steel Structural Elements...... 24380 David Padilla-Llano, M. R. Eatherton, Cristopher Moen

Comparing Predicted and Observed Ground Motions from UK Earthquakes ...... 24390 Maria Cristina Arango, Matthew Free, Zygmunt Lubkowski, J. W. Pappin, Roger Musson, G. Jones, E. Hodge

A Steel Database for Modeling Post-Buckling Behavior and Fracture of Concentrically Braced Frames Under Earthquakes ...... 24400 D. G. Lignos, Emre Karamanci, Gabriel Martin

Effect of Spatial Variability of Soil Properties on the Seismic Response of Earth Dams...... 24410 Heidy Sanchez Lizarraga, C. G. Lai

Implementation of a Wireless Sensor Network in a Three Story Building...... 24420 Manuel Ruiz Sandoval, Raul Hernandez

Observations on Ground Motions of the 23 October 2011, Mw=7.2 Van, Turkey Earthquake...... 24430 Ebru Harmandar, Mustafa Erdik

VOLUME 31

Assessment of Earthquake Resistant Design of Eccentric, Braced Frame, Steel Buildings and Proposal for Possible Improvements...... 24440 Miltiadis Kyrkos, Stavros Anagnostopoulos

Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of Wharf Structures using Artificial Neural Networks ...... 24450 Armando Calabrese, C. G. Lai

Numerical Simulation of Shaking Table Test of a RC Shear Wall Structure with Torsional Irregularity ...... 24460 Saeideh Nazirzadeh, Vesile Hatun Akansel, Ahmet Yakut

Seismic Analysis and Retrofitting of an Existing R.C. Highway Bridge: Investigation Through Pseudo-Dynamic...... 24470 Fabrizio Paolacci, Renato Giannini, Silvia Alessandri, Luigi Di Sarno, Gaetano Della Corte, Raffaele Derisi, Mustafa Erdik, Cem Yenidogan, Agostino Marioni, Mauro Sartori, Fabio Taucer, Pierre Pegon, Rosario Ceravolo

Inter-Story Drift Spectra for Tall Buildings under Near-Field Earthquakes Based on Non-Uniform Lumped Mass Beam Model...... 24480 Fayaz R. Rofooei, Amir H. Shodja

The Impact of Seismic Response of Outer Beams, Braces and Columns on Global Seismic Behaviour of Chevron- type Eccentrically Braced Frames...... 24489 Sanda Koboevic, Jonathan Rozon, Robert Tremblay

Np Intensity Measure for Spectral-Shape-Based Record Selection for Seismic Structural Assessment...... 24498 Eden Bojorquez, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar, Sonia E. Ruiz

Full-Scale Laboratory Testing of Buried Pipelines Subjected to Permanent Ground Displacement Caused by Reverse Faulting ...... 24508 Fayaz R Rofooei, Himan Hojat Jalali, Nader K. A. Attari, Mojtaba Alavi

Selecting and Scaling Earthquake Ground Motions for Performing Response-History Analyses ...... 24518 C. B. Haselton, Andrew Whittaker, Ayse Hortacsu, Jack Baker, Jonathan D. Bray, Damian N. Grant

Unbonded Prestressed Columns for Earthquake Resistance ...... 24528 Alex Larkihn, D. H. Sanders, M. S. Saiidi

Effect of Progressive Collapse in Reinforced Concrete Structures with Irregularity in Height ...... 24538 Alireza Kazem, Hossein Kazem, Benyamin Monavari

Performance-based Assessment of Coupled Bridge-Ground Systems ...... 24547 Kevin Mackie, Jinchi Lu, Ahmed Elgamal

Scenario Based Ground Motion Simulations for Istanbul, Turkey...... 24557 Esra Zengin, Eser Cakti

Compact Tunable Monolithic Sensors for Vibration Monitoring and Control of Structures and Very Low Frequency – Large Band Characterization of Sites...... 24567 Fausto Acernese, Gerardo Giordano, Rocco Romano, Fabrizio Barone

Interfacing Building Response with Human Behavior Under Seismic Events ...... 24577 Z. Liu, M. Jalalpour, Caitlin Jacques, S. Szyniszewski, J. Mitrani-Reiser, J. Guest, T. Igusa, B. W. Schafer

Cyclic Behavior of Cold-Formed Steel Stud-to-Sheathing Connections ...... 24587 K. D. Peterman, Narutoshi Nakata, B. W. Schafer

Seismic Progressive Collapse Analysis of Concentrically Braced Frames Through Incremental Dynamic Analysis ...... 24595 Farshad Hashemi Rezvani, Majid Mohammadi-Gh. , Shahria Alam

Calibration of an Equivalent Strut Model for the Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Infilled RC Frames...... 24603 L. Landi, Pier Paolo Diotallevi, A. Tardini

Novel Sliding/Frictional Connections for Improved Seismic Performance of Gypsum Wallboard Partitions ...... 24613 G. Araya-Letelier, E. Miranda

Equivalent Viscous Damping for the Displacement-Based Seismic Assessment of Infilled RC Frames ...... 24623 L. Landi, Pier Paolo Diotallevi, A. Tardini

Seismic Assessment of RC Existing Irregular Buildings...... 24633 Angelo Masi, V. Manfredi, A. Digrisolo

Vibrational Testing, Modeling and Monitoring of Two Highway Bridges ...... 24643 S. M. Petroff, M. W. Halling, P. J. Barr

Direct Determination of the Required Supplemental Damping for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings...... 24653 Pier Paolo Diotallevi, L. Landi, S. Lucchi

Seismic Assessment of Deficient Steel Braced Frames with Built-up Back-to-back Double Angle Brace Sections Using OpenSees Modelling ...... 24663 Y. Jiang, Robert Tremblay, L. Tirca

Behavior and Design of Fuse-Based Hybrid Masonry Seismic Structural Systems ...... 24672 R. E. Asselin, Larry A. Fahnestock, D. P. Abrams, I. N. Robertson, R. Ozaki-Train, S. Mitsuyuki

Observed Effects of Footing Shape on Settlements Caused by Foundation Rocking ...... 24682 M. Hakhamaneshi, B. L. Kutter, L. Deng, K. Johnson, T. C. Hutchinson, W. Liu

Database of Iberian Seismogenic Sources Parameterized for use in the SHARE European-scale Seismic Source Model ...... 24692 E. S. Nemser, Julián García-Mayordomo, J. Cabral, J. F. B. D. Fonseca, José Jesús Martínez-Díaz, Susana Vilanova

Evaluation of Social Seismic Vulnerability Through High Resolution Satellite Imagery...... 24702 Miguel Estrada, H. Miura, Saburoh Midorikawa, F. Yamazaki

A Recursive Division Stochastic Strike-Slip Seismic Source Algorithm Using Insights from Laboratory Earthquakes ...... 24709 H. Siriki, A. J. Rosakis, Swaminathan Krishnan, H. S. Bhat, X. Lu

Using Spring-Mass Models to Determine the Dynamic Response of Two-Story Buildings Subjected to Lateral Loads...... 24719 S. T. De La Cruz, M. A. Rodríguez, V. Hernández

Joint Application of Non-invasive Techniques to Characterize the Dynamic Behavior of Engineering Structures...... 24727 T. A. Stabile, A. Perrone, M. R. Gallipoli, A. Giocoli, S. Pignatti, A. Palombo, S. Pascucci, Felice Carlo Ponzo, R. Ditommaso, Antonio Di Cesare, A. Mossucca, Gianluca Auletta, D. Nigro

A Unique Liquefaction Case Study from the 29 May 2008, Mw6.3 Olfus Earthquake, Southwest Iceland ...... 24736 R. A. Green, Benedikt Halldorsson, Asli Kurtulus, H. Steinarsson, O. Erlendsson

Experimental and Numerical Validation of the Technical Solution of a Brace with Pinned Connections for Seismic- resistant Multi-story Structures...... 24746 Ramona Gabor, Cristian Vulcu, Aurel Stratan, Dan Dubina, Florin Voica, Dragos Marcu, Dragos Alexandrescu

Regions of Liquefaction Damage in Kaiapoi Following the Canterbury Earthquakes and Their Correlation with Former River Channels ...... 24756 Liam M. Wotherspoon, M. J. Pender, R. P. Orense

Practical Lessons for Concrete Wall Design, Based on Studies of the 2010 Chile Earthquake...... 24766 K. Telleen, J. Maffei, Jon Heintz, J. Dragovich

Experimental Modal Analysis of Emergency Shelters in Montréal, Canada ...... 24776 F. Mirshafiei, Ghyslaine McClure

Study of Vulnerability and Damage: The Case Study of Castelnuovo After L’Aquila Earthquake (Italy)...... 24786 B. Ortolani, A. Borghini, S. Boschi, E. Del Monte, A. Vignoli

Regional Seismic Damage, Loss and Risk Scenarios of Venezuelan School Buildings...... 24796 Gustavo Coronell, O. A. López

Performance of Bridges in Regions Affected by Liquefaction During the 2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence ...... 24806 Liam M. Wotherspoon, Alessandro Palermo

Field Investigation of the 2010 August 27 Earthquake, Iran...... 24816 Mohammad P. Shahvar, Mehdi Zare

Effect of Edge Slope on Soil Amplification at a Two Dimensional Basin Model...... 24823 M. E. Hasal, R. Iyisan

A Procedure for the Design of Viscous Dampers to Be Inserted in Existing Plan-Asymmetric Buildings ...... 24831 L. Landi, Pier Paolo Diotallevi, G. Castellari

Reliable Quantification and Mitigation of Catastrophe Risk of Industrial Facilities...... 24841 A. Gupta, C. M. Ramirez, J. Park, P. Martin

Seismic Risk Assessment of Lisbon Metropolitan Area under a Recurrence of the 1755 Earthquake with Tsunami Inundation ...... 24851 Y. Tang, Y. Yin, K. Hill, V. Katiyar, Arash Nasseri, Tao Lai

Detailed Seismic Loss Estimation for a Tall Building in Japan ...... 24861 C. M. Ramirez, A. Gupta, A. T. Myers

Near-source Decay of Seismic Waves in Iceland...... 24871 Símon Ólafsson, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson

Analysis of Sensitivity of the Principal Factors in the Estimate of the Probable Maximum Loss PML ...... 24881 Jorge Olarte, Sebastian Romaní, Luis Samaniego

A Simplified Approach for Evaluating Seismic-induced Actions on Non-structural Components in Buildings...... 24891 E. Martinelli, Ciro Faella

UREDITEME Project - Building Capacities Through FP7 Research Networking ...... 24901 Vlatko Sesov, M. A. Garevski, Zoran Rakicevic, R. Bairrão, L. M. Caldeira, Ema Coelho

3-D Dynamic Analysis of Precariously Balanced Rocks Under Earthquake Excitation...... 24907 S. Veeraraghavan, Swaminathan Krishnan

Damage Localization on Reinforced Concrete Structures...... 24917 R. Ditommaso, Felice Carlo Ponzo, Gianluca Auletta

Directivity Models Produced for the Next Generation Attenuation West 2 (NGA-West 2) Project...... 24927 Paul Spudich, Jennie Watson-Lamprey, P. G. Somerville, Shrey Shahi, Badie Rowshandel, Brian Chiou, Jeff Bayless

High-Frequency Ground Motion Simulation Using a Source- and Site-Specific Empirical Green’s Function Approach ...... 24936 R. Mourhatch, Swaminathan Krishnan

A Large Earthquake in Quito (Ecuador) : Ground Motion Simulations and Site Effects...... 24944 V. Alfonso-Naya, F. Courboulex, Luis Fabian Bonilla, M. Ruiz, M. Vallée, H. Yépes

Engineering Guidelines and Community Actions to Reduce Earthquake Risks in San Francisco, California (ATC- 52)...... 24954 Chris Rojahn, L. Kornfield, L. S. Samant, L. T. Tobin

Development of a Database for Ground Motion and Building Performance Data...... 24964 Ayse Hortacsu, Santiago Pujol, A. C. Catlin

Chilean Emergency Seismic Design Code for Building After El Maule 2010 Earthquake...... 24970 T. Guendelman, G. R. Saragoni, R. Verdugo

Shear and Compression Experimental Behaviour of One Leaf Stone Masonry Walls ...... 24979 C. Almeida, J. P. Guedes, António Arêde, Aníbal Costa

Effects of Fiber Types on Seismic Behavior of Strain Hardening Cement Composite (SHCC) Precast Infill Wall ...... 24989 Su Won Kang, June-Su Kim, Seung-Ju Han, Hyun-Do Yun

Evaluation of the Seismic Vulnerability of Tubular Wind Turbine Towers ...... 24996 A. T. Myers, A. Gupta, C. M. Ramirez, E. Chioccarelli

Study on Dynamic Behavior of Building Which Has Rather Long and Slender Configuration...... 25005 Shin Koyama, Masanori IIba

Huge Scale Tests of All-Steel Multi-curve Buckling Restrained Braces ...... 25011 C. S. Tsai, H. C. Su, T. C. Chiang

Flexural Performance of Reinforced Concrete Beams with a Layer of Expansive Strain-hardening Cement-based Composite(SHCC) ...... 25021 Hae Jun Yang, June Su Kim, Sung Ho Kim, Hyun Do Yun

A Prototype of Strong Ground Motion Prediction Procedure for Intraslab Earthquake based on the Characterized Source Model...... 25026 T. Iwata, Kimiyuki Asano, Haruko Sekiguchi

Shear Resistant Performance of Hanging and Window Back Wall Building in Traditional Wooden Building ...... 25033 M. Nakao, H. Kawahara, M. Gotou, Y. Suzuki

Long-period Ground Motion Characteristics of the Osaka Sedimentary Basin During the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake...... 25042 K. Sato, Kimiyuki Asano, T. Iwata

Experimental Response of RC Columns Built with Plain Bars Under Unidirectional Cyclic Loading...... 25049 José Melo, Humberto Varum, Tiziana Rossetto, A. Costa

Flexural Performance of Expansive SHCC beams According to Shrinkage and Hydration Heat ...... 25058 Hyundo Yun, Junesu Kim, Sungho Kim, Haejun Yang

Seismic Retrofit of Load Bearing Masonry Walls by FRP Sheets and Anchors ...... 25064 S. Arifuzzaman, M. Saatcioglu

Effect of Rocking Foundations on Seismic Behavior of Horizontally Curved Bridges with Different Degrees of Curvature ...... 25074 A. S. Saad, D. H. Sanders, I. G. Buckle

Seismic Hazard Assessment for Three Mexican Cities ...... 25082 A. Gama-Garcia, Alonso Gómez-Bernal, Hugon Juárez-Garcia

Global Vulnerability Estimation Methods for the Global Earthquake Model...... 25092 K. A. Porter, Karim Farokhnia, I. H. Cho, Tiziana Rossetto, Ioanna Ioannou, Damian N. Grant, K. S. Jaiswal, D . J. Wald, Dina D'Ayala, Abdelghani Meslem, Emily So, A. S. Kiremidjian, H. Y. Noh

Source Modelling and Strong Ground Motion of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake ...... 25100 Hidenori Kawabe, Katsuhiro Kamae, Hirotoshi Uebayashi

Seismic Performance of Modern Commercial Low-rise Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings in Los Angeles County...... 25109 O. Esmaili, F. Zareian, L. Grant Ludwig

Experimental Validation and Numerical Analyses of a New Steel Post-Tensioned Connection for High-Seismic- Performance Steel Frames...... 25119 G. Vasdravellis, B. Uy, T. L. Karavasilis

Probabilistic Nonlinear Analysis of a RC Shear Wall Structure including Soil-Structure Interaction ...... 25129 A. Hashemi, T. Elkhoraibi, Farhang Ostadan

Seismic Monitoring of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Following the Mw 8.8 Feb 27th, 2010 Offshore Maule Earthquake in Chile ...... 25139 A. Lemnitzer, D. A. Skolnik, Leonardo M. Massone, J. C. De La Lerra, J. W. Wallace

Experimental Study on Liquefaction Countermeasure Technique by Log Piling for Residential Houses ...... 25149 M. Yoshida, M. Miyajima, Atsunori Numata

Protagonism of the Infill Walls on Seismic Performance of Venezuela Buildings...... 25155 A. J. Urich, J. L. Beauperthuy

A Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Method to Estimate Downtime in Critical Facilities...... 25165 K. A. Porter, K. Ramer

Seismic Fragility Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams ...... 25172 Yusof Ghanaat, Robert C. Patev, Anjana K. Chudgar

Assessment of Capacity and Solvency of Earthquake Insurance Programs for Earthquake-prone Regions and Countries ...... 25182 Ivy (Hsuan-Ying) Kuo, Dawei Chang, Jun Wan, Pooya Sarabandi

Consequences of Strong Vertical Accelerations on Shear Demand and Capacity in Bridge Columns ...... 25191 H. Lee, M. S. Günay, K. M. Mosalam, S. K. Kunnath

Development Renewal Model of a Region Considering the Local Seismic Risk in Argentina ...... 25200 H. B. Benavidez, C. A. Monguilner, S. B. Aladro

New Reliability-Based Determination of Design Ground Motions Based on Simulation of Scenario Earthquake...... 25210 M. Ohbuchi, T. Itoi, T. Takada

Study on Shaking and Damages of Super High-Rise Residential Buildings During the 2011 Off the Pacific of Tohoku Earthquake Based on Questionnaire Survey ...... 25220 Takenori Hida, M. Nagano

Building Codes and Relative Seismic Vulnerability in Latin American Countries ...... 25230 J. Chavez, O. Khemici, Mahmoud Khater, P. Keshishian

The Effect of the Number of Response Cycles on the Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Elements Subject to Cyclic Loading...... 25240 R. C. Borg, Tiziana Rossetto, Humberto Varum

VOLUME 32

A Retrofitting Framework for Pre-Northridge Steel Moment-Frame Buildings...... 25250 Arnar Bjornsson, Swaminathan Krishnan

Study on Seismic Behavior of Frame Structures Considering Effects of Variable Axial Loads ...... 25260 Hongliu Xia, Jixin Lin, Yingmin Li, Jun Han, Jixin Lin, Yuntian Wu

A Study on Reinforcement Arrangement of the Corner Segment for a Composite Arched Shielded Tunnel ...... 25268 K. Sato, K. Higashiuwatoko, T. Maeda, A. Takeda

Use of Expert Judgment Elicitation to Estimate Seismic Vulnerability of Selected Building Types ...... 25277 K. S. Jaiswal, W. P. Aspinall, D. M. Perkins, D . J. Wald, K. A. Porter

Variation of Effective Input Motions to Superstructure Based on Long Term Earthquake Observation ...... 25287 M. Kawashima, M. Iguchi, Toshihide Kashima

Tsunami Hydrodynamic Force on Various Bridge Sections ...... 25297 H. Nakao, Katsuyoshi Nozaka, Kazuyuki Izuno, H. Kobayashi

Tsunami Evaluation and Countermeasures at Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant...... 25306 Toshiro Sasagawa, Kazuo Hirata

Low Cycle Fatigue Tests of Reinforced Concrete Columns and Joints, Built with Ribbed Reinforcement and Plain Stirrups ...... 25316 R. C. Borg, Tiziana Rossetto, Humberto Varum

Revisiting Performance-based Seismic Design in the Aftermath of the Christchurch 2010-2011: Raising the Bar to Meet Societal Expectations...... 25326 Weng Yuen Kam, Stefano Pampanin

The Structure Health Monitoring for Identifying the Damping Performance of Building Structures under Strong Ground Motion on March 11 in 2011...... 25336 Isao Nishimura

Damage Analysis of Water Supply Facilities in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami ...... 25346 M. Miyajima

Development of Geologic Site Classes for Seismic Site Amplification for Central and Eastern North America ...... 25355 A. R. Kottke, Y. M. -A. Hashash, J. P. Stewart, C. J. Moss, S. Nikolaou, Ellen M. Rathje, W. J. Silva, Kenneth W. Campbell

Simultaneous Design of the Low Order Structural Model and the Inverse Lyapunov Semi-Active Control Law...... 25365 Kazuhiko Hiramoto, Taichi Matsuoka, Katsuaki Sunakoda

A Study on the Response Characteristics of a High-Rise Building Built on the Reclaimed Land along the Osaka Bay...... 25375 Yuta Akizuki, Hiroshi Kawase, Shinichi Matsushima

A Study on the Influence of Non-Structural Member Timber Staircases on Seismic Performance...... 25385 Hidemaru Shimizu, Takuro Mori, Hiroshi Isoda

The Problem of "Burnt Rubble" in Fire Following Earthquake...... 25393 P. Keshishian, Mahmoud Khater, O. Khemici, J. Chavez

What We Have Forgotten About Earthquake Engineering...... 25403 Perla R. Santa-Ana, Lucia G. Santa-Ana, Jose Baez García

Response of the Regional Health Care system to the 22nd February 2011, Christchurch Earthquake, NZ ...... 25413 J. Mitrani-Reiser, T. D. Kirsch, Caitlin Jacques, Sonia Giovinazzi, Jason McIntosh, Thomas Wilson

Shaking Table Experiment and its Numerical Simulation on Nonlinear Behavior of Wooden Structure with New Types of Seismic Resisting Walls ...... 25423 R. Yamamoto, H. Kawase, Shinichi Matsushima, T. Yamazaki, T. Okada, H. Miyake, A. Yamaguchi

Impact and Recovery of the Kaiapoi Water Supply Network following the September 4th 2010 Darfield Earthquake, New Zealand...... 25432 Stuart Knight, Sonia Giovinazzi, Miao Liu

Recurrence of Liquefaction at the Same Site Induced by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Compared with Previous Earthquakes ...... 25442 K. Wakamatsu

Compression Failure of Thin Concrete Walls...... 25452 Perry Adebar, A. Lorzadeh

UCI-UniNa Joint Research on Engineering Validation of Ground Motion Simulations for Past Events...... 25462 C. Galasso, F. Zareian, Iunio Iervolino, R. W. Graves

Probabilistic Assessment of the Seismic Risk of Barcelona ...... 25472 A. Aguilar-Meléndez, A. García-Elías, Lluis G. Pujades, Alex H. Barbat, Nieves Lantada, Mario G. Ordaz

Scaling Ground Motions for Response-History Analysis of Tall Buildings...... 25479 Y. -N. Huang, D. V. Ha, Avik Samanta

A Numerical Model for Capturing the In-Plane Seismic Response of Interior Metal Stud Partition Walls: Preliminary Coupled Analysis ...... 25487 R. L. Wood, T. C. Hutchinson

On the Use of Spectrum-compatible Seismic Excitations in the Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings ...... 25497 L. Lin, K. Galal

Strong Motion Records from Earthquakes in Eastern Canada...... 25507 L. Lin, J. Adams

Large-scale Experiment using E-Defense on Dynamic Behaviors of Underground Structures during Strong Ground Motions in Urban Areas...... 25517 Y. Kawamata, Manabu Nakayama, I. Towhata, Susumu Yasuda, K. Tabata

Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis Using Improved Intensity Measures ...... 25527 L. Lin

Performance of Long-span Bridges under Seismic Loading - A Case Study ...... 25537 L. Lin

Issues on the Response of Existing Buildings Under Mainshock-Aftershock Seismic Sequences...... 25547 Jorge Ruiz-Garcia

Design and Test of a Prototype of Hysteretic Damper Device with Steel Plates Bending Yielding ...... 25557 Raul Vera, Edgar Bravo, Sandra Miranda, Israel Contreras

On the Dynamic Characteristics of Subsurface Structure at a University Campus Located at a Seaside Area ...... 25567 Y. Nakajima, T. Mori, N. Maeda

Field Investigation and Model Tests on Differential Settlement of Houses Due to Liquefaction in the Niigata-ken Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake of 2007 ...... 25575 Koichi Isobe, Satoru Ohtsuka, H. Nunokawa

Precision of Real-Time Estimation of Liquefaction Potencials During the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake...... 25585 I. Suetomi, E. Ishida, R. Isoyama, H. Tsukamoto, Wataru Inomata, R. Hamanaka, Yuki Norito, Susumu Yasuda

Responses of Structure Clusters to a Near-Fault Earthquake ...... 25595 Tielin Liu, Yu Luan, Wei Zhong

Comparative Study of Sliding Isolation System for Low Frequency Ground Motion ...... 25605 Girish Malu, Pranesh Murnal

Analytical and Experimental Study of Adobe Reinforced Walls...... 25615 Raul Vera, Sandra Miranda, Hugo Trejo

Assessment of Bridges in Non Liquefiable Soils Following Canterbury Earthquakes: Comparison Between Observations and Numerical Analyses...... 25624 Alessandro Palermo, M. Brando, E. Camnasio

Effects of Haunch on the Beam-Column Joint of Soft First-Story in RC Building ...... 25635 T. Ogawa, Masaomi Teshigawara, A. Nakamura, S. Takahashi, G. Kotani, T. Kawai, T. Ichinose, Takashi Kamiya, Takashi Taguchi, W. Kohira, T. Umeno, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Haruhiko Suwada, T. Kabeyasawa, N. Hanai

Comparison of BC Hydro Subduction GMPE to Data from Recent Large Megathrust Earthquakes ...... 25645 N. J. Gregor, Kofi Addo, N. A. Abrahamson, R. R. Youngs

Effect of Earthquake Dominant Frequencies on Nonlinear Structure-Foundation-Soil Interaction ...... 25655 X. Qin, Y. Chen, Nawawi Chouw

Seismic Deformation Demands on Gravity-Load Columns in Shear Wall Buildings ...... 25663 Perry Adebar, P. Bazargani, H. Chin

Effect Investigation of Combination Isolation System for Liquid Storage Tank in Different Seismic Levels...... 25673 Da-Gen Weng, Ruifu Zhang, Qingzi Ge, Shuai Liu

From Theory to Practice: Design, Analysis and Construction of Dissipative Timber Rocking Post-tensioning Wall System for Carterton Events Centre, New Zealand ...... 25683 Alessandro Palermo, Francesco Sarti, Andrew Baird, D. Bonardi, D. Dekker, S. Chung

Evaluation of Shear Strength and Failure Mode of a Column with Installed Wing Walls...... 25693 A. Nakamura, Masaomi Teshigawara, Y. Inoue, T. Ohta

Effect of Higher Vibration Modes on Seismic Response of a Structure with Uplift...... 25703 Y. Chen, X. Qin, Nawawi Chouw

Large Scale Simulation of Seismic Wave Propagation using GPGPU ...... 25712 Shin Aoi, N. Nishizawa, Tetsuhiko Aoki

Development of Damage Fragility Functions for URM Chimneys and Parapets ...... 25717 H. Krawinkler, J. D. Osteraas, B. M. McDonald, J. P. Hunt

Influence of Uplift and SSI on Liquid Storage Tanks During Earthquakes...... 25727 M. Ormeño, T. Larkin, Nawawi Chouw

Bedrock Structure Estimation Using Microtremors in Kochi Plain, Japan...... 25735 H. Arai, Shinji Nakata, Y. Kai

Road Priority Evaluation for Seismic Survivability by User Cost and Redundancy ...... 25743 T. Aso, M. Kitahara, G. Watanabe, S. Tane

Synthesis of Design Input Motion Reflecting Information of Possible Ground Motions ...... 25749 Takashi Miyamoto, Tauqir Ahmed, Riki Honda

Flexural Performance and Cracking Behavior of Expansive SHCC Beams ...... 25759 Seung-Ju Han, Seok-Joon Jang, Su-Won Kang, Hyun-Do Yun

Experimental Evaluation of Seismic Pounding at Seat-Type Abutments of Horizontally Curved Bridges...... 25767 J. D. Wieser, E. Maragakis, I. G. Buckle, A. E. Zaghi

Modal Analysis of Dynamic Behavior of Buildings Allowed to Uplift at Mid-story...... 25777 Tadashi Ishihara, Tatsuya Azuhata, Mitsumasa Midorikawa

Effects of Vertical Reinforcement and Boundary Beam on The Shear Strength of RC Wall Located Above an Open Frame...... 25784 H. Shobu, Masaomi Teshigawara, A. Nakamura, N. Izumi, K. Matsumoto, T. Ichinose, S. Takahashi, S. Takakoshi, Takashi Kamiya, Hiroshi Fukuyama, Haruhiko Suwada, T. Kabeyasawa

A ‘Shim-less’ Slotted Bolt Energy Dissipating Connector...... 25794 W. Loo, Nawawi Chouw, P. Quenneville

Seismically Vulnerable Structures and Owner’s Risk in the Legal Arena: Practical Considerations for the Interim Use Period...... 25800 M. N. White, J. D. Osteraas, P. Uriz

Centrifuge Test for Seismic Response of SDOF Structures with Shallow Foundation ...... 25805 D. K. Kim, H. G. Park, D. S. Kim, Y. W. Choo, S. H. Lee

The Primary Study of Origin of Mountain Movement in Wenchuan Earthquake...... 25815 Suling Zhang, Yanru An, Xuejun Han, Zhongqi Yue

Correlation Between Pseudo-Dynamic and Shake Table Test on Steel Truss Moment Frames with Hysteretic Dampers...... 25821 Raghav Sharma, Ankit Sachan, Durgesh C. Rai

Dynamic Intelligent Swarm-Based Tsunami Evacuation Model: Case Study of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake...... 25831 M. B. Javanbarg, F. Mahdavian, Maki Koyama, B. Shahbodaghkhan, Junji Kiyono, H. Murakami

Recent Developments in Seismic Strengthening of RC Beam-Column Joints with FRP Materials...... 25841 U. Akguzel, Stefano Pampanin

Friction Force of Fastener-Typed Frictional Damper Applied to Pre-cast Concrete Curtain Wall...... 25851 Tomokazu Yoshioka

Optimum Distribution of Slip Load of Friction Dampers Using Multi- Objective Genetic Algorithm...... 25858 S. Honarparast, S. Mehmandoust

Buckling of Stiffened Thin Walled Cylindrical Tanks with Shell Imperfections due to Global Shear and Seismic Loads...... 25868 M. S. Razzaghi, F. Karimi

Preliminary Studies on Vibration Characteristics of Nuclear Power Plant Crashed by Large Civil Aircraft...... 25874 B. M. Jin, Y. J. Kim, Y. S. Lee, C. H. Chung, S. J. Jeon, S. Y. Kim

Discrete Analytic Signal Wavelet Decomposition for Phase Localized in Time-Frequency Domain for Generation of Stochastic Signal with Phase Uncertainty ...... 25884 Riki Honda, P. P. Khatri

Christchurch CBD: Lessons Learnt and Strategies for Foundation Remediation – 22 February 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand, Earthquake...... 25893 K. M. Murahidy, A. F. Sleight, T. J. E. Sinclair

Investigating the Effect of Inelastic Behavior on Seismic Design lateral Force Distribution of Steel Moment Frames ...... 25903 R. Zahiri-Hashemi, Ali Kheyroddin, B. Farhadi, M. A. Shayanfar

Numerical and Experimental Exploration of the Fundamental Nonlinear Dynamics of Self-centring Damage Resistant Structures Under Seismic Excitation...... 25911 O. Oddbjornsson, Nicholas A. Alexander, Colin A. Taylor, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson

Study of the Sloshing of Water Reservoirs and Tanks due to Long Period and Long Duration Seismic Motions ...... 25920 A. Vakilaadsarabi, M. Miyajima, K. Murata

Research on Cold Formed Steel Stud Walls...... 25930 Alireza Mirza Goltabar Roshan, F. Zahedi Tajrishi, Hamid Reza Vosoughifar

Lifecycle Cost Comparisons for Different Structural Systems Designed for the Same Location ...... 25937 V. Terzic, S. K. Merrifield, S. A. Mahin

Robust Loop Shaping Force Feedback Controller for Effective Force Testing ...... 25947 Narutoshi Nakata, E. Krug

Evaluation of Various Proposed Lateral Load Patterns for Seismic Design of Steel Moment Resisting Frames ...... 25957 H. Moghaddam, S. M. Hosseini Gelekolai, I. Hajrasouliha, F. Tajalli

Analysis of a Road Embankment with Pond Ash in an Active Seismic Region ...... 25967 Balendra Mouli Marrapu, Ravi Shankar Jakka

Effect of Underground Structures on Free-Field Ground Motion during Earthquakes...... 25976 Vahab Besharat, Mohammad Reza Davoodi, Mohammad Kazem Jafari

Review of Transect of Christchurch CBD Following 22 February 2011 Earthquake...... 25986 L. M. Moon, M. C. Griffith, Jason M. Ingham, D. T. Biggs

Earthquake Recovery Experiences: Some Principles toward Sustainability...... 25994 Zh. Pooyan

Full Scale Testing for Seismic Upgradation of Open Ground Storey RC Buildings using Aluminum Shear-Yielding Dampers...... 26004 K. A. Mehta, Durgesh C. Rai

Standard Dynamic Loading Protocols for Seismic Qualification of BRBFs in Eastern and Western Canada ...... 26014 M. Dehghani, R. Tremblay

A Strategy for the Seismic Vulnerability Assess of Heritage Architecture...... 26024 Natalino Gattesco, Rita Franceschinis, Fabio Zorzini

Advances in the Development and Application of Large Scale Experimental Methods in Earthquake Engineering through the EU FP7 SERIES Project...... 26034 Colin A. Taylor, Adam J. Crewe, M. Dietz, Luiza Dihoru, O. Oddbjornsson

Hybrid Simulation for Seismic Performance Assessment of a Cable-stayed Bridge Retrofitted with Laminated High Damping Rubber Dampers...... 26043 Akira Igarashi, H. Iemura, M. Yoshida, F. Taya

Study on a Real 8F Steel Building with Oil Damper Damaged During the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ...... 26052 Miao Cao, Hesheng Tang, Naoki Funaki, Songtao Xue

Assessment on the Future Seismic Behaviour in Heritage Buildings in San Juan, Argentina ...... 26062 S. B. Aladro, C. A. Monguilner, M. E. Castro, H. B. Benavidez

VOLUME 33

P-Delta Effects in Limit State Design of Slender RC Bridge Columns ...... 26071 Pedro F. Silva, Arash Sangtarashha, Rigoberto Burgueño

Real Tsunami Load and Comparison to Earthquake Load Used for Design ...... 26081 Songtao Xue, Liyu Xie, Fangtao Sun, Kotaro Tanaka, Yuka Takahashi, Naoki Funaki, Miao Cao

Studies on Seismic Design and Performance Assessment of Cut-And-Cover Tunnels...... 26089 C. Liu, R. Donikian, M. Nelson, F. Greguras, C-Y Chang

Study of a Tank-Pipe Damper System for Seismic Vibration Control of Structures ...... 26098 A. D. Ghosh, P. C. Saha, Biswajit Basu

Investigation of Liquefaction-induced Damage to Wooden Houses in Urayasu City Caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake ...... 26108 Kohji Tokimatsu, Kota Katsumata

Three-Dimensional Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis of Cut-And-Cover Tunnels ...... 26118 R. Donikian, C. Liu, Q. Liu, K. Clinch

A Study on the Estimation Method for Underground Structure Using Microtremors and its Application to the Osaka Plain ...... 26128 K. Tobita, H. Kawase, Shinichi Matsushima

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Concrete Gravity Dams - A Case Study of Pine Flat Dam...... 26137 R. Esmaili, S. A. Anvar, N. Talebbeydokhti, F. Zareian

Improvement of Bearing Failure Behavior of S Beam- RC Column Joints Using Ferfobond Plate Connectors...... 26146 Yasushi Nishimura, Daisuke Matayoshi, Mikihito Yoshida, Keiichi Saito, Naoki Aoyama

Static and Dynamic Analyses of Asymmetric Reinforced Concrete Frames ...... 26154 T. Mahdi, V. Soltangharaie

An Experimental Study on Seismic Behavior of Shear Friction Damper using Shaking Table Test ...... 26163 Eun-Soo Park, Jeong-Hyun Jang, Jin-Seok Kwon, Jong-Min Park, Takashi Kamiya, Jae-Hyouk Choi, Sang-Ho Lee

Effect of Design and Detailing Deficiencies on Seismic Performance and Vulnerability of Indian RC Frame Buildings...... 26171 R. Kumar, Y. Singh, R. Deoliya

Effect of Arrangement and Area of Floor Well to Vibration Characteristics of Two Storied Wooden Houses...... 26181 Y. Irie, K. Shibanuma

An Evaluation on Seismic Behavior of VRF Damper by Shaking Table Test...... 26189 Jeong-Hyun Jang, Ji-Hoon Hwang, Jae-Hyouk Choi, Takashi Kamiya, Sang-Hoon Oh

Dynamic Response of Timber-Plywood Joints under Forced Harmonic Vibrations ...... 26198 Takeyoshi Uematsu, Takuro Hirai, Kei Sawata, Yoshihisa Sasaki

Seismic Isolated Hospital Design Practice in Turkey: Erzurum Medical Campus...... 26205 Joseph Kubin , D. Kubin, Aydan Özmen, O. B. Sadan, E. Eroglu, Haluk Sucuoglu, D. Sinan Akkar

Performance of Unreinforced Masonry Structures in the 2010/2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence ...... 26215 L. M. Moon, M. C. Griffith, Jason M. Ingham, D. Dizhur

Seismic Response of Connected Liquid Tanks with MR Dampers...... 26225 M. K. Shrimali, Arnav Anuj Kasar

An Evaluation of Shear Strength of RC Frame with Old Masonry Wall ...... 26233 Si-Jeong Jeong, Sang-Jun Park, Mineri Suzuki, Takashi Kamiya, Jae-Hyouk Choi

Blind-Bolted Moment Resisting Connections to Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Columns ...... 26241 H. Agheshlui, H. Yao, H. M. Goldsworthy, E. F. Gad, S. Fernando

Transforming Census Data in Pakistan into Spatial Database for Earthquake Loss Estimation Models ...... 26251 M. Ahmed, Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, M. M. Rafi, N. Alam

Changes in Seismic Design Philosophy for RC Structures in Areas of Low to Moderate Seismicity Following the Christchurch Earthquake...... 26259 H. M. Goldsworthy, G. Gibson

Evaluation of Seismic Fragility of RC Frame Structure Using Vector-Valued Intensity Measures...... 26269 Chao Xu, Zengping Wen

Structural Health Monitoring of Reinforced Concrete Structures using Nonlinear Interferometric Analysis...... 26279 Felice Carlo Ponzo, R. Ditommaso, Gianluca Auletta

Asymmetry of Seismic Displacement Response of Highway Bridge Supported by Spread Foundation...... 26289 N. Yamashita, T. Shimabukuro, R. Fujita, Tadashi Harada

Proposed Input Waves for Seismic Design of Power Substation Equipments...... 26299 Morteza Bastami, Maryam Hajihasani, Mahmood Hosseini

Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Frames Considering the Influence of High Shear Stresses by Means of a New Numerical Model...... 26307 S. Mohr, J. M. Bairán, A. R. Marí

Accuracy of Nonlinear Static Analysis in Seismic Behavior of Irregular Steel Framed Bridges with Inclined Legs ...... 26317 A. R. Rahai, Mehdi Banazadeh, H. Kazem, M. R. Seify Asghshahr

Seismic Assessment of Integral Reinforced Concrete Bridges Using Adaptive Multi-Modal Pushover Analysis...... 26327 E. Mohtashami, Ahmad Shooshtari

Liquefaction Damage Distribution in Mihama Ward of Chiba City During 2011 Tohoku Earthquake ...... 26337 Toru Sekiguchi, Shoichi Nakai

Case Studies of Geotechnical Damage by the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan...... 26347 H. Hazarika, H. Okada, Tadashi Hara, M. Ueno, T. Ohsumi, M. Yamanaka, T. Yamazaki, N. Kosaka, H. Minowa, H. Furuichi

Effects of Cyclic Biaxial Shear Loading on the Seismic Response of RC Columns ...... 26357 E. Osorio, J. M. Bairán, A. R. Marí

Cyclic Response of RC Beam-Column Joints Reinforced with Plain Bars: an Experimental Testing Campaign ...... 26367 José Melo, Humberto Varum, Tiziana Rossetto, A. Costa

Three-Dimensional Geometric Nonlinear Analysis of Structures Consisting of Slack Cables and Bar Elements Subjected to Gravitational and Lateral Loading...... 26377 M. Ahmadizadeh, F. Razavizadegan

Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of Circular and Interlocking RC Bridge Columns under Bidirectional Shake Table Loading...... 26387 Juan G. Arias-Acosta, David H. Sanders

Fast and Cyclic Shearing of Cemented Sand in Earthquake-Induced Landslide...... 26397 Motoyuki Suzuki, Takeo Umezaki, Hiroshi Takahara

Calibration of the Numerical Response of Columns with Cyclic Loads ...... 26406 P. Rocha, P. Delgado, Nélson Vila-Pouca, J. Silva, António Arêde, R. Delgado, A. Costa

Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Arch Dams Considering Nonlinear Behavior of Transverse Joints ...... 26415 Taiji Mazda, Y. Endo, Nobuyuki Okuma

Application of Refraction Microtremor (ReMi) for Seismic Site Characterisation...... 26422 G. M. Basavanagowda, L. Govindaraju, K. Chethan, R. Ramesh Babu

Old Masonry Structures in L’Aquila Historical Centre: Retrofitting Strategies and Full Scale Tests the Assessments ...... 26430 A. Borri, M. Candela, Roberta Fonti

FE Analysis of Behavior of Steel Fibre Reinforced Ultra-high Strength Concrete Columns Under Reversed Cyclic Loading...... 26440 B. I. Bae, H. K. Choi, C. S. Choi

Cyclic Behavior of Non-reinforced and Confined Masonry ...... 26448 N. Cavalagli, F. Cluni, V. Gusella, Marco Mezzi

Assessment of Seismic Performance of Adobe Structures in Pakistan and Portugal ...... 26456 M. M. Rafi, Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Humberto Varum, N. Alam, M. Ahmed, D. Silveira

Study on the Present Condition of Outdoor Lighting System for the Disaster Prevention ...... 26466 Michico Iwata, Tadashi Doi, Yuki Akizuki, Shino Okuda, Hideki Sakai

Seismic Response Control of Asymmetric Plan Building with Semiactive MR Damper ...... 26475 S. D. Bharti, M. K. Shrimali

Estimation of Losses for Adobe Buildings in Pakistan...... 26483 M. M. Rafi, Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Humberto Varum, N. Alam

Reliability Assessment of Water Distribution Networks Considering Mechanical-Hydraulic Behavior Using Informational Entropy...... 26492 H. Emamjomeh, M. Hosseini

Seismic Risk Analysis of Public Hospitals in Tuscany Region - Italy...... 26502 Mario De Stefano, A. D’Ambrisi, Marco Tanganelli, A. La Brusco, A. Vignoli, A. Borghini, E. Del Monte, B. Ortolani, M. Sassu, M. Andreini, A. De Falco

Intensity Based Casualty Models: Case Study of Bhuj and Latur Earthquake in India ...... 26512 Sudhir K. Jain, Shashank Pathak

Empirical Evidence of Soil Nonlinear Behavior Effects on Site Seismic Site Response ...... 26522 Julie Régnier, Etienne Bertrand, Luis Fabian Bonilla, J. F. Semblat

Probabilistic Vulnerability Assessment of a Reinforced Concrete Structure by Using a 3-D Model ...... 26530 Y. F. Vargas, Alex H. Barbat, Lluis G. Pujades, J. E. Hurtado

Determinaion of Social Impact of Earthquake Disaster By Reputation Analysis of Newspaper ...... 26539 T. Yamamoto

Damage Mechanisms As Seismic Transducers in Historic Centres: the Example of San Pio Delle Camere After 2009 Earthquake in Abruzzo (Italy)...... 26546 M. Andreini, A. De Falco, M. Sassu

Displacement Induced Torsion in Structures...... 26556 M. Masoudi, Polat Gülkan, A. Dazio

Safer and Child Friendly School Construction in Nepal...... 26566 Giridhar Mishara

The Effect of Axial Force on the Behavior of Flush End-Plate Moment Connections ...... 26575 A. Goudarzi, Mehdi Ghassemieh, M. Baei

Remote Modal Study of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Using a Multiple-path Lidar Vibrometer ...... 26583 M. Valla, J. Totems, V. Jolivet, B. Augère, D. Goular, C. Planchat, D. Fleury, C. Besson, Philippe Guéguen, Mathieu Perrault

Effect of Grid Pattern on Load-Deformation Behavior of Paneled Masonry Walls...... 26590 A. Saraf, Vaibhav Singhal, V. Poonia, Durgesh C. Rai

Seismic Retrofit of an Existing Multi-Block Hospital by Seismic Isolators ...... 26600 Joseph Kubin, D. Kubin, Aydan Özmen, O. B. Sadan, E. Eroglu, Haluk Sucuoglu

Role of Toothing on Out-of-Plane Behavior of Damaged Confined Masonry Walls...... 26610 Vaibhav Singhal, Durgesh C. Rai

Use of Seismic Early Warning Information to Calibrate Variable Dampers for Structural Control of a Highway Bridge: Evaluation of the System Robustness...... 26620 Giuseppe Maddaloni, N. Caterino, G. Nestovito, A. Occhiuzzi

Seismic Strengthening of Deficient RC Buildings Using Post-Tensioned Metal Straps: An Experimental Investigation...... 26630 R. Garcia, K. Pilakoutas, M. Guadagnini, Y. Helal, Y. Jemaa, I. Hajirasouliha, P. Mongabure

The Effects of Eccentricity in Central Plate of Concentrically Braced Frames ...... 26640 Morteza Bastami, M. S. Abdi

Behavior Evaluation of the Eccentric Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames Under the Near-Fault Ground Motions ...... 26650 Hamzeh Shakib, Razie Safi

Developing a Site-Conditions Map for Seismic Hazard Assessment in Portugal...... 26660 Joao Narciso, Susana Vilanova, I. Lopes, Carlos Sousa Oliveira, J. Carvalho, C. Pinto, José F. Borges, E. S. Nemser

The Role of Soil–Foundation–Structure Interaction on the Performance of an Existing 3-storey Building: Shaking Table Testing...... 26667 Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Vasileios Drosos, N. Antonaki, A. Rontogianni

Earthquake Damage – Intensity Relationship Based on Sumatran 30 September Earthquake ...... 26676 A. Hakam, Fauzan, F. A. Ismail, Zaidir, O. F. Nur

On Seismic Design Qualification of NPPs After Fukushima Event in Japan...... 26682 T. Takada

A Design Procedure for Concrete Rectangular Liquid Storage Tanks Using Generalized SDOF System...... 26691 J. Z. Chen, M. R. Kianoush

Application of a Newly Fiber Model for Load Bearing Masonry Members...... 26701 G. Guidi, Francesca Da Porto

Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of a Typical Reinforced Concrete School Building Built in Korea During the 1980s...... 26710 Sung-Ho Kim, Hae-Jun Yang, Su-Won Kang, Hyun-Do Yun

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Confined Masonry Buildings by Macro-Element Modeling: A Case Study...... 26717 F. Nucera, A. Santini, E. Tripodi, Ivo Caliò

A New Framework for Earthquake Risk Assessment in Developing Countries ...... 26726 S. A. Khan, K. Pilakoutas, I. Hajirasouliha, M. Guadagnini, R. Mulyani, R. Ahmadi, W. Elwaeli

Concepts and Developments for Accelerated Bridge Construction and Dissipative Controlled Rocking ...... 26736 Mustafa Mashal, S. White, Alessandro Palermo

Probabilistic Seismic Assessment of Health-Care Systems at Regional Scale ...... 26746 A. Lupoi, Francesco Cavalieri, P. Franchin

Influence of Geometrical and Mechanical Parameters on the Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Confined Masonry Buildings by Macro-Element Modeling...... 26756 F. Nucera, A. Santini, E. Tripodi, Francesco Cannizzaro, Bartolomeo Pantò

Large-scale Failure Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structure by Tsunami Wave Force ...... 26766 S. Tanaka, F. Sun, Muneo Hori, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, M. L. L. Wijerathne

Calibration of Seismic Design Codes using Loss Estimation...... 26774 Helen Crowley, V. Silva, Ihsan Engin Bal, Rui Pinho

Direct Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Timber Structures with Dowel-Type Fastener Connections ...... 26784 C. Loss, M. Piazza, Daniele Zonta

Stiffness and Ultimate Capacity of Typical Abutment Embankment Systems ...... 26794 O. N. Taskari, A. G. Sextos

The Effects of Topography Around Mountain Foot on Damage Concentration ...... 26804 T. Maeda, T. Kimura

Seismic Performance of Flat Plate System with Shear Reinforcements...... 26814 J. W. Song, J. G. Song, Y. W. Lee, G. W. Kim

Seismic Response Analysis of a Shield Tunnel Connected to a Vertical Shaft ...... 26823 Freddy Duran, Junji Kiyono, Tomoya Tsunei, Yohei Maruo

An Efficient Method for Optimal Performance-Based Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures ...... 26833 I. Hajirasouliha, M. Basafa

Design Method for RC Building Structure Controlled by Elasto-Plastic Dampers Using Performance Curve...... 26843 W. C. Pu, Kazuhiko Kasai

Extending Displacement-Based Earthquake Loss Assessment (DBELA) for the Computation of Fragility Curves...... 26853 V. Silva, Humberto Varum, Helen Crowley, Rui Pinho

Innovative Column-Base Details Capable of Tuning Rigidity and Strength for Low to Medium-Rise Steel Structures ...... 26863 Teruaki Yamanishi, Kazuhiko Kasai, Takao Takamatsu, Hiroyuki Tamai

Fundamental Study on the Remote Vibration Measuring System for Evaluating Rock Slope Stability ...... 26873 F. Uehan, H. Saito, G. C. Ma

Combining Seismic and Geologic Data for Reproducible Seismic Source Models ...... 26883 B. Le Goff, D. D. Fitzenz

VOLUME 34

Strategies for the Retrofit of Hollow Piers Under Cyclic Loads ...... 26893 P. Delgado, P. Rocha, António Arêde, N. Vila Pouca, R. Delgado, A. Costa

Evaluation of Analytical Methodologies to Derive Vulnerability Functions ...... 26903 V. Silva, Humberto Varum, Helen Crowley, R. Sousa, Rui Pinho

The Vulnerability Assessment and Seismic Rehabilitation of the Historical Malek Zouzan Mosque...... 26913 F. Alemi, Fariborz Nateghi-Alahi, P. Homami, M. Akbarian

Development and Application of OpenQuake, An Open Source Software for Seismic Risk Assessment...... 26922 V. Silva, Helen Crowley, Marco Pagani, Rui Pinho, Damiano Monelli

Recent Actions Taken in India Towards Seismic Risk Assessment and Reduction...... 26932 Hans Raj Wason

Safety of Foundations Located on Slopes and Subjected to Repeated Loads...... 26942 M. R. Arvin, F. Askari, O. Farzaneh

The Effect of Underground Cavities on Design Seismic Ground Motion ...... 26949 J. Liang, J. Zhang, Zhenning Ba

Progressive Collapse Assessment of RC Structures under Instantaneous and Gradual Removal of Columns...... 26958 A. R. Rahai, Mehdi Banazadeh, M. R. Seify Asghshahr, H. Kazem

GEM: A Participatory Framework for Open, State-of-the-Art Models and Tools for Earthquake Risk Assessment...... 26968 Rui Pinho

Seismic Response Analysis of Selected Sites in Wenxian Urban Area, China...... 26978 Y. Lu, K. Liu, Q. Li, Y. Shi, Z. Sheng, Z. Qiang, W. Wang

Seismic Performance Assessment of High-rise Structure with Unbonded Brace as Outriggers-belt Members...... 26985 C. C. Ren, C. Z. Xiao, Z. G. Xu, J. Gao

Effect of Geometric Parameters on Exterior Wall-Floor Connection...... 26995 S. Greeshma, K. P. Jaya

Coimbra Sand – Round Robin Tests to Evaluate Liquefaction Resistance ...... 27005 Jaime Alberto Santos, Rui Carrilho Gomes, J. C. Lourenço, F. Marques, P. Coelho, R. Azeiteiro, L. A. Santos, V. Marques, A. Viana Da Fonseca, M. Soares, É. Abreu, D. M. G. Taborda

Using Combination of Suspension and Isolation as an Innovative Aseismic Technique to Achieve High Seismic Performance...... 27015 S. P. Seyedinnoor, M. Hosseini

Seismic Performance of Dual Frames with Composite CF-RHS High Strength Steel Columns...... 27023 Cristian Vulcu, Aurel Stratan, Dan Dubina, S. Bordea

Retrofitting of 8-Storey Bumi Minang Hotel Building (Numerical Simulation) ...... 27033 Fauzan, F. A. Ismail, Zaidir, A. Hakam, O. F. Nur

Strengthening of RC Column Using GFRP and CFRP...... 27040 K. P. Jaya, J. Mathai

Seismic Behavior of Concrete Retaining Wall with Shear Key, Considering Soil-Structure Interaction...... 27050 Majid Ebad Sichani, Khosro Bargi

Performance Analysis of Sliding Mode Control for Real-time Hybrid Test ...... 27056 B. Wu, H. Zhou

Development of a Web-based Trend Analysis System of Earthquake Disaster Researches Presented at the Past World Conferences on Earthquake Engineering...... 27066 Shinya Kondo, Kimiro Meguro

A Numerical Model for Push-over Analysis of RC Structures with Plate Roofs...... 27076 G. Gugliotta, A. S. Petrolo

Nonlinear Static Pushover Analysis of an Eight Story RC Frame-Shear Wall Building in Saudi Arabia...... 27083 M. K. Rahman, M. Ajmal, M. H. Baluch, Zekai Celep

Study of Various Configurations in High-Rise Structures ...... 27090 Shivam Mishra, Sameer Dhuri, Mahua. A. Chakrabarti, Keshav K. Sangle.

Earthquake Emergency Management: Policies for Sound Emergency Response ...... 27099 Zh. Pooyan, K. Amini Hosseini

Standard Dynamic Loading Protocols for Seismic Qualification of BRBFs in Eastern and Western Canada ...... 27106 Morteza Dehghani, Robert Tremblay

The Performance of High-rise Buildings with Specific Energy Absorbing Stories ...... 27116 K. Keihani, M. Hosseini

Finite Element Simulation of Low Concrete Strength Beam-Column Joint Strengthened with CFRP...... 27125 M. H. Baluch, D. Ahmed, M. K. Rahman, A. Ilki

Strong Seismic Response Analysis of 3D Nuclear SSI System Using the Explicit Finite Element Method in Time Domain...... 27135 X. M. Yang, D. W. Guo, W. Hu, B. P. Yang

Fault Specific, Dynamic Rupture Scenarios for Strong Ground Motion Prediction...... 27145 Haruko Sekiguchi, Y. Kase

Testing of Fluid Viscous Damper...... 27152 Feng Qian, Sunwei Ding, Jingjing Song, Chien-Chih Chen

Experimental Study on Reinforcing Methods Using Extra RC Elements for Confined Masonry Walls with Openings ...... 27161 M. Kuroki, K. Kikuchi, H. Nonaka, M. Shimosako

Assessment and Retrofitting of Façade Elements of 19th Century Buildings...... 27171 A. Kolbitsch

Experimental Analysis of Seismic Resistance of Shear Wall in Traditional Haitian Houses ...... 27179 F. Vieux-Champagne, Stephane Grange, Y. Sieffert, L. Daudeville, Ario Ceccotti, Andrea Polastri

Seismic Resilience of Existing Masonry Building ...... 27189 Zvonko Sigmund, Vladimir Sigmund, Mladen Radujkovic

Genetic Algorithm Based Optimization of Regular Steel Building Structures Subjected to Seismic Effects...... 27197 T. Balogh, László Gergely Vigh

Short- and Long-term Deformations of Ultra-high Strength Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Severe Seismic Loading ...... 27207 T. Yamamoto

Quantification of Reliability of Ground Motion Selection by Using Nonlinear Response of Structure as Feature Indices ...... 27216 Tauqir Ahmed, Takashi Miyamoto, Riki Honda

Damage Due to 24 March 2011 M6.8 Tarlay Earthquake in Northern Thailand...... 27226 A. Ruangrassamee, Teraphan Ornthammarath, Panitan Lukkunaprasit

Introduction to a Robust Period-Independent Ground Motion Selection and Scaling Method...... 27233 Morteza Dehghani, Robert Tremblay

On the Eurocode 8 Limited Damage Criteria for Non-Structural Elements – Analysis and Requirements ...... 27243 M. Soós, László Gergely Vigh

Soil-Structure Interaction Effects on Seismic Behavior of Base-Isolated Buildings...... 27253 Erfan Alavi, Mojtaba Alidoost

Constructing a Source Model Composed of Super Asperities for the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake...... 27263 Atsushi Nozu

An Optimal Distribution of Stiffness Over the Height of Buildings and its Influence on the Degree and Distribution of Earthquake Induced Damages...... 27273 Farzan Haddad Sharge, Mahmood Hosseini, Hooman Daneshvar

Research on Response Control System for Steel Tower Structures ...... 27283 Ippei Hata, Shinji Ishimaru, Masayuki Kimiduka, Yohei Miyajima, Mitsugu Mashimo, Minoru Ogihara, Naoki Yanagisaki, Naoya Hirotani

Seismic Performance of RC Frame-Shear Wall Structure with Novel Shape Memory Alloy Dampers in Coupling Beams...... 27293 C. X. Mao, Z. Y. Wang, L. Q. Zhang, H. Li, J. P. Ou

Relation Between Earthquake Damage and Splitting Bond Strength in R/C Columns after Emergency Retrofit with Prestressed External Hoops...... 27303 K. Kikuchi, M. Kuroki, S. W. Ho, T. Uchimura, T. Yamakawa

Seismic Collapse Margin of Structures Using Modified Mode-based Global Damage Model ...... 27312 X. Y. Ou, Z. He, J. P. Ou

A Comparison of NGA Ground-Motion Prediction Models with Taiwan Models and Data...... 27321 Yu-Wen Chang, Wen-Yu Jean, Chin-Haiung Loh

Effect of Soil-Structure-Interaction on Identified Modal Parameters and Damage Localization ...... 27331 K. Roy, H. Panikkaveettil, S. Ray-Chaudhuri, P. Raychowdhury

Regional Waveform Study of Small to Moderate Earthquakes in Southwest Iberia ...... 27339 A. Domingues, S. Custódio, S. Cesca

Seismic Vulnerability of Residential Buildings in Jordan and its Locality...... 27348 Hanan Al-Nimry

Modeling of Global Buckling of Longitudinal Reinforcement ...... 27358 Leonardo M. Massone, Eduardo E. López

Response of Conventional Seismic-resistant Tall Buildings in Tokyo During 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ...... 27368 W. C. Pu, Kazuhiko Kasai, Toshihide Kashima

Seismic Performance of Very Short Period Buildings...... 27378 F. A. Charney, S. Darling, M. R. Eatherton

Seismic Analysis with Soil-Structure Interaction KARISMA Benchmark...... 27388 F. Turpin, N. Bonfils, N. Suin, N. Humbert, I Petre-Lazar

Response of Passively-Controlled Tall Buildings in Tokyo During 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ...... 27397 Kazuhiko Kasai, W. C. Pu, A. Wada

A Prediction Model for Ductile Fracture of Steel Bridge Piers...... 27407 L. Kang, H. B. Ge

Responses of Base-Isolated Buildings in Tokyo During the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake...... 27416 K. Matsuda, Kazuhiko Kasai, H. Yamagiwa, D. Sato

Repair and Retrofit of a 17th Century Library Structure in Istanbul ...... 27426 H. Sesigur, Feridun Cili

Multidisciplinary Approach for the Seismic Vulnerability Evaluation of Lifelines and Structural Components of Industrial Plants ...... 27432 G. Lanzano, F. Santucci De Magistri, G. Fabbrocino, E. Salzano

Seismic Retrofit Decision-Making based on Life Cycle Cost Criteria...... 27442 F. Jalayer, D. Asprone, R. Chiodi, Andrea Prota, Gaetano Manfredi

Development of Seismic Fragility Curves for Mainshock-damaged Reinforced-concrete Structures ...... 27452 A. Réveillère, Pierre Gehl, D. Seyedi, H. Modaressi

Calibration of a Material Behavior Model for the Simulation of Multi-leaf Stone Masonry Structures: Experimental Case Study Application ...... 27462 B. Silva, A. Pappas, M. R. Valluzzi, Francesca Da Porto, Claudio Modena

Intra-event Spatial Correlation Models for CAV and Arias Intensity Based on Regional Site Conditions...... 27472 Wenqi Du, Gang Wang

Hybrid Steel Frames...... 27482 O. Atlayan, F. A. Charney

Evaluation of Seismic Vulnerability of Buildings in Athens and L’aquila in the Framework of the MASSIVE Seismic Mitigation System...... 27492 Ch. Karakostas, V. Lekidis, Andreas J. Kappos, G. Panagopoulos, Ch. Kontoe, I. Keramitsoglou

Seismic Capacity Evaluation of an Instrumented Damaged School Building Strengthened with Acrylic Walls...... 27502 Jer-Fu Wang, Chi-Chang Lin

Derivation of Optimized Design Properties for Steel Yielding Segments in BRBs and Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Steel BRBFs Reinforcedmembers with Such Members ...... 27512 M. A. Rahgozar, M. R. Roohani

Evaluation of Reliability and Sensitivity Analysis of Steel Moment-resisting Frames Based on Endurance Time Method...... 27522 H. Tajmir Riahi, M. Mohammadi, N. Solhjoei

Performance of Damaged Column Retrofitted with Innovative Materials and Devices...... 27531 Guillermo Huaco, James Jirsa

Performance of Structural Walls in Recent Earthquakes and Tests and Implications for US Building Codes...... 27541 J. W. Wallace

Bussiness Interruption: A Financial Scope...... 27551 Juan Carlos Delgado Trejo, Darío Rivera Vargas, Carlos Arce León, Carlos Hugo Delgado Rodriguez

Exposure Data Development for the Global Earthquake Model: Inventory Data Capture Tools...... 27561 J. Bevington, R. Eguchi, Charles Huyck, Helen Crowley, F. Dell’Acqua, G. Iannelli, C. Jordan, J. Morley, Martin Wieland, S. Parolai, M. Pittore, K. A. Porter, K. Saito, Pooya Sarabandi, A. Wright, M. Wyss

Seismic Behavior of the Slotted Web (SW) Connection on the Iranian I-Shape Profiles Through Experimental Studies...... 27571 M. Ghasem Vetr, M. Miri, F. Ghaffari

Seismic Behavior of a New Reduced Beam Section Connection by Drilled Holes Arrangement (RBS_DHA) on the Beam Flanges through Experimental Studies ...... 27580 M. Ghasem Vetr, M. Miri, A. Haddad

Development of the On-site Earthquake Early Warning System in Taiwan...... 27589 Pei-Yang Lin, Shieh-Kung Huang, Hung-Wei Chiang, Zhe-Ping Shen

Performance Assessment of Highway Bridges Under Earthquake and Scour Effects...... 27599 A. Alipour, B. Shafei

Study on Seismic Behavior of Frame Structures Considering Effects of Vertical Earthquake Motion...... 27609 Hongliu Xia, Jixin Lin, Jun Han, Yingmin Li, Yuntian Wu

Challenges in Assessing the Seismic Vulnerability of two Water Main River Crossings in British Columbia, Canada...... 27617 Upul Atukorala, Humberto Puebla, Roberto Olivera, Doug Honegger, Jusheng (Mark) Qian, Murray Gant

Vulnerability Assessment of Deteriorated Bridges Under Seismic Events ...... 27627 B. Shafei, A. Alipour

Application of Endurance Time Method in Structural Optimization of the Dampers for Seismic Design...... 27637 H. Amouzegar, H. Tajmir Riahi, M. Daei

Simplified Dynamic Response Analysis of High-rise Buildings Subjected to Impulse-type Vertical Ground Excitations Including Wave Propagation Effect...... 27647 Z. He, H. Q. Zhang, Y. Yang

Structural Performance of Spandrels in Stone Masonry Buildings ...... 27656 Claudio Amadio, Natalino Gattesco, A. Dudine, Rita Franceschinis, Giovanni Rinaldin

Estimating Earthquake-induced Slope Displacements Using Vector Ground Motion Intensity Measures...... 27666 Gang Wang, Wenqi Du

RC Frame Analysis with a New Damage-following Model...... 27676 J. P. Almeida, S. Das, Rui Pinho

The Seismic Behaviour of Maniace Castle, Syracuse: A First Numerical Comparison Between the Current Condition and a Hypothetical Complete Reconstruction ...... 27685 Siro Casolo, Gabriele Milani, Carlo Alberto Sanjust, Alberto Taliercio, Giovanni Maggioni

Preliminary Study of the Structural Role Played by Masonry Infills on RC Building Performances After the 2011 Lorca, Spain, Earthquake...... 27695 F. Gómez-Martínez, A. Pérez-García, F. De Luca, Gerardo Mario Verderame, Gaetano Manfredi

VOLUME 35

Behavior Analysis of the People Having Difficulty in Going Home in Tokyo Metropolitan Area -The 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake ...... 27705 Kazuyuki Takada, Makoto Fujiu, Shigeki Sugiyama, Yusuke Osawa

Design of a Special Lead Extrusion Damper...... 27715 C. Soydan, A. Gullu, O. E. Hepbostanci, Ercan Yüksel, E. Irtem

Study on Visibillty of Afterglow Pigment-Based Sign for Outdoor Evacuation ...... 27725 Tadashi Doi, Hideki Sakai, Akiko Oka, Tomoyo Yamaguchi

A Flexibility Based Beam-column Element Capable of Shear-flexure Interaction...... 27735 M. Surmeli, Ercan Yüksel

The Seismic Performance of a Post-tensioned LVL Building During the 2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence ...... 27745 T. Smith, D. Carradine, Stefano Pampanin, R. Ditommaso, Felice Carlo Ponzo

Permanent Displacement of Nailed Soil Slopes Subjected to Earthquake Loading ...... 27755 D. Chavan, Goutam Mondal, A. Prashant

NEES/E-Defense Tests: Seismic Performance of Ceiling / Sprinkler Piping Nonstructural Systems in Base Isolated and Fixed Base Building ...... 27763 Siavash Soroushian, Keri L. Ryan, Manos Maragakis, J. D. Wieser, T. Sasaki, E. Sato, T. Okasaki, L. Tedesco, A. E. Zaghi, G. Mosqueda, D. Alvarez

Application of a Probabilistic Mechanics-based Methodology for the Seismic Risk Assessment of the Italian RC Bridges ...... 27773 Paola Ceresa, Barbara Borzi, F. Noto, Mauro Onida

Study on Overturning Resistant Property of slope with unequal altitude supports under Earthquake Action ...... 27782 Shuyan Ji , Y. Li, J. Han, Y. Zhao, Liping Liu, Jinyin Cio

The Seismic Behavior of an Asymmetric Exterior Precast Beam-Column Connection...... 27791 F. Karadogan, Ihsan Engin Bal, Ercan Yüksel

Uncertainties Related to Large-scale Earthquake Simulations in the Pointe-à-Pitre Region ...... 27801 Evelyne Foerster, F. De Martin, E. Bourdon, G. Courrioux, T. Ulrich, J. Abad, A. Lemoine, Agathe Roullé

Earthquake Response and Rehabilitation of Critical Lifelines...... 27811 D. Bouziou, B. P. Wham, T. D. O'Rourke, H. E. Stewart, M. C. Palmer, Z. Zhong, Andre Filiatrault, Amjad J. Aref

Seismic Testing of Full-Scale Piles in Unimproved and Improved Soft Clay...... 27821 S. Sritharan, B. Fleming

Experimental Characterization of Pombalino “Frontal” Wall Cyclic Behaviour ...... 27831 Ana Maria Gonçalves, João Gomes Ferreira, L. M. C. Guerreiro, Fernando Branco

Performance Improvement of Tall Reinforced Concrete Structures with Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers (MTMD)...... 27841 M. Shooshtari, H. Mortezaie

Promptness and Dissipative Capability of Semi-Active Magnetorheological Dampers ...... 27848 Mariacristina Spizzuoco, N. Caterino, A. Occhiuzzi

Distinction Between No and Slight Damage States for Existing RC Buildings using a Displacement-Based Approach ...... 27858 Sevgi Ozcebe, Helen Crowley, Ihsan Engin Bal

The 2010 Maule, 2011 Christchurch and 2011 Great East Japan Earthquakes. Lessons Learned for the Seismic Design of Structures ...... 27868 M. E. Rodriguez

Seismic Retrofitting of Pombalino “Frontal” Walls...... 27876 Ana Maria Gonçalves, João Gomes Ferreira, L. M. C. Guerreiro, F. Branco

An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Seismic Response of Plan Irregular Multi-Storey Concentrically-Braced Buildings...... 27886 B. M. Broderick, D. P. McCrum

Accounting for Horizontal Reinforcement in FE Modeling of RC Shear Walls using Cyclic Softened Membrane Model (Case Study of a Full Scale Shaking Table Test) ...... 27896 H. Soltani, M. A. Rahgozar

Dynamic Testing of Multi-storey Post-tensioned Glulam Building: Planning, Design and Numerical Analysis ...... 27906 T. Smith, Stefano Pampanin, D. Carradine , Antonio Di Cesare, Felice Carlo Ponzo, Gianluca Auletta, D. Nigro, M. Simonetti, A. Mossucca

Basin Effects in Seismic Design: Efficiency of Numerical Tools in Reproducing Complex Seismic Wavefields...... 27916 K. Makra, Fani Gelagoti, Olga-Joan Ktenidou, K. D. Pitilakis

Hybrid Testing of Bridge Structures Supported on Elastomeric Bearings ...... 27926 A. Tsitos, S. Bousias, E. Dimitropoulou

Fact-Finding about the Evacuation from the Unexpectedly Large Tsunami of March 11, 2011 in East Japan ...... 27936 Y. Goto, T. Mikami, I. Nakabayashi

Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of Post-Earthquake Typical Existing RC Buildings in Wenchuan ...... 27946 X. -Y. Shang, S. -S. Zheng

On the Calibration of the Specific Barrier Model to the NGA Dataset...... 27956 K. M. Foster, Benedikt Halldorsson, R. A. Green, M. C. Chapman

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment Using Support Vector Machine Classification for Remote Sensing and In-Situ Data ...... 27966 P. Matsuka, E. Pathier, Philippe Guéguen, J. Chanussot

Effect of Core Drilling and Subsequent Restoration on RC Column Strength...... 27975 Angelo Masi, D. Nigro, M. Vona

Experiences on Implementing Community Based Multi Hazard Disaster Risk Reduction Programs in Nepal ...... 27983 B. K. Upadhyay, K. S. Oli, N. Shrestha, Gopi Krishna Basyal, C. D. Ranamagar

Architectural and Structural Design of Earthquake Disaster Management Multi-Purpose Complex (EDMMC) Based on Suspension and Isolation...... 27992 M. Hosseini, S. P. Seyedinnoor

Low-Initial-Stiffness Dampers for Improved Seismic Response...... 28002 A. S. Morgan, P. W. Richards

Earthquake Motion Prediction Focusing on Long Period-spectral Characteristics due to the Deep Ground Structure of Local Region...... 28011 Masumitsu Kuse, Masata Sugito, Takumi Kondo

Seismic Protection Design of Nonlinear Structures Using Hybrid Simulation...... 28019 J. Zhang, W. Xi, S. J. Dyke, A. I. Ozdagli, B. Wu

Effect of Sectional Damage Model on Globe Damage Evolution of Concrete Structures...... 28029 Y. L. Liu, Z. He, X. Y. Ou

Results Achieved and Improvements Needed in the Field of Seismic Hazard Assessment of Republic of Macedonia ...... 28039 R. Salic, Z. Milutinovic, M. A. Garevski

Post-seismic Damage Evaluation: A Probability-based Global Damage Index...... 28048 Sandra Jerez, Ahmed Mebarki, Mehdi Boukri, Djillali Benouar

Optimal Design of Three-Dimensional Structures with Hysteretic Braces...... 28058 G. Apostolakis, G. F. Dargush

Seismic Soil Structure Interaction Analysis for the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco-Methodology...... 28068 S. Ali Ashrafi, J. Abruzzo, P. Singh, S. Vahdani

The Influence of Gravity-Only Framing on the Performance of Steel Moment Frames ...... 28077 F. X. Flores, J. A. Jarrett, F. A. Charney

Evaluation of Seismic Site Response Over and Nearby Karaj (Iran) Subway Tunnels (The Preliminary Result of Experimental Measurements) ...... 28087 Ebrahim Haghshenas, M. J. Kazemaini

Effectiveness of Seismic Improvement of Monumental Heritage ...... 28094 C. Chesi, M. A. Parisi, F. Butti

Generation of Non-Synchronous Accelerograms to Evaluate the Seismic Bridge Response, Including Local Site Amplification...... 28102 L. Carnevale, Stefania Imperatore, Davide Lavorato, Camillo Nuti, Francesco Silvestri, Giuseppe Tropeano, Francesca Dezi

2-D Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction Study Transbay Transit Center San Francisco, California...... 28112 J. A. Fernandez, P. Singh, S. Vahdani, S. Ali Ashrafi, G. Ballantyne, J. Abruzzo

Accounting for Progressive Damage in Large Scale Seismic Risk Assessment of RC Buildings ...... 28122 P. C. Miglietta, Barbara Borzi, Paola Ceresa, Rosamaria Iaccino

Information-Based Relative Sufficiency of Some Ground Motion Intensity Measures ...... 28132 F. Jalayer, J. L. Beck, F. Zareian

Analysis of Code-based Ground-motion Selection Procedures in Terms of Inelastic Interstorey Drift Demands ...... 28142 V. Ligabue, N. Buratti

Assessment of Seismic Behavior of R.C. Bridges Under Asynchronous Motion and Comparison with Simplified Approaches...... 28152 L. Carnevale, Stefania Imperatore, Davide Lavorato, Camillo Nuti, Graziano Leoni, Giuseppe Tropeano

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Steel Jacket Platform with Float over Deck Systems...... 28162 Behruz Asgarian, H. R. Shokrgozar

Influence of Infill Presence and Design Typology on Seismic Performance of RC Buildings: Sensitivity Analysis ...... 28172 Paolo Ricci, M. T. De Risi, Gerardo Mario Verderame, Gaetano Manfredi

Regional Differences in Subduction Ground Motions...... 28182 Céline Beauval, F. Cotton, N. A. Abrahamson, Nikos Theodoulidis, Elise Delavaud, L. Rodriguez, Frank Scherbaum, A. Haendel

Seismic Vulnerability of Buildings in the Municipality of Chacao Metropolitan Area of Caracas, Venezuela...... 28192 S. Safina, A. López, A. Luis, B. Lirio, L. Castillo, N. Marval, J. Prieto, J. González

Finite Element Analysis of Ductile Fuses for W-Shape Steel Bracing Members ...... 28202 O. Egloff, Robert Tremblay, R. Vincent, S. Dussault

Seismic Response of BRBFs Coupled with Heavy Gravity Columns ...... 28212 M. Boston, P. W. Richards

An Adaptive Capacity Spectrum Method for Displacement-based Seismic Assessment of Steel Frames ...... 28220 M. Ferraioli, A. Lavino, A. M. Avossa, A. Mandara

Earthquake Awareness Programs as a Key for Earthquake Preparedness and Risk Reduction: Lessons from Nepal...... 28230 Ganesh Kumar Jimee, B. K. Upadhyay, Surya Narayan Shrestha

Seismic Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges in British Columbia, Canada...... 28240 Carlos E. Ventura, Yavuz Kaya, F. Yao, Sharlie Huffman, M. Turek

Cyclic Tests on FRP-Retrofitted RC Shear Wall Panels...... 28250 H. El-Sokkary, K. Galal

Behaviour Factor for Seismic Design of Moment-resisting Steel Frames...... 28259 M. Ferraioli, A. Lavino, A. Mandara

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Masonry Building Aggregates...... 28269 T. Ulrich, Pierre Gehl, Caterina Negulescu, Evelyne Foerster

Nonlinear Seismic Behavior of an Existing RC Building Retrofitted with BRBs ...... 28278 R. Chiodi, Andrea Prota, Gaetano Manfredi, Luigi Di Sarno

Optimization of Outrigger Locations in Steel Tall Buildings Subjected to Earthquake Loads ...... 28288 A. Haghollahi, M. B. Ferdous, M. Kasiri

Imaging Heterogeneity of Soil By Means of Geophysical and Geotechnical Investigation: In the Alluvial Plain of Beirut ...... 28295 N. Salloum, D. Jongmans, C. Cornou, Christophe Voisin, Armand Mariscal, D. Y. A. Massih, F. H. Chehade, M. Hammoud

Numerical Model Development for Cyclic Hardening Investigation of Steel-Yield Based Displacement Dependent Devices ...... 28305 V. Budaházy, Ádám Zsarnóczay, László Gergely Vigh, L. Dunai

Damage Evolution for Some R/C Structures Subjected to Successive Earthquake Ground Motions...... 28315 F. Acar

Response Sensitivity of Base-Isolated Steel Buildings to Near-Fault Ground Motions...... 28325 P. Boroumand, Mohsen Tehranizadeh

Determination of Dynamic p-y Curves for Pile Foundations Under Seismic Loading...... 28335 A. Rahmani, Madhi Taiebat, W. D. Liam Finn, Carlos E. Ventura

Seismic Fragility Functions of Stone Masonry Buildings ...... 28343 F. Karantoni, F. Lyrantzaki, Georgios Tsionis, Michael N. Fardis

Tsunami Inundation Modeling in the Aegean Sea...... 28353 B. Aydin, O. Hoto, U. Kanoglu

Simplified Identification Scheme for Structures on a Flexible Base...... 28358 L. M. Star, George Mylonakis, J. P. Stewart

Geoseismic Microzonation of the Metropolitan Area of Colima-Villa de Alvarez, México...... 28368 E. P. Sánchez-Sánchez, J. C. Tejeda-Jácome, T. Domínguez-Reyes, M. F. Cabrera-Sandoval

Estimation of the Seismic Hazard and the Economical Consequences for Extreme Magnitude Earthquakes ...... 28378 M. Chavez, E. Cabrera, M. Ashworth, D. Emerson, C. Moulinec, N. Perea, A. Salazar

Analysis of Uncertainties Associated with Different Approaches for Earthquake Risk Assessment ...... 28388 Gloria Maria Estrada

Seismic Damage Detection Via Finite Element Model Updating ...... 28398 S. R. Shiradhonkar, Manish Shrikhande

Analytical Solution for Nonlinear Shallow-water Wave Equations...... 28408 B. Aydin, U. Kanoglu

Seismic Behaviour of Tunnel Form Building Structures: An Experimental Study...... 28418 Sassan Eshghi, A. Tavafoghi

Analysis of Experimental Dynamic Soil-Pile Interaction by Approximate Numerical Solutions ...... 28428 M. K. Fotouhi, J. C. Ashlock

Computation of Yield and Failure Surfaces for Biaxial Bending with Axial Force of Reinforced Concrete Sections with Jackets ...... 28438 M. G. Sfakianakis

Institutionalization of School Earthquake Safety Program in Nepal ...... 28448 Amod Mani Dixit, S. P. Acharya, Surya Narayan Shrestha

Seismic Response of Nuclear Reactor Buildings Incorporating Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction...... 28457 L. Bhaumik, P. Raychowdhury

Analytically Derived Fragility Curves for Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Urban Contexts ...... 28467 Dina D'Ayala, E. Kishali

Verification of Real-Time Hybrid Simulation with Shake Table Tests: Phase 2 – Development of Control Algorithms...... 28477 A. I. Ozdagli, S. J. Dyke, W. Xi, J. Zhang, Y. Ding, B. Wu

Performance Evaluation of Prequalified Steel Seismic Structural Systems in Canada ...... 28485 T. Y. Yang, M. Murphy, F. Lam

Soil-Pile-Structure Interaction Under Seismic Loads: Influence of Ground Motion Intensity, Duration and Non Linearity ...... 28495 A. Tombari, Francesca Dezi, M. H. El Naggar

Quick Time History Analyses of MDOF Systems by Using Simplified Earthquake Accelerograms Based on Modified Inverse Fourier Transform...... 28505 A. Faroughi, M. Hosseini

The Complete Multiple Support SRSS Modal Combination Rule ...... 28512 S. Santa-Cruz, E. Heredia-Zavoni

VOLUME 36

Seismic Retrofitting Journey of Industrial Buildings...... 28522 K. M. O. Hicyilmaz, Araz Shawki, S. Shareef, D. White, N. Austin, R. Ciolo, J. Parker

Observations on Performance of Structures during 18 September 2011 Sikkim (India) Earthquake...... 28532 H. B. Kaushik, Kaustubh Dasgupta

Behavior of Link-to-Column Connections in Eccentrically Braced Frames ...... 28542 Fakhreddin Danesh, M. Faridalam

Seismic Vulnerability Analysis and Rehabilitation of Gonbad Kavous Tower (The Tallest Brick Tower in the World)...... 28551 Amir Mesbah, Gh. Reza Ahmadi, M. Ghasem Vetr

Assessment of Robustness of Masonry Infilled RC Frame Buildings with Consideration of Irregularities ...... 28561 Goutam Mondal, Solomon Tesfamariam

What Are Recorded in a Strong-Motion Record? ...... 28571 H. C. Chiu, F. J. Wu, H. C. Huang

Seismic Behavior of Plate Reinforced Connections ...... 28578 A. Deylami, Mohsen Tehranizadeh, M. Gholami, Hamed Moazemi

Correlation between Ground Motion Based Shaking Intensity Estimates and Actual Building Damage ...... 28588 A. Tan, A. Irfanoglu

Autoregressive (AR) Spectral Estimates for Frequency-Wavenumber (F-k) Analysis of Strong-Motion Data...... 28598 R. Rupakhety, R. Sigbjornsson

Experimental Studies to Verify the Efficacy of Earthquake Resistant Measures in Brick Masonry Buildings...... 28607 R. N. Dubey, D. K. Paul, S. K. Thakkar

Utilization of Probe Vehicle Information in Disasters in Japan...... 28617 Y. Hada, T. Suzuki, I. Noda

Comparative Dynamic Analysis of R.C. Frames with and Without SMA Dampers ...... 28624 K. Todorov, S. P. Oncevska

Investigating of Seismic Behavior of the Innovative e Exoskeleton Strructural System in Reinforced Concrete Tall Buildings...... 28632 S. Aramesh, Ali Kheyroddin

Seismic Risk Assessment in Northern Chile Lessons from a reconnaissance visit before the next mega-earthquake in Peru-Chile ...... 28641 F. E. Pina, Carlos E. Ventura, T. Nunez

Validation of Cyclic Void Growth Model for Fracture Initiation in the Flange Plate Connection Between Beam and Box Column...... 28651 Mohsen Tehranizadeh, A. Deylami, M. Gholami, Hamed Moazemi

Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction Effects in Instrumented Bridges...... 28660 M. Fraino, Carlos E. Ventura, W. D. Liam Finn, Madhi Taiebat

Quasi-Static Testing and Correlative Dynamic Analysis of Concentrically Braced Frames with Hollow Steel Braces and Gusset Plate Connections ...... 28670 A. D. Hunt, B. M. Broderick

Prediction of Higher-Mode Response of Tall RC Wall Buildings...... 28680 D. Pennucci, Timothy J. Sullivan, Gian Michele Calvi

Recent Experience from Buildings Equipped with Seismic Monitoring Systems for Enhanced Post-Earthquake Inspection ...... 28690 D. A. Skolnik, M. Ciudad-Real, T. Graf, M. Sinclair, D. B. Swanson, C. Goings

Buckling Analysis of Non-Prismatic Columns Using Slope-Deflection Method...... 28700 H. Tajmir Riahi, A. S. Barjoui, S. Bazazzadeh, S. M. A. Etezady

Non-Linearity in the Seismic Design of Reinforced Earth...... 28710 P. Carrubba, M. Maugeri, L. Rigano

Shaking Table Test of a Full Scale Stone Masonry Building with Stiffened Floor and Roof Diaphragms...... 28719 Guido Magenes, A. Penna, Maria Rota, A. Galasco, I. Senaldi

The Effect of Duration of Waveforms in Earthquake Source Inverse Problems...... 28729 A. Noorzad, L. Etemadsaeed, A. Ansari

Strength and Ductility of Confined Concrete Columns under Axial Load and Biaxial Bending...... 28739 P. Colajanni, M. Fossetti, L. Cavaleri, F. Di Trapani, G. Macaluso, M. Papia

Study of the Behavior of Zipper Braced Frames ...... 28749 S. Naeimi, A. Shahmari, H. E. Kalehsar

Identification of Events of Seismic Quiescence in the Pacific Mexican Coast ...... 28759 Adolfo Helmut Rudolf-Navarro, Alejandro Muñoz-Diosdado, Fernando Angulo-Brown

Analysis of Earthquake Records of Istanbul Earthquake Rapid Response System Stations Related to the Determination of Site Fundamental Frequency...... 28769 Can Zülfikar, H. Alcik, E. Cakti

Seismic Damage Analysis of Tehran Using Damage Spectra ...... 28777 Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri, Benyamin Mohebi, A. Yousefi

The Windowing Higuchi's Method Applied to the Analysis of the South of California Seismicity ...... 28782 Alejandro Muñoz-Diosdado, Adolfo Helmut Rudolf-Navarro, Fernando Angulo-Brown, A. Alonso-Martínez

Seismic Performance of the Treasure of St. Gennaro's Chapel in Naples (Italy): Past and Present State ...... 28790 Gian Piero Lignola, A. Zinno, E. Cosenza

Structural Behavior of Small Scale Masonry Elements Strengthened with Engineered Cementitious Composites...... 28800 A. Dehghani, G. Fischer, Fariborz Nateghi-Alahi

Geotechnical and Structural Behavior of Industrial Buildings Located at Valencia Lake Basin. Carabobo State. Republic of Venezuela...... 28810 E. A. Guanchez

Seismic Isolation of Electrical Equipment “Seismic Table Simulation” ...... 28820 K. Oikonomou, Michael Constantinou, Andrei M. Reinhorn, Cem Yenidogan

The Seismic Microzonation of the City of Santa Venerina, Sicily (Italy)...... 28830 F. Di Maria, S. Grasso, M. Maugeri, E. Motta

Studying the Seismic Behavior of a Kind of Floating Bridges by Using Finite Element Analysis ...... 28838 M. Hosseini, V. Abbasian

Design Ground Motion Prediction Update for Islamabad, Pakistan ...... 28844 M. A. Shah, M. Tufail, M. Qaisar, M. Tahir

Optimized Budget Allocation Model for Earthquake Mitigation in Urban Settlements...... 28854 H. Motamed, Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, K. Amini-Hosseini, Bijan Khazai

An Earthquake Risk–Sensitive Model for Spatial Land-Use Allocation...... 28864 H. Motamed, Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, K. Amini-Hosseini

A Preliminary Survey of Seismic Provisions in Canadian Construction Codes and Standards ...... 28872 T. Onur, M. Seemann, M. Gerin

Effects of Soil-Structure Interaction on Nonlinear Seismic Response of Buildings...... 28882 O. M. O. Ramadan, Y. M. M. Al-Anany, A. M. Sanad

Preliminary Assessment of Ground Motion Duration Effects on Structural Collapse ...... 28892 J. C. Foschaar, J. W. Baker, G. G. Deierlein

A Study on Steel Moment Resisting Frames with Setbacks: Dynamic Properties...... 28902 S. M. Montazeri, F. Khaledi, Ali Kheyroddin

Seismic Responses of RC Frames under Wavelet-Based Matched Accelerograms and Real Records...... 28910 O. Bahar, Mohsen Shahrouzi, M. Sazjini

Study on Evaluation Indices and Methods of Seismic Reparability for RC Buildings...... 28920 Y. Li, W. Luo, J. Han, Shuyan Ji, N. Chen

The Build-Safe Macromodule of the DrHouse Project ...... 28929 Mauro Dolce, A. Goretti, Alberto Pavese, L. Ponticelli

Vertical Spatial Variability of Geotechnical and Geophysical Parameters - Application on a Slope Stability ...... 28938 M. Hammoud, D. Y. A. Massih, J. Harb, C. Cornou, Armand Mariscal, Christophe Voisin, N. Salloum

Effect of Arrival Time of Velocity Pulse on Seismic Response of Structures ...... 28948 K. Goswami, S. Ray-Chaudhuri

Nonlinear Response-History Analysis of Triple Friction Pendulum Bearings (TFPB), Installed Between Stories ...... 28958 H. Fakhri, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri

Seismic Displacement Demands for Performance-Based Design and Rehabilitation of Structures in North America...... 28968 P. Daneshvar, N. Bouaanani

Engineering Analysis of Ground Motion Records of Chile, 2010 Earthquake...... 28978 L. Liberatore, Luigi Sorrentino, D. Liberatore

Response of Essential Facilities Under Narrow-Band Mainshock-Aftershock Seismic Sequences...... 28988 Jorge Ruiz-Garcia, Amador Téran-Gilmore, G. Díaz

Toward a Performance-Based Design Framework for Self-Centering Rocking Braced-Frame Spine Systems ...... 28997 M. R. Eatherton, G. G. Deierlein, X. Ma, H. Krawinkler, J. F. Hajjar

Deterministic Seismic Hazard Assessment of Quetta, Pakistan...... 29007 M. A. Shah, M. Qaisar, J. Iqbal, S. Ahmed

Effect of Ground Motion Directionality on Seismic Response of Tall Buildings ...... 29014 M. A. Archila, Carlos E. Ventura

Autoregressive (AR) Spectral Estimates for Frequency-wavenumber (F-k) Analysis of Strong-motion Data ...... 29024 Rajesh Rupakhety, Ragnar Sigbjörnsson

Analytical Evaluation of the Cyclic Response of Reinforced Concrete Beam-to-Column Connections...... 29033 B. Burak, M. Unal

Collapse Assessment and Mitigation of Nonductile Concrete Buildings: ATC-76-5/ATC-78/ATC-95 ...... 29043 K. J. Elwood, W. T. Holmes, C. D. Comartin, Jon Heintz, Chris Rojahn, J. Dragovich, S. McCabe, Michael Mahoney

Effects of Capacity Design Rules on Seismic Performance of Steel Moment Resisting Frames...... 29053 M. T. Naqash, Gianfranco De Matteis, A. De Luca

Dynamic Response of Buried Gas Pipelines Due to Earthquake Induced Landslides by Nonlinear Numerical Modeling...... 29063 Fardin Jafarzadeh, H. F. Jahromi, S. Yousefi, M. Sehizadeh, M. Joshaghani

Efficiency of Bracing Systems for Seismic Rehabilitation of Steel Structures ...... 29073 M. N. Chimeh, P. Homami

Buried Pipeline Response Analysis to Reverse-Slip Fault Displacements...... 29081 R. Tarinejad, A. Mahdavi, N. Jahangir

Effects of the Seismic Input Variability on the Seismic Risk Assessment of RC Bridges ...... 29091 Paola Ceresa, Emilia Fiorini, Barbara Borzi

Assessing Temporary Housing Needs and Issues Following the Darfield and Christchurch Earthquake, New Zealand ...... 29101 Sonia Giovinazzi, J. R. Stevenson, A. Mason, J. Mitchell

Study on the Seismic Importance Factor in the Iranian Seismic Design Code ...... 29111 A. Fani, P. Homami

Study on the Effect of Rigid Diaphragm Beneath the Seismic-isolation System on Structural Response ...... 29120 S. Odysseos, E. Modestou, P. Roussis, P. Tsopelas, N. Kalathas, G. Demetriadis

FD Simulation for Long-Period Ground Motions of Great Nankai Trough, Japan, Earthquakes ...... 29127 T. Maeda, N. Morikawa, Shin Aoi, Hiroyuki Fujiwara

Lateral Response of Caisson Foundations: A Macroelement Approach...... 29136 N. Gerolymos, A. Zafeirakos, C. Souliotis

Seismic Evaluation of Out-of-plane Performance of Masonry Walls Using Floor Response Spectrum ...... 29145 Mehrtash Motamedi, A. Unesi, M. Khajavi, M. Hosseini

Estimation of Seismic Response Improvements on RC Buildings with Innovative "HD" Infill Walls Panels ...... 29153 I. S. Idrizi, D. N. Ristic, Z. S. Idrizi

EU-NICE, Eurasian University Network for International Cooperation in Earthquakes ...... 29162 M. Faggella, G. Monti, F. Braga, R. Gigliotti, M. Capelli, Enrico Spacone, M. Laterza, Thanasis Triantafillou, Humberto Varum, M. Dost Safi, J. Subedi, Amod Mani Dixit, Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Z. Rahman, S. Limkatanyu, Y. Xiao, L. Yingmin, H. Kumar, Walter Salvatore, A. Cecchini, Panitan Lukkunaprasit

FEMA P-807: Guidelines for Seismic Retrofit of Weak-Story Wood-Framed Buildings...... 29168 D. Mar, M. Korolyk

Influence of Ageing and Deterioration of Masonry on Load Bearing Capacity of Historical Building ...... 29178 M. Kržan, V. Bosiljkov, S. Gostic, P. Zupancic

Dynamic Response of Seismically Isolated Rigid Blocks Under Near-Fault Ground Motions ...... 29188 P. Roussis, S. Odysseos

Vs Measurements through Dispersive Wave Methods in the Urban Environment of Porto (North Portugal)...... 29198 Rui Moura, Fernando Noronha, Ruslan Umaraliev, Fernando Almeida, G. Dal Moro

An Evaluation of the Soil-structure Interaction in the Non-linear Dynamic Analysis of Masonry Towers ...... 29207 G. Uva, Siro Casolo, Gabriele Milani, M. Acito

Design of Experimental Seismic Tests with Didactic Approach ...... 29217 Fortunato Espinoza Barreras, Carlos Flores Aburto, C. I. Huerta Lopez, Jessica Villagómez Lopez, Moises Manuel Miranda Velasco, Gabriel Ortiz Alvarado, Héctor Burrola Noriega, Ubaldo Cortés Jimenez

Comments About Aseismic Diagonal Bracing Systems...... 29227 H. Köber, M. Stoian

Effect of Aftershock Ground Motions on the Seismic Response of Low-rise Buildings...... 29237 M. A. Archila, Carlos E. Ventura, A. Bebamzadeh, W. D. Liam Finn, G. Taylor

Seismic Response Analysis of Concrete Block Masonry Buildings: An Experimental Study Using Shaking Table...... 29245 L. Avila, Graça Vasconcelos, Paulo B. Lourenço, N. Mendes, Paulo Alves, A. C. Costa

Comparison Between Ambient Vibrations H/V Obtained from the Diffuse Field and Distributed Surface Sources Models...... 29255 Antonio García-Jerez, F. Luzón, Dario Albarello, E. Lunedei, Miguel Angel Santoyo, L. Margerin, Francisco J. Sánchez-Sesma

Vulnerability Study of Urban and Rural Heritage Masonry in Slovenia Through the Assessment of Local and Global Seismic Response of Buildings...... 29265 V. Bosiljkov, M. Kržan, Dina D'Ayala

Remarks about Seismic Resistant Eccentrically Bracing Configurations ...... 29275 H. Köber , B. Stefanescu

Seismic Microzonation of the Basel Area...... 29285 T. Wenk, Donat Fäh

Study of Soil-Structure Interaction in Building of 12 Levels in Mexico Using Ambient Vibration...... 29295 F. Espinoza Barreras, R. Sánchez Vergara, Fr. D. Díaz Guzman, C. I. Huerta Lopez

Seismic Performance of Modular Braced Frames for Multi-Storey Building Applications...... 29305 L. Chen, Robert Tremblay, L. Tirca

Toward Reliable Characterization of Sites with Pronounced Topography and Related Effects on Ground Motion...... 29315 J. Burjánek, Carlo Cauzzi, Donat Fäh, Pierre-Yves Bard, C. Cornou, K. D. Pitilakis, Marco Massa, Nikos Theodoulidis, Etienne Bertrand

In-situ Test for the Shear Strength Evaluation of Masonry: The Case of a Building Hit by L’Aquila Earthquake (Italy)...... 29322 M. Candela, Serena Cattari, Sérgio Lagomarsino, M. Rossi, Roberta Fonti, E. Pagliuca

Free Rocking Tests on Stone Masonry Wallettes for Evaluation of the Coefficient of Restitution ...... 29332 A. A. Costa, António Arêde, A. Penna, A. Costa

VOLUME 37

Experimental Behaviour and Numerical Analysis of MR Dampers...... 29341 Manuel Braz-Cesar, Rui Barros

Out-of-Plane Shaking Table Test of a Full Scale Stone Masonry Façade...... 29351 A. A. Costa, António Arêde, A. C. Costa, A. Penna, A. Costa

Study of Seismic Risk and Tsunamis in Algarve Estimative of Debris and Number of Damage Assessment Inspectors ...... 29360 E. Costa, P. Pires, H. Vicêncio

Earthquake Damage Scenario in Visp (Switzerland): From Active Fault to Building Damage ...... 29365 J. Burjánek, Donat Fäh, C. Michel, L. A. Dalguer, C. Baumann, G. Gassner-Stamm, Valerio Poggi, D. Roten, J. Laue, A. Marin, Pierino Lestuzzi, Amin Karbassi

Full Scale Dynamic Testing of Large Area Suspended Ceiling System...... 29374 K. P. Ryu, Andrei M. Reinhorn, Andre Filiatrault

Design Drift Limits for Performance-based Seismic Assessment and Retrofit Design of School Buildings in British Columbia, Canada...... 29384 A. Bebamzadeh, Carlos E. Ventura, B. Pendey, W. D. Liam Finn, G. Taylor

Basic Study on Application of Discrete Element Method for Slope Failure Analysis ...... 29394 Y. Kawamura, Y. Kobayashi

STFT Based Real-time Control with Variable Stiffness and Damping of Smart Tuned Mass Damper for Seismic Protection ...... 29404 C. Sun, Satish Nagarajaiah

Performance-based Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of Flexible Diaphragms for School Buildings in British Columbia, Canada...... 29414 A. Bebamzadeh, Carlos E. Ventura, G. Taylor

Simplified Modeling of Masonry-Infilled RC Frames Subjected to Seismic Loads...... 29424 A. Stavridis, B. Shing

Evaluation of Sensitivity of Soil Structure Interaction Effects to Frequency Content of Base Excitation...... 29434 S. A. Mirfattah

Out-of-Plane Cyclic Experimental Testing of Traditional Stone Masonry Walls with Distributed Loads...... 29444 A. Costa, António Arêde, F. Garcia, A. A. Costa, C. Quintela, Carlos Sousa Oliveira

Estimation of the Underground Structure in Manzanillo, Colima, Through Use of Microtremors...... 29454 M. F. Cabrera-Sandoval, J. C. Tejeda-Jácome, R. Licea, E. P. Sánchez-Sánchez, T. Domínguez-Reyes

A New Structural Modification Approach for Seismic Protection using Negative Stiffness Device...... 29463 Dharma T. R. Pasala, Satish Nagarajaiah, Apostolos A. Sarlis, Andrei M. Reinhorn, Michael Constantinou, Douglas Taylor

Out-of-Plane Seismic Response of Stone Masonry Walls: Experimental and Analytical Study of Real Piers ...... 29473 Tiago Ferreira, R. Vicente, Humberto Varum, A. Costa, A. A. Costa

The Use of Equivalent Intensity Factors to Model Site Conditions for Performance Based Design of School Buildings in British Columbia, Canada ...... 29482 W. D. Liam Finn, A. Bebamzadeh, F. E. Pina, Carlos E. Ventura, Bishnu Pandey

Seismic Retrofit of School Buildings in British Columbia, Canada...... 29490 Carlos E. Ventura, W. D. Liam Finn, A. Bebamzadeh, F. E. Pina, G. W. Taylor

Seismic Protection of Structures Using Novel Negative Stiffness Device ...... 29500 Apostolos A. Sarlis, Michael Constantinou, Andrei M. Reinhorn, Dharma T. R. Pasala, Satish Nagarajaiah, Douglas Taylor

A Comparison of the Performances of Various Ground–Motion Intensity Measures ...... 29510 N. Buratti

Precision of Seismic Hazard Evaluations in Central and Eastern North America...... 29520 R. K. McGuire

Effect of Backfill Relative Density on Lateral Response of a Bridge Abutment Wall...... 29530 A. Lemnitzer, C. Hilson, E. Taciroglu, J. W. Wallace, J. P. Stewart

The Vulnerability Seismic Assessment and Providing Reinforcement Strategies for “Najmoddin Kobra” Historical Monument ...... 29540 M. Mavizchi, M. Mavizchi, F. Alemi, M. Ghasem Vetr

Analysis of Damages and Behavior of the Masonry Buildings Due to February 27th 2010 Chilean Earthquake...... 29550 P. E. Alcaíno, C. Castro, N. K. Valdebenito

Experimental Tests on Buckling Inhibited Shear Panels...... 29559 Giuseppe Brando, Federica D'Agostino, Gianfranco De Matteis

Seismic Analysis of L-shaped Quay Walls Considering Soil-Structure Interaction ...... 29568 A. Gharavi, Khosro Bargi

Recent Advances in Wave Travel Time Based Methodology for Structural Health Monitoring and Early Earthquake Damage Detection in Buildings ...... 29578 M. I. Todorovska, M. Rahmani

Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Viña del Mar: Lessons of February 27th 2010 Earthquake...... 29588 Jorge Federico Carvallo, P. E. Alcaíno

Some Remarks on the Seismic Safety Management of Existing Health Facilities ...... 29598 G. Fabbrocino, C. Rainieri

Investigation Effects of Trench Barrier on the Reducing Energy of Surface Waves in Soils...... 29608 V. V. Orekhov, Rahmatoullah N. Moghanlou, Hassan Negahdar, Alireza Mehralizadeh Banafsheh Varagh

Seismic Retrofit of Cut-out Weakened Precast RC Walls by Externally Bonded CFRP Composites...... 29618 I. Demeter, T. Nagy-György, V. Stoian, D. Dan

Calculation of Monolithic High-rise Buildings with Considering Transfer Floors on the Progressive Destruction in the Nonlinear Formulation...... 29626 Tamrazyan Ashot Gehrgievich, Alireza Mehralizadeh Banafsheh Varagh, Rahmatoullah N. Moghanlou, Hassan Negahdar

Nonlinear Pile-Head Macro-Element Model: SSI effects on the Seismic Response of a Monoshaft-Supported Bridge...... 29636 A. A. Correia, A. Pecker, S. L. Kramer, Rui Pinho

Physical - Empirical Model for Generation of Multi Component Synthetic Ground Motion Time Histories at Closely Spaced Distances ...... 29646 M. I. Todorovska, Mihailo D. Trifunac, V. W. Lee, N. Orbovic

Dissemination of Earthquake Related Research Activities through the use of Online Educational Modules...... 29656 C. Chadwell, Mikhail Gershfeld, J. W. Van De Lindt

Community Resilience Evaluation Including Interdependencies ...... 29665 Vincenzo Arcidiacono, Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Andrei M. Reinhorn, Michel Bruneau

Simulation of Effective Response to Earthquake Disasters Taking Infrastructures Interdependencies in Account...... 29675 J. Marti, Carlos E. Ventura, W. D. Liam Finn

Seismic Design of Anchored Brick Veneer ...... 29685 D. Reneckis, James M. Lafave

Overturning Ratio Under One Sine Pulse ...... 29695 M. Chiriatti, Gian Paolo Cimellaro

Seismic Risk Prevention in Costa Rica: A Successful 39 Year Experience...... 29703 J. A. Gutierrez

Experimental Results of Foundation Rocking on a Natural Clay Deposit...... 29713 J. N. Phipps, J. C. Ashlock, S. Sritharan

Evaluation of Group Factor Method for Analysis of Pile Groups ...... 29723 M. S. Fayyazi, Madhi Taiebat, W. D. Liam Finn, Carlos E. Ventura

Non-Linear Modeling of Flat-Plate Systems Under Cyclic Loading ...... 29732 S. Derogar, P. Mandal, Y. C. Toklu, C. Ince

Seismic Forces Distribution Between Walls with Different Capacity...... 29742 H. Urrego

Finite Element Modeling and Simulation of a Substation Porcelain Insulator Posts Subjected to Earthquake Loading...... 29750 M. A. Moustafa, K. M. Mosalam

Assessment of Soil-Structure Interaction Modeling Strategies for Response History Analysis of Buildings ...... 29760 M. J. Givens, J. P. Stewart, C. B. Haselton, S. Mazzoni

Optimum Design of Maxwell-type Damper System Based on Stochastically Equivalent Damping Factor...... 29770 S. Matsuda

Smart Outriggers for Seismic Protection of High-rise Buildings...... 29779 C. -M. Chang, T. Asai, Z. Wang, Billie F. Spencer-Jr. , Z. Chen

Experimental Investigation of the Seismic Performance of Substation Porcelain Insulator Posts in High Voltage Disconnnect Switches ...... 29789 K. M. Mosalam, M. A. Moustafa, M. S. Günay, Shakhzod Takhirov

Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns Repaired with Fiber Reinforced Polymer Laminates Using Shaking Table Experiments ...... 29799 K. M. Mosalam, P. Kumar, H. Lee, M. S. Günay, S. Abbasi

Evaluation of Seismic Displacement Demands from Ground Motions Recorded in Recent Earthquakes ...... 29809 Jorge Ruiz-Garcia, E. Miranda

Enhanced Loss Estimation for Buildings with Explicit Incorporation of Residual Deformation Demands...... 29819 E. Miranda, C. M. Ramirez

Operational Modal Analysis Tests on Peruvian Historical Buildings: The Case Study of the 19th Century Hotel Comercio...... 29829 R. Aguilar, Daniel Torrealva, L. F. Ramos, Paulo B. Lourenço

Real-Time Hybrid Simulations of a Large-Scale Steel Frame Building with Magneto-Rheological Dampers ...... 29839 Y. Chae, James Ricles, Richard Sause

Seismic Performance Enhancement of Base-Isolation Using Semi-Active Damping Devices Systems...... 29848 Y. Chae, James Ricles

Compact Damping Element for Response Control in Light-Weight Structure ...... 29857 O. Furuya, Keiji Ogata, K. Goda, K. Ishihana

An Experimental Study on the Out-Of-Plane Stability of Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls Under In-Plane Reversed Cyclic Loads ...... 29867 N. Azimikor, B. Robazza, K. J. Elwood, Donald Anderson, Svetlana Brzev

Assessment of Fault Crossing Effects on a Seismically Isolated Multi-Span Bridge ...... 29877 A. Ucak, G. P. Mavroeidis, P. Tsopelas

Performance-Based Design of an Essential Hospital with Supplemental Viscous Damping in a High Seismic Zone ...... 29886 R. Love, J. D. Newell, M. Sinclair, Y. Chen, C. Poland

Finite-Fault Modeling of Strong Ground Motion from the 2010 Mw 7.0 Haiti Earthquake...... 29896 G. P. Mavroeidis, C. M. Scotti, A. S. Papageorgiou

Response Spectrum Analysis for Floor Acceleration ...... 29906 Matteo Pozzi, Armen Der Kiureghian

Numerical Parametric Study on Inelastic Foundation-building System...... 29916 W. Liu, T. C. Hutchinson, B. L. Kutter, M. Hakhamaneshi

Performance of Two Directional Asymmetric Buildings in Farfield and Nearfield Earthquakes...... 29926 A. Aziminejad, Abdoreza Sarvghad Moghadam

Smart Scaling of Accelerograms Applied to the Study of Steel Buildings ...... 29934 Carlos A. Bermúdez, J. E. Hurtado, Alex H. Barbat, Lluis G. Pujades

Dynamic Field Test of a Model Levee Founded on Peaty Organic Soil Using an Eccentric Mass Shaker ...... 29944 E. T. Reinert, S. J. Brandenberg, J. P. Stewart, R. E. S. Moss

New Ground Motion Spectral Response Accelerations for Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings...... 29953 Nicolas Luco, R. G. Pekelnicky

Explicit Finite Element Artificial Boundary Scheme for Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis...... 29963 M. Zhao, X. Du, J. Liu

Accelerated Bridge Construction in High Seismic Regions by Use of Precast Concrete Girders ...... 29973 J. Vander Werff, S. Sritharan, R. Snyder

Seismic Hazard Assessment and Spectral Accelerations for United Arab Emirates...... 29983 M. Irfan, Z. Khan, M. El-Emam, J. Abdalla

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Public School Buildings in Nawalparasi and Lamjung District of Nepal ...... 29993 R. Dhungel, Ramesh Guragain, Nirakar Joshi, Dhruba Lal Pradhan, S. P. Acharya

Evaluation of the Fatigue Life and Behavior Characteristics of U-shaped Steel Dampers After Extreme Earthquake Loading ...... 30003 Y. Konishi, N. Kawamura, M. Terashima, Shoichi Kishiki, S. Yamada, Ian Aiken, C. Black, T. Murakami, T. Someya

PEER NGA-West2 Database: A Database of Ground Motions Recorded in Shallow Crustal Earthquakes in Active Tectonic Regions...... 30013 T. D. Ancheta, Yousef Bozorgnia, R. Darragh, W. J. Silva, Brian Chiou, J. P. Stewart, D. M. Boore, R. W. Graves, N. A. Abrahamson, Kenneth W. Campbell, I. M. Idriss, R. R. Youngs, Gail M. Atkinson

Seismic Performance of Energy-Efficient Structural Insulated Panels ...... 30019 K. M. Mosalam, M. S. Günay

Consistency of the Seismic Design and Rehabilitation Requirements for Frame Structures: Case Study of Iranian Seismic Codes...... 30029 Ali Reza Manafpour, M. Abdeli, A. Sadeghi

Application of Green's Function in Evaluating Soil Spatial Variability During Earthquakes...... 30039 Z. Li

PEER Performance Based Earthquake Engineering Methodology, Revisited ...... 30047 M. S. Günay, K. M. Mosalam

Investigation of the Response of Electrical Insulator Posts Using Real-Time Hybrid Simulation on a Smart Shaking Table ...... 30057 M. S. Günay, K. M. Mosalam

Potential Strategies for Improving Cyclic Performance of Screen Grid Insulated Concrete Form Walls ...... 30067 Peter Dusicka, C. S. Werner

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Steel Moment Resisting Frames Designed Using the Performance-Based Plastic Design Approach...... 30075 T. Y. Yang, M. Baradaran Shoraka, J. Jiang, M. R. Bayat, S. C. Goel

A Review of the Nonlinear Static Assessment Procedure in the Turkish Earthquake Code...... 30085 Ihsan Engin Bal, M. Kutanis, K. Beyen, Polat Gülkan

Evaluating the Seismic Performance of Multi-Story Buildings with Steel CBFs of Various Placements by Using Nonlinear Time History Analyses...... 30094 Ma. Hosseini, H. Sadeghi

Ambient Noise Study Over a Gas Field in Qeshm Island ...... 30104 H. Gerivani, Ebrahim Haghshenas, N. Hafezi Moghaddas, F. Rejaie

Seismic Assessment of Lightly Reinforced Buildings: A Study of Shear Demand vs. Supply...... 30114 S. G. Chasioti, S. J. Pantazopoulou, D. V. Syntzirma

A Study on Self-sufficient Buildings Against Disaster: Survey of Hospital Facilities in Japan...... 30124 K. Inagaki, S. Sadohara

Tuned Liquid Dampers Simulation for Earthquake Response Control of Buildings...... 30133 T. Novo, Humberto Varum, F. Teixeira-Dias, Hugo Rodrigues, M. J. Falcão-Silva, A. Campos-Costa, L. M. C. Guerreiro

Evaluation on the Structural Safety of Reconstructed Houses in Padang ...... 30143 K. S. Pribadi, Dyah Kusumastuti, E. Lim, A. Utami, K. Okazaki, T. Saito

SIRIUS, Seismic Risk Indicator in Urban Space: An Application to Lisbon ...... 30153 Francisco Mota De Sá, Mónica Amaral Ferreira, Carlos Sousa Oliveira

A Parametric Study Involving Passive and Semi-active Control Schemes for Earthquake Protection of Buildings...... 30163 F. Ferreira, C. Moutinho, E. Caetano, Á. Cunha

VOLUME 38

Non Synchronous Earthquake Motion in Bridges Design ...... 30173 Samuele Biondi, Graziano Leoni, Camillo Nuti, Giuseppe Tropeano, Ivo Vanzi

Empirical Vulnerability Assessment and Damage for Natural Hazards Following the Principles of Modern Macroseismic Scales ...... 30183 J. Schwarz, H. Maiwald

The Influence of Concentrated Damages on the Dynamic Behaviour of Framed Structures ...... 30193 S. Caddemi, Ivo Caliò

Microtremor Measurements and Earthquake Response Analysis on Urado Bridge, Kochi, JAPAN...... 30202 Seckin Ozgur Citak, M. Ohori, T. Nakamura, Minoru Sakaue, S. Takemura, T. Takemoto, T. Furumura, K. Iwai, A. Kubo, K. Kawatani, S. Tajima, N. Takahashi, Y. Kaneda

Comparison of Added Mass Method with Sophisticated Analytical BEM-FEM Approach Using ADAD-IZIIS Software...... 30212 V. Mircevska, I. Bulajic, K. Manova

A Comparative Study on the Seismic Behavior of Ribbed, Schwedler, and Diamatic Space Domes by Using Dynamic Analyses...... 30222 M. Hosseini, S. Hajnasrollah, M. Herischian

The Influence of Tension Strain of Wall Ends to Their Resistance Against Lateral Instability for Low-reinforced Concrete Walls...... 30232 T. A. Chrysanidis, I. A. Tegos

A Study on Effect of Using Reinforcing Lateral Arch-Trusses on the Seismic Behavior of Barrel Vault Structures ...... 30242 M. Hosseini, S. Izadi, M. Herischian

Repeated Load Response of Square Footings on Geocell Reinforced Soil: Comparing Use of Single and Multiple Layered Geocells...... 30249 Seyed Naser Moghaddastafreshi, O. Khalaj

The Influence of Ratio of the Longitudinal Reinforcement of the Boundary Edges of Structural Walls to the Resistance Against Lateral Instability of Earthquake-resistant Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls...... 30257 T. A. Chrysanidis, I. A. Tegos

Effect of Material Strength and Reinforcement Detailing on Displacement Capacity of Existing RC Buildings...... 30267 H. B. Ozmen, M. Inel

Damage Due to Tsunami and Tsunami Resistance Performance of Wood Houses During the Great Tohoku Earthquake...... 30277 T. Tsuchimoto, T. Nakagawa, Y. Araki, N. Kawai

Application of a Training Project in Turkey on Preventive Maintenance of Water Utility Networks Against Earthquakes ...... 30285 S. Toprak, A. C. Koc, M. Gungor, M. Kaya, A. Stathaki

Building an Earthquake Catalog for the Middle East...... 30295 P. Yazdi, M. Zaré

In-Plane Behavior of Confined Masonry Walls with Holes Retrofitted with GFRP and Subjected to Lateral Cyclic Loading...... 30305 J. Velázquez-Dimas, B. Quiñonez-Esquivel, J. Castorena González, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar, J. González-Cuevas, Dagoberto López- López

Tsunami Early Warning Based on Surface Wave Inversion Techniques ...... 30315 H. K. Thio, J. Polet

The Behavior Characteristics of Tapered Wall in Steel Plate-Concrete Structure ...... 30323 W. -B. Kim, W. -S. Park, K. -T. Kim, B. -J. Choi

Modeling of Tsunami Fluid Force on a Bridge Deck Subjected to Plunging Breaker Bores and Surging Breaker Bores...... 30327 G. Shoji, Y. Ezura, Y. Hiraki

Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis...... 30334 H. K. Thio, P. G. Somerville, J. Polet

Estimation of Inelastic Response Spectra Using Artificial Neural Networks ...... 30343 J. Bojórquez, Sonia E. Ruiz, E. Bojórquez

Seismic Evaluation of Narmashir, Iran, Concrete-Face Rockfill Dam by Using Dynamic Finite Element Analysis...... 30353 Mahmood Hosseini, Leila Foulad, Reza Foulad

Evacuation Drills with Real-time Earthquake Information System on Campus Over the Past Five Years...... 30361 N. Koike, K. Masaki

Nonlinear Static Analysis of a Coker Support Structure...... 30368 Y. S. Salem, K. Sham

Numerical Modeling of an Earthquake-induced Landslide Considering the Strain-softening Characteristics of the Clayey Loam ...... 30376 Atsushi Wakai, K. Matsushita, T. Fukushima

Steel Frame with Buckling-restrained Braces Subject to Near and Far-fault Inputs ...... 30384 G. L. Palazzo, P. Martín, F. Calderón, V. Roldán, G. Maldonado, F. López Almansa, X. Cahís

Nonlinear Time-History Analysis of Modular Structures Isolated by Sliding Plates under Seismic Loads...... 30394 Y. S. Salem, K. Sham

Understanding the Characteristics of Christchurch Earthquake (2011) by Observing SDOF Systems ...... 30402 Ihsan Engin Bal, Eleni Smyrou, Panagiota Tasiopoulou, George Gazetas

Effective Subgrade Coefficients for Seismic Performance Assessment of Pile Foundations ...... 30410 W. L. Tan, S. T. Song, W. S. Hung

Effectiveness Analysis of Damping Control Strategy to Reduce Structural Response to Near-source Earthquake of L’Aquila 2009...... 30420 L. Petti, I. Marino, A. Lodato

Resilience-Based Design of Natural Gas Pipelines...... 30430 G. P. Cimellaro, O. Villa, A. M. Reinhorn, M. Bruneau, H. U. Kim

Earthquake Resistance Capability of Distribution Pole...... 30440 R. Ramesh Babu, R. Panneer Selvam

Preliminary Numerical Analysis of a Reinforced Concrete Mock Up: Effects of Thermal Breakers and Shaking Table...... 30447 Sebastian Crijanovschi, B. Richard, T. Chaudat, Gabriela M. Atanasiu

Seismic Qualification of Instrument Transformers...... 30457 R. Ramesh Babu, N. Srujana

Urban and Architectural Approaches to Design against Tsunami...... 30465 A. Ardekani, M. Hosseini

Experimental Vacuum Process for Retroffiting Concrete Structures...... 30473 A. Padilla-Ramírez, A. Flores Bustamante, M. I. Panamá Armendáriz, F. González Díaz

Seismic Performance of Steel Frames with Post-Tensioned Connections...... 30482 A. López-Barraza, Sonia E. Ruiz, E. Bojórquez, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar

A Shallow-Flow Model for the Propagation of Tsunamis Over Mobile Boundaries ...... 30491 D. Conde, R. Canelas, J. Murillo, Carlos Sousa Oliveira, R. M. L. Ferreira

Liquefaction Susceptibility and Dynamic Properties of Calcareous Sands from Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico ...... 30501 M. A. Pando, E. A. Sandoval, J. Catano

Ambient Vibration Measurements for Estimation of Site Fundamental Periods – Case History of the City of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico ...... 30511 L. E. Suarez, M. A. Pando, R. J. Ritta

Statistics of Inelastic Torsional Responses of Single-Story Asymmetric-Plan Buildings Asymmetric-Plan Buildings ...... 30521 C. S. Lee, H. P. Hong

Experimental Response of Full Scale Curved Surface Sliders Equipped with High Dissipation Sliding Material...... 30531 S. Lissia, C. Casarotti, Alberto Pavese, Filippo Dacarro

Effects of Bi-directional Motion on a Structural System Isolated with DCSS Devices with Laying Defects ...... 30541 M. Furinghetti, C. Casarotti, Alberto Pavese

Upper and Lower Bound Solution for Dynamic Active Earth Pressure on Cantilever Walls...... 30551 Anna Scotto Disantolo, Aldo Evangelista, S. Aversa

Five Major Themes in the History of Earthquake Engineering...... 30561 R. K. Reitherman

Generation of Elastic as Well as Inelastic Design Spectra Compatible Accelerogram Using Time-Frequency Analysis...... 30570 S. Das, A. Chakraborty

An Improved Approach for Ground Motion Suite Selection and Modification for Use in Response History Analysis...... 30578 S. Mazzoni, M. Hachem, M. Sinclair

Retrofitting Masonry Infill Walls with Textile Reinforced Mortar...... 30588 Graça Vasconcelos, S. Abreu, R. Fangueiro, F. Cunha

Strain Monitoring By FBG Strain Sensor in a Small Scale Dam Model...... 30598 L. Ren, J. Chen, H. -N. Li

A Study on the Reduction Effect for Seismic Isolation System of Nuclear Power Plant...... 30608 H. -P. Lee, M. -S. Cho

Developing Lead Rubber Bearing for Seismic Isolation of Nuclear Power Plants ...... 30613 H. -P. Lee, M. -S. Cho, J. Y. Park

Evaluation of Different Modeling Options for Seismic Analysis of Large Turbine-Generator Systems and Their Foundation ...... 30622 F. Vicencio, E. F. Cruz, D. Valdivia

Seismic Fragility Assessment of Highway Bridge ...... 30632 S. Mahmoudi, L. Chouinard

Calculating Modal Target Epsilons from multiple GMPE Models: A Case Study for Montreal ...... 30640 A. M. Elkady, L. Chouinard

Contributions to the Chilean Code for Seismic Design of Buildings with Energy Dissipation Devices...... 30650 A. Sáez, María Ofelia Moroni, M. Sarrazin

Safety Assessment of Masonry Building Aggregates in Poggio Picenze, Following the L'Aquila 2009 Earthquake ...... 30662 Enrico Spacone, V. Sepe, E. Raka

Development of New Steel Damper for Seismic Retrofit of Existing Structures...... 30672 Y. Kim, T. Ahn, H. Kim, D. Jang

A Stochastic Simulation Based Approach for Seismic Loss Analysis and Probability Function Computation ...... 30679 S. H. Cheung, S. Bansal

Evaluation of Dynamic Response Properties of Existing Geotechnical Works Using Micro-Earthquakes...... 30689 S. Mori, M. Furukawa

Evaluation of the Frequency Effects on the Shear Wave Velocity of Saturated Sands...... 30699 J. Camacho-Tauta, O. J. Reyes-Ortiz, Jaime Alberto Santos

Application of Ancient Earthquake Resistant Method in Modern Construction Technology ...... 30709 A. Bayraktar, H. Keypour, A. Naderzadeh

An Equivalent Strut and Tie Model for Steel Plate Shearwall Systems...... 30718 Arghya K Chatterjee, Anjan K Bhowmick, Ashutosh Bagchi

Effect of Seismic Wave Scattering on the Response of Dam-Reservoir-Foundation Systems ...... 30728 Gurinderbir Singh Sooch, Ashutosh Bagchi

Probabilistic Assessment of Masonry Building Clusters...... 30738 M. Vailati, G. Monti, M. J. Khazna, Annalisa Napoli, Roberto Realfonzo

Cyclic Behaviour of RC Columns Confined with Steel Reinforced Polymer Wraps...... 30747 P. Casadei, Ciro Faella, Annalisa Napoli, F. Perri, Roberto Realfonzo, J. G. Ruiz Pinilla

Effect of Shear Stud Layout on the Seismic Behavior of Slab-Column Connections ...... 30757 E. Matzke, C. K. Shield, G. J. Parra-Montesinos, M. -Y. Cheng

Seismic Studies of Foz Tua and Fridão Dams ...... 30767 D. Silva Matos, José Paixão, J. V. Lemos, N. Azevedo

Procedures for Real-Time Earthquake Risk Reduction of Industrial Plants and Infrastructures...... 30777 P. Gasparini, G. Cua

Experimental Analysis for Identification of Bridges Structural Damage Using Operational Modal Analysis Based Methods ...... 30787 E. D’Amore, S. Trovato

3-D Nonlinear Earthquake Response of R.C. Box Girder Bridges with Expansion Joints and Bearing Devices ...... 30797 B. Tiliouine, M. Ouanani

Shaking Characteristic of Padang City, Indonesia...... 30807 Rusnardi Rahmat Putra, Junji Kiyono, Y. Ono

On Improved Performance of Eccentrically Braced Frames with Replaceable Shear Link ...... 30817 M. Moestopo, A. Novan, A. Mirza, A. R. Pandjaitan, W. Y. Utomo

Design, Full-scale Testing and CE Certification of Anti-seismic Devices According to the New European Norm EN 15129: Elastomeric Isolators ...... 30823 C. Mendez Galindo, T. Spuler, G. Moor, F. Stirnimann

Design, Full-scale Testing and CE Certification of Anti-seismic Devices According to the New European Norm EN 15129: Curved Surface Sliders...... 30832 C. Mendez Galindo, T. Spuler, G. Moor, F. Stirnimann

Wood Beton Aria® A New Wood-concrete Structural Wall: Seismic Performances...... 30841 Giovanni Spatti, Dario Piras, Paolo Riva, Andrea Belleri

Modelling Damped Seismic Waves by Coupling the Finite Element Method and the Fast Multipole Boundary Element Method...... 30851 E. Grasso, J. F. Semblat, S. Chaillat, M. Bonnet

Cumulative Damage Study for the 2010 “Blind Prediction Contest” of a Reinforced Concrete Bridge Column...... 30861 O. Lara, Carlos E. Ventura, V. A. Suarez

Mechanism, Quantative Calculation and Countermeasures of Liquefaction During Earthquake...... 30871 Yukitake Shioi, Yutaka Hashizume

Non-stationary Seismic Soil-Structure-Soil Interaction...... 30881 P. Chatterjee, A. Elkadi

Nonlinear Seismic Analysis and Retrofit of BC Place Stadium Using Rocking Foundation and Viscous Dampers...... 30890 M. Rezai, A. Patterson, G. Hubick

Topographic Effects in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis: The Case of Narni, Central Italy ...... 30900 S. Barani, Marco Massa, Sara Lovati, G. Ferretti

System DC90 - Three-Axial Steel Hysteresis-Sliding ...... 30910 Zoran Petraskovic, Jasminka Petraskovic-Dzuklevski

A Study on Mechanical Properties of Steel Ring Dampers ...... 30916 Afshin Kalantari, Farshad Alizadeh

The Gutenberg-richter and Similar Laws and Their Relation with Numerical and Experimental Laboratory Results...... 30925 Jorge Daniel Riera, Ignacio Iturrioz

Probability and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Catastrophe ...... 30935 M. Shinozuka

The Swiss Procedure for the Evaluation of Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Buildings ...... 30943 A. Brignola, C. Luchini, S. Parodi, S. Podestà

Seismic Behaviour of Masonry Arches with Tie-Rods: Dynamic Tests on a Scale Model...... 30953 C. Calderini, Sérgio Lagomarsino, M. Rossi, G. De Canio, M. L. Mongelli, Ivan Roselli

Analysis of the “Casa dello Studente” Collapse During the L’Aquila 6th April 2009 Earthquake ...... 30963 M. G. Mulas, D. Coronelli, Luca Martinelli, R. Paolucci, F. Perotti, A. S. Pavesi

Evaluation of Nonlinear Static Procedures for Seismic Assessment of Irregular Bridges...... 30973 Mohsen Kohrangi, Rita Bento, M. Lopes

Seismic Damage to Churches: Observations from the 2011 Lorca (Spain) Earthquake ...... 30983 E. Paupério, Xavier Romão, A. Costa

Influence of Infill Presence and Design Typology on Seismic Performance of RC Buildings: Fragility Analysis and Evaluation of Code Provisions at Damage Limitation Limit State...... 30993 Paolo Ricci, M. T. De Risi, Gerardo Mario Verderame, Gaetano Manfredi

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